I tried some other things which might be usefull in finding the problem. Please help. >You might also consider trying booting into "single user mode". next time you reboot, I did that, soon after I got the prompt I ran top command. Load Average was 1.75 but after about 30 secs it came down to normal .3 After which system was running fast. BTW during normal boot if I do not do anything for long and work only in the console system behaves ok. >free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 503 34 469 0 3 17 -/+ buffers/cache: 13 490 Swap: 1019 0 1019 >vmstat ocs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa 0 0 0 481184 3552 17164 0 0 142 11 1012 78 5 4 83 9 >Then issue the "telinit 3" command, this will start the computer in "runlevel" 3 Did that, as usual, initiallly load was high, system was slow but after sometime it was VERY fast (good) >vmstat rocs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa 0 0 0 412432 9444 43556 0 0 169 60 1019 102 4 3 73 20 >free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 503 101 402 0 9 42 -/+ buffers/cache: 49 454 Swap: 1019 0 1019 Notice cpu waiting time is increasing, I have output of ps -efl command stored during this stage let me know if you need that. >If you have KDE installed (one of the two windows managers) type in "startkde" now I ran startx and it took minutes (10+) to come up. following is output of some commands I ran while waiting for xwindows to come up vmstat procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa 0 2 0 316752 16048 96556 0 0 130 41 1018 63 2 2 49 48 I have output of ps -efl also >time eclipse real 9m57.727s user 0m22.522s sys 0m1.692s >also please post the last 20-30 lines from your /var/log/messages Dec 9 11:35:10 localhost kernel: SELinux: initialized (dev hda6, type ext3), uses xattr Dec 9 11:35:11 localhost kernel: SELinux: initialized (dev tmpfs, type tmpfs), uses transition SIDs Dec 9 11:35:11 localhost kernel: SELinux: initialized (dev hda3, type vfat), uses genfs_contexts Dec 9 11:35:11 localhost kernel: Adding 1044184k swap on /dev/hda7. Priority:-1 extents:1 Dec 9 11:35:11 localhost kernel: SELinux: initialized (dev binfmt_misc, type binfmt_misc), uses genfs_contexts Dec 9 11:35:11 localhost kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE] Dec 9 11:35:11 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean. Dec 9 11:35:11 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x170-0x177 0x370-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7 Dec 9 11:35:11 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean. Dec 9 11:35:11 localhost kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team Dec 9 11:35:11 localhost kernel: SELinux: initialized (dev rpc_pipefs, type rpc_pipefs), uses genfs_contexts Dec 9 11:35:11 localhost kernel: i2c /dev entries driver Dec 9 11:35:13 localhost kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE] Dec 9 11:35:13 localhost kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling). Dec 9 11:35:13 localhost kernel: lp0: console ready Dec 9 11:35:14 localhost cups: cupsd startup succeeded Dec 9 11:35:15 localhost kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 10 Dec 9 11:35:15 localhost kernel: Disabled Privacy Extensions on device 02369a00(lo) Dec 9 11:35:15 localhost kernel: IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver Dec 9 11:35:15 localhost sshd: succeeded Dec 9 11:35:15 localhost xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded Dec 9 11:35:16 localhost gpm[2455]: *** info [startup.c(95)]: Dec 9 11:35:16 localhost gpm[2455]: Started gpm successfully. Entered daemon mode. Dec 9 11:35:16 localhost gpm[2455]: *** info [mice.c(1766)]: Dec 9 11:35:16 localhost gpm[2455]: imps2: Auto-detected intellimouse PS/2 Dec 9 11:35:16 localhost gpm: gpm startup succeeded Dec 9 11:35:16 localhost xinetd[2445]: xinetd Version 2.3.13 started with libwrap loadavg options compiled in. Dec 9 11:35:16 localhost xinetd[2445]: Started working: 0 available services Dec 9 11:35:16 localhost iiim: htt startup succeeded Dec 9 11:35:18 localhost htt_server[2486]: started. Dec 9 11:35:19 localhost canna: succeeded Dec 9 11:35:19 localhost crond: crond startup succeeded Dec 9 11:35:20 localhost xfs: xfs startup succeeded Dec 9 11:35:21 localhost anacron: anacron startup succeeded Dec 9 11:35:21 localhost xfs[2538]: ignoring font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo (unreadable) Dec 9 11:35:21 localhost atd: atd startup succeeded Dec 9 11:35:22 localhost messagebus: messagebus startup succeeded Dec 9 11:35:22 localhost cups-config-daemon: cups-config-daemon startup succeeded Dec 9 11:35:22 localhost haldaemon: haldaemon startup succeeded Dec 9 11:35:23 localhost fstab-sync[2603]: removed all generated mount points Dec 9 11:35:29 localhost fstab-sync[2628]: added mount point /media/cdrecorder for /dev/hdb Dec 9 11:35:37 localhost rc: Starting webmin: succeeded Dec 9 11:35:42 localhost fstab-sync[3099]: added mount point /media/floppy for /dev/fd0 Dec 9 11:35:42 localhost login(pam_unix)[2640]: