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Hey guys, i recently installed Arch Linux via my 0.7.2 CD. I then did a full system upgrade, up to the 2.6.19 kernel, boots fine, followed the new kernel instructions.. however it just seems like my overall system performance is SLOOWW. Keep in mind, i have installed Arch on this computer when 0.7.2 first came out, and it ran perfectly fine, everything ran fast. However now since i did a fresh install, upgraded to the latest, things seem slow.
i have installed xorg as well as gnome, including the nvidia drivers. When ever i type startx, it takes more then a few seconds for anything to happen after the command has been entered, before it would be VERY snappy. Gnome seems to take longer to load as well. When i launch xterm from within gnome, it takes a while for the xterm window to show, this includes any other windows. When i move windows around overtop of firefox, it seems alot of ghosting is happening, alot of trailling over the desktop when the window is being dragged overtop another window. I checked to see if Nvidia drivers are being loaded which they are. a glxtest reports back a 1500fps + as well as showing nvidia corporation in the glxinfo....
This is a fresh BASE install, upgraded to the current, then Xorg and gnome installed. Top shows no high cpu spikes and i cant figure out why suddenly, application loading seems to be slow...
P.S also, with all of this, accessing webpages seem very slow as well....this includes Pinging an IP address...
-Dan
Last edited by bolero (2007-01-31 22:52:13)
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Not having "localhost" alias set to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts may cause some strange problems.
Aren't there any "fishy" messages in dmesg or /var/log/? Have you made a move from a new PATA interface? You might want to check how things work on former interface or play with an older kernel.
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hmm new pata interface? My Disks are all IDE, and havnt done any hardware changes to my system if thats what you mean. I will attempt to add that alias and check some logs
-dan
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Above it should read "to a new PATA subsystem".
http://archlinux.org/news/272/
Since 2.6.19 you might either use the old IDE (disks named hdX) or new PATA subsystem (sdX).
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oh yes thats right, i thought i read you would have to change references to hd*'s to sd*'s.. i had to do that to my fstab and grub inorder for my to boot properly into the new 2.6.19. Now im new to this whole interface name changing scheme, but should i somehow use the old IDE subsystem? Could the SD*'s be causing my slow system performance?
-Dan
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I can't really say, but everything is worth a try. On the other hand, disks shouldn't have impact on slow network performance.
Does your console feel snappy or rather not?
That's how my localhost line looks like in /etc/hosts (kingdom is my PC hostname, set in /etc/rc.conf).
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost kingdomLast edited by lucke (2007-01-31 23:40:32)
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my console feels fine, Booting arch is snappy, changing and listing directories is fine as well. Pinging is slow as hell. Startx is slow as hell.. launching xterm is slow, or.. any application such as that. I seem to get ghosting alot when dragging windows around, i dont ever recall having that on my system
-Dan
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Compare your /etc/hosts to mine (above). I have no other ideas at the moment.
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well, i added that in, startx as well as gnome + application seem to load as they should now, if that was the reason thanks for telling me about that.
However my internet is still very very slow. Booting into Windows XP i can confirm its not my internet connection, no lag in XP, however in Arch, seems very slow. If its any help, im using the sundance driver
actually, now that applications seem to be loading as they should, my internet connection probebly can be asked in the network section?
-Dan
Last edited by bolero (2007-01-31 23:48:52)
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There's been some topics about that already. You can either try disabling ipv6 (add "alias net-pf-10 off" to /etc/modprobe.conf) or perhaps placing your ISPs (or other) DNS servers addresses in /etc/resolv.conf (that applies especially if you're behind a router and have router's ip set there).
Search the forum, you should find more information.
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THanks alot for your help!
-Dan
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My pleasure.
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