Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2234 mails)

[grimmer@xxxxxxx (Lenz Grimmer)]

Hi,

On Tue, 31 Aug 1999 mpayson@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I log in as a normal user then su to root. I have logged in as root,
> though, & the system is just as slow

Is it also slow in X, when you log in as a user and start X immediately?

> > o What kind of video card do you have and which X-Server do you run?
> > o Do you have a sound card and is it configured properly?
> 
> It's a cheap MB with SiS 5597/98 video, running the svga driver. I know
> this is far less then optimal, but I doubt it is the problem, since it had
> been working fine before the upgrade.

OK. Since the kernel compile took way too long as well, it shouln´t be the
X server.

> The soundcard is also onboard. I believe it's properly configured-- I
> used it prior to upgrading-- but I don't have speakers currently, so I
> could be wrong.

OK. Maybe you should check the output of "cat /dev/sndstat" and
/var/log/messages afterwards.

> >> The system is so slow as to be unusable at this point, so any
> >> suggestions are GREATLY appreciated!
> >
> > o Do you start a lot of services/daemons on system startup?
> 
> Not a lot, but probably more then I need. weed some of them out.

Yes, please try this as well. Especially look for Databases or anything
else.

> > o Do you hear hard disk activity, even if you don´t do anything
> >   with the system?
> 
> Disk activity is frequent, but not constant. When I'm not doing anything,
> it's quiet.

Frequent activity could be swapping. Hmm...

> > o What does "xosview" say about system load, memory consumption,
> >   swapping activity?
> 
> Load ~2.5, mem ~56m used, swap 492k used

You always hat a load of 2.5? This is unusually high. Is it the same on
the console before starting X? Try to run "top" on the console and in X.
By pressing "s", "1" and "enter" afterwards, you can increase the update
rate. "shift+m" will show you the memory hogs. Also try "pstree", for a
complete list of processes.

> > o If your system has a "Turbo" switch: Is it in High Speed Mode?
> 
> N/A
> 
> > o Check your BIOS settings re: system speed on bootup
> 
> I went through this when the problem first cropped up, & everything looked
> fine. I'll double check it, thpugh. 

OK.

> > o Check /var/log/messages and /var/log/warn for unusual entries
> 
> Nothing looks unusual to me. The only thing that might be out of the
> ordinairy is that my ethernet cards stop transmitting every 50 minutes or
> so. But, I'm not currently on our LAN due to this problem (normally this
> machine does IP masq. for the network, but since it's so slow, the browsers
> are timing out before it re-routes the connection), so I presume that they
> are just periodically checking whether the net is back up. The slowdown
> problem existed before I disconnected from the net.

OK. Have a look in /var/log/messages, when the card stops transmitting,
maybe this will give us a hint. What kind of network card is it?

> One thing that might be related... While I was connected to the net, I
> noticed a packet or two being sent in each direction (via our DSL
> router) starting midway through booting, & continuing every 3 or 4
> seconds. I didn't really think much of it, but maybe you will...

Hmm. Does this machine have a static IP address, or did you configure it
as a DHCP client?

Maybe you should also post the output of the following commands and files:

/var/log/boot.msg
free
df
pstree
cat /proc/interrupts
cat /proc/modules

Good luck!

Bye,
        LenZ


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