hdparm -i /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Model=TOSHIBA MK4025GAS , FwRev=KA100A , SerialNo= 83423788S
Config={ Fixed }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=48
BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?16?
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=78140160
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
AdvancedPM=yes: unknown setting WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4,5,6
* signifies the current active mode
hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 0 (off)
IO_support = 0 (default)
16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 0 (off)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 256 (on)
geometry = 1987/16/63, sectors = 2002896, start = 0
It seems strange why dma is not active and IO is at 16-bit... when I try to change any settings I get the error:
hdparm -d1 /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
using_dma = 0 (off)
So it seems that the IDE module is not working as it should be, maybe it's ata_generic that is causing the problem, avoiding ata_piix to take control:
hwdetect --show-modules
AGP : agpgart intel-agp
ACPI : ac battery button processor thermal video
PATA : pata_acpi pata_pcmcia ata_generic
SCSI : sd_mod sr_mod st
SATA : ata_piix
USB : usbcore uhci-hcd
FW : firewire-core firewire-ohci firewire-core firewire-ohci ieee1394 ohci1394
NET : 8139cp 8139too mii ppp_generic slhc
INPUT : evdev ff-memless joydev pcspkr psmouse serio_raw hid usbhid usbhid
PCMCIA : pcmcia pcmcia_core rsrc_nonstatic yenta_socket
SOUND : ac97_bus snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-ac97-codec snd-intel8x0 snd-intel8x0m soundcore
VIDEO : output
OTHER : cdrom intel-rng lp ppdev i2c-i801 i2c-core parport parport_pc pci_hotplug shpchp rtc-cmos rtc-core rtc-lib crc-itu-t
I will try to compile the kernel with ata_piix builtin to check if this makes sense and I'll report it back.
You should take a look at the IDE settings, maybe you have the same problem as me...
]]>5613 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1122.593 FPS
5827 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1165.215 FPS
5831 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1166.193 FPS
5816 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1163.113 FPSwhich seems pretty normal for that type of graphics card.
That's pretty exactly the same performance as I can get out of mine x3100.
Can you play HD content? I've problems even with 720p, with any player (the best I've got is running it as superuser with higher priority, but's still not perfect )
I can't seem to get more than ~599 FPS on glxgears on my intel GMA 950....how did you get ~5000 ?
He's getting around a 1000, not 5000, which is the total number of frames in 5.0 seconds.
I'm using a GMA X3100 (GM965 chipset) and getting this:
5613 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1122.593 FPS
5827 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1165.215 FPS
5831 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1166.193 FPS
5816 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1163.113 FPS
which seems pretty normal for that type of graphics card.
]]>The loopback device is up and running, and /etc/hosts contains the correct host name..
Fiod
]]>Is your hostname in /etc/hosts?
(You could also verify that loopback is up.)
]]>Would you mind posting your hdparm data (if you have a laptop, of course..)
]]>I can't seem to get more than ~599 FPS on glxgears on my intel GMA 950....how did you get ~5000 ?
I spent a lot of time tweaking xorg.conf.
Eventually, "hwd -xa" did the best job
Try creating xorg.conf in this method as described in the Xorg wiki, and see what that gives.
Regards
Fiod
PS - you can have a look at my xorg.conf I posted at the beginning of this thread, and see if you see something special
]]>Firefox is not the main issue for me at all, especially after implying Shining's offer (now firefox runs significantly faster).
I'll try to describe better what annoys me:
1. File copying takes for ages - copying a 600 megs file will take up to 2 minutes (!) (inside KDE), and about
a minute or so in the terminal (a bit less).
2. Starting applications (firefox, open office, amule) takes much longer than expected (again, in comparison to my 5 years old, amd, desktop). Open office can take up to 10 seconds to load, firefox as well.
3. Up till now, the frames per seconds reported by glxgears was very low (2000-3000), and after tweaking
xorg.conf in the last two days, I managed to get to ~5000 fps, so that not a problem anymore.
4. I don't think that a 350 megs memory usage is to much in comparison to 1 gig, but I still want to know
more or less the memory usage of other KDE users, so I know I am not over the hill...
5. I get memory problems only when I do the following:
Run 2 sessions of VirtualBox on my Arch host, running both WinXP and another Arch (for testing kde4..), only
then I get memory issues.. (big SWAP usage)... but then again, what can I expect from running 3 OSes simultaenously?
Generally speaking, in both parameters I checked my laptop against my desktop, the desktop (again, 5 years old) won big time (both parameters meaning glxgears and hdparm).
thanks again
fiod
So there's going to be a difference.
Firefox is CPU intensive, not graphics intensive. Starting firefox is primarily bottlenecked by the hard drive. Tweaking your graphics card is only going to help 3D applications/games, nothing more.
Further... if you've got a gig of ram, and you're presently using 350mb... trying to cut that down isn't going to make any programs run faster. You could use a more efficient alternative though, say openbox instead of KDE, but you lose features and that won't speed firefox up.
]]>Thanks a lot for the post.
Which column is of interest? %MEM?
If so, then:
firefox-bin - 5.6
amarokapp - 3.5
X - 2.2
Skype - 3.0
And thats about it. (All other processes have at the time of this writing 0.0 memory usage on the %MEM column).
thanks again
fiod