Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:41:46 -0700 (MST) | From | Dax Kelson <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.0-pre6 VM slow? |
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Try pre7 and post your results, pre7 has much better interactive performance (in my experience).
ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/linux/kernel/testing/pre-7.gz
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Christopher W. Curtis wrote:
> Hello, > > I'm not subscribed to the list, so please Cc: me any replies. > > Am I alone, or does the virtual memory system of the 2.2-pre kernel > seems *really* slow? I have an AMD K6 running at 300MHz with 64MB RAM. > I'm currently using 44MB swap on a 6.4GB UDMA WD hard drive, running off > the onboard controller of my Epox motherboard with the VIA MVP3 > chipset. Switching to an application under X-Windows takes considerable > time (3.3.2.3 from debian-frozen) under WindowMaker. For example, I'm > running NetBeans developer and Netscape on two different workspaces > under WindowMaker (0.20.3; XF86_SVGA server for a #9 Reality 334). I > had Netscape open on workspace 2 and the I switched to workspace and > opened NetBeans. I then switched to my second workspace and waited. It > took almost 3 seconds for the mouse to move at all; 10 seconds for it to > become function (not jitter when moved); 13 seconds for Netscape to > completely refresh itself, and then another 2-3 seconds for this mail > window to accept and display my input. I don't know if this is better > or worse than the previous kernel, but it doesn't "feel" right. I've > noticed my system sitting at high load (1.8) for long periods of time, > with almost no CPU being used by userspace programs. I assume this is > due to swapping. > > The harddrive is the only drive on IDE0 (master) and I have a single > CDROM setup on IDE1, so the hard drive should be running at full > PIO mode 4 / UDMA / ?? The system under this situation is very > sluggish, and I can only think it's the VM system. It there something > else that I should be looking at? > > Thanks for any help/ideas, > Christopher > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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