Re: Why is my Linux so slow?
- From: Sheridan Hutchinson <Sheridan@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:34:55 +0000
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Kaitlyn Luna wrote:
> Actually, Win2000 doesn't do any better so we can't blame Gnome or
> the video drivers. This system never performs better than sluggish.
>
> Debian etch Supermicro P6DGE, Intel 440GX chipset Dual P3 600 Katmai
> 3*256M PC100, regular latency, unbuffered, non-ECC, non-parity Compaq
> branded GeForce3 Ti500 AGP, free drivers generic Sil3112 PATA+SATA
> card WD 120G 7200rpm PATA 8M buffer Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound
> card SMC 1211TX 10/100 NIC CompUSA branded VIA 6202 USB 2.0 PCI card
> /dev/hda = Sony DVD-ROM + CD-RW drive /dev/hdb = Sony CD-RW drive
> /dev/hdc,hdd=nothing Mouse and kbd are PS/2 Only ISA card is a POST
> code card UPS is the only USB device always present
Hi,
Firstly, install the package 'preload' and forget about it; it will
learn your habits and get stuff in memory that you're likely to use.
Secondly, if you don't leave this machine on then install the anacron
package to better manage system tasks.
Finally, install the prelink package. You will need to follow the
instructions at http://www.tyrfing.org/comp/debian-etch.php in order to
enable the prelink package once you've installed it though.
You mention 'free drivers' (presumably the NV driver for xorg?) for your
graphics card. If you're getting an unresponsive GUI feeling from GNOME
using the free (NV) driver then I suggest you go to www.nvidia.com and
download NVIDIA's official drivers. Yes they are non-free however there
is no doubt about it they are much faster than ANY alternative in the
open source world. I highly suspect this is the cause of much of your
problems.
If you can't live with the moral depravity of using NVIDIA's binary
drivers then consider not using GNOME and using XFCE instead. You have
a machine that is very old and GNOME does like system resources :p
Oh, and finally where possible use the STOCK Debian SMP kernel. You
your system is dual processor, you are using an SMP aware kernel aren't
you? The package htop will tell you what cores are being used if you're
not sure.
If you follow these tips then things will improve (hopefully!)
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Regards,
Sheridan Hutchinson
Sheridan@xxxxxxxxxx
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