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RE: [SLE] 9.2 is really slow
- From: "Steve Kratz" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:51:42 -0600
- Message-id: <BJENJJKHFBGKGFHCDHMBIEHKEAAA.steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> is pathetic. The install took the better part of 3 days (normally this
> takes me ~2 hours). Installing the software itself took > 15 hours -
> something that normally takes ~1 hour. With 9.1, the load while idle
> was ~0. With 9.2, it's between 4 and 6. I installed Suse the same way
> I've done it for the last 4 years and nothing really special about how I
> install it (as usual, I choose the "no acpi" option, but that and using
> the same partition setup is about the only special things I do). Since
> I haven't heard anybody else complain about this yet, I assume that
> there's something special about my situation (can't say what, though).
> Is there some option I missed in the install (something like, don't
> insert a "while (1);" loop in the kernel :)? Or some way to find out
> what is sucking up the cpu time (top lists X as the only process getting
> any significant cpu time).
I think there may be something up with the install option for ACPI...
Possibly due to an ACPI bug in the stock kernel (My own guess-- may end up
being wrong... but here goes!)
I installed 9.2 on a Celeron 3.66/192 mb Thinkpad. ACPI has never really
worked on it on the past, so I tried using the Disable ACPI install option.
It CRAWLED. I cancelled it, installing it with the normal install option
(and then when I got far enough to set the GRUB options, I added acpi=off
apm=on to the kernel boot options). Then I had to manually install the
powersave package.
The MAJOR problem I had with 9.2 is the stock kernel that comes with it has
an ACPI bug in it that "effects some old Thinkpads" - After the final
reboot, things got VERY unstable. I couldn't even run in INIT 3 without
hard-locks. After I installed the updated kernel (laptop kicking and
screaming the entire way!) it's working flawlessly now. (I had to boot off a
rescue cd, mount my "real" filesystem, chroot to it, THEN install the kernel
update.)
All in all, it seems to run just as well as 9.1 did.
> takes me ~2 hours). Installing the software itself took > 15 hours -
> something that normally takes ~1 hour. With 9.1, the load while idle
> was ~0. With 9.2, it's between 4 and 6. I installed Suse the same way
> I've done it for the last 4 years and nothing really special about how I
> install it (as usual, I choose the "no acpi" option, but that and using
> the same partition setup is about the only special things I do). Since
> I haven't heard anybody else complain about this yet, I assume that
> there's something special about my situation (can't say what, though).
> Is there some option I missed in the install (something like, don't
> insert a "while (1);" loop in the kernel :)? Or some way to find out
> what is sucking up the cpu time (top lists X as the only process getting
> any significant cpu time).
I think there may be something up with the install option for ACPI...
Possibly due to an ACPI bug in the stock kernel (My own guess-- may end up
being wrong... but here goes!)
I installed 9.2 on a Celeron 3.66/192 mb Thinkpad. ACPI has never really
worked on it on the past, so I tried using the Disable ACPI install option.
It CRAWLED. I cancelled it, installing it with the normal install option
(and then when I got far enough to set the GRUB options, I added acpi=off
apm=on to the kernel boot options). Then I had to manually install the
powersave package.
The MAJOR problem I had with 9.2 is the stock kernel that comes with it has
an ACPI bug in it that "effects some old Thinkpads" - After the final
reboot, things got VERY unstable. I couldn't even run in INIT 3 without
hard-locks. After I installed the updated kernel (laptop kicking and
screaming the entire way!) it's working flawlessly now. (I had to boot off a
rescue cd, mount my "real" filesystem, chroot to it, THEN install the kernel
update.)
All in all, it seems to run just as well as 9.1 did.
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