On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 12:06 +0530, Amit Rana wrote: > 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 > The wait time means the processor is waiting for IO. This is usually delays in reading/writing data from a drive. On one of my PCs I saw this condition when a drive was beginning to fail and it made major delays in IO. Replacing the drive fixed it for me. > >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 You appear to have IPv6 enabled. This has been known to cause delays as the system tries to resolve addresses as IPv6 on a network that only supports IPv4. The archives make mention of this at times. This can easily cause major delays in starting X and applications that run in X. I saw a significant improvement in my system when I disabled IPv6. > 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 > > >