session opened for user root by LOGIN(uid=0) Dec 9 11:35:43 localhost -- root[2640]: ROOT LOGIN ON tty1 Dec 9 11:36:04 localhost login(pam_unix)[2641]: session opened for user root by LOGIN(uid=0) Dec 9 11:36:04 localhost -- root[2641]: ROOT LOGIN ON tty2 Dec 9 11:37:29 localhost kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team Dec 9 11:37:29 localhost kernel: eth1: link up, 10Mbps, half-duplex, lpa 0x0000 Dec 9 11:40:38 localhost gconfd (root-3407): starting (version 2.8.1), pid 3407 user 'root' Dec 9 11:40:41 localhost gconfd (root-3407): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0 Dec 9 11:40:41 localhost gconfd (root-3407): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/data/home/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1 Dec 9 11:40:41 localhost gconfd (root-3407): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2 Dec 9 11:44:34 localhost login(pam_unix)[2642]: session opened for user root by LOGIN(uid=0) Dec 9 11:44:34 localhost -- root[2642]: ROOT LOGIN ON tty3 Dec 9 11:46:00 localhost gconfd (root-3407): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/data/home/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 0 >the output from the "df" command, [root@localhost eclipse]# df -m Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 6023 3965 1753 70% / /dev/hda6 2517 2176 214 92% /data none 252 0 252 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda3 7422 6677 746 90% /mnt/fat32 [root@localhost eclipse]# df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 6166948 4059620 1794064 70% / /dev/hda6 2577392 2227640 218824 92% /data none 257876 0 257876 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda3 7599944 6836768 763176 90% /mnt/fat32 >also attach your ~/.xsession-errors file There was no .xsession-errors file I was so happy with FC2 :-( BTW whenever any application runs it feels as if its running stopping, running stopping i.e. not utilising full cpu. On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:32:44 +0530, Amit Rana <amit.rana@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > I shifted to FC3 last week and since then my system is working SO slow. > > P4-M 1.8, 512MB RAM > > Load Average is mostly 2+, RAM also get used free soon. Following is > the output of top, free, vmstat commands when I was only running > firefox and 1 terminal > > [root@localhost ~]# free -m > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 503 488 15 0 108 141 > -/+ buffers/cache: 238 265 > Swap: 1019 0 1019 > > [root@localhost Desktop]# vmstat > procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- > r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa > 1 2 276 6880 99140 178664 0 1 74 29 1041 390 7 2 19 73 > > [root@localhost ~]# top > top - 11:30:38 up 2:21, 5 users, load average: 2.20, 2.20, 2.17 > Tasks: 96 total, 1 running, 94 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie > Cpu(s): 2.7% us, 0.7% sy, 0.3% ni, 0.0% id, 96.3% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si > Mem: 515756k total, 503528k used, 12228k free, 112132k buffers > Swap: 1044184k total, 276k used, 1043908k free, 145024k cached > > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND > 5011 root 15 0 37184 12m 19m S 2.3 2.6 0:03.36 gnome-terminal > 4718 root 15 0 73980 20m 56m S 1.0 4.0 0:49.40 X > 4659 root 34 19 2512 716 1344 D 0.7 0.1 0:05.93 updatedb > 5088 root 17 0 1900 956 1664 R 0.3 0.2 0:00.02 top > 1 root 16 0 2260 560 1408 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.09 init > 2 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 ksoftirqd/0 > 3 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.15 events/0 > 4 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper > 5 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpid > 25 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/0 > 26 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.12 khubd > > When I ran "time eclipse" output was > real 10m42.974s > user 0m41.593s > sys 0m3.002s > > Other strange observations: > > - On the graphical login screen when I want to choose between gnome > and kde, popup window which lets you choose either of the two comes in > 5-10mins (this is on startup) > Basically complete boot takes over 15mins. > - Harddisk activity is never too much. > - Another strange thing is when I log off from KDE I always see my > gnome wall paper in the background. Is this right? > > fdisk -l > isk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 1 4 32098+ de Dell Utility > /dev/hda2 * 5 1464 11727450 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/hda3 1465 2412 7614810 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > /dev/hda4 2413 3648 9928170 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hda5 2413 3192 6265318+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda6 3193 3518 2618563+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda7 3519 3648 1044193+ 82 Linux swap > > load average is always 2+ > > Any help in trying to figure out the problem will be highly appreciated >
