Apologies if this gets duplicated - I sent it the first time when the
list server was down and I'm not sure it got through. Anyway, I've got
more info.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 9.2 is really slow
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 16:39:57 -0800
From: Steve
To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Hi,
I've just installed 9.2 on my test machine, a 300MHz PII with 256MB of
ram. Given the stats of the machine, linux has always been a bit slow,
but it's always been usable for me. With 9.2, however, the performance
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).
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After sending this the first time, I noticed that 9.2 is trying to probe
my cd-rom more than once a second (at least judging by how often the
light pops on). I suspect this might be the problem or part of the
problem. Going to init 3 seems to confirm this a bit as the load drops
down to normal levels. There's some suggestion in the list that
suseplugger might be responsible for this, but I can't find suseplugger
in the process list, so I can't kill it to try. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Steve
