On 4/2/06, Anil Kumar Sharma <xplusaks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 4/2/06, Niklaus <niklaus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > My kernel is Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 #1 Thu Jun > > 2 22:55:56 EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux. > > > > I have been running it for a long time . My file system is ext3. > > Whenver i compile a program or untar a file like gcc , all the songs > > that i am playing stops for around 2 secs . Even bash doesn't respond > > for 2 secs. I have 3 Ghz Cpu and 1 GB of RAM and my harddisk is pretty > > fast. > > > > Throughout the 2 secs i can see the harddisk light green. It is > > accessing the harddisk. I tried hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc. I don't know why > > but in windows i don't have that problem . I think earlier (about a > > year ago )i had debian , i never had this problem. Can you help. > > > > > > Keep the console open with > # top -d .1 > running, choose appropriate fast speed to update (default of top not good > for 2 sec) > Also use of nice command may help. > It is few of the processes that are running are taking up huge cpu . I suspect the kblockd/0 gam_server kjournald kblockd pdflush I tried a while [ true ] do dd if=/dev/zero of=./foo & sleep 10 killall dd done I could the above processes shooting up and my mouse not moving . Nothing was respoding,not even the keyboard lights got toggled when i pressed num lock. It killed my firefox. I just don't believe it. Now after few secs around 30 everything is normal. I really want to get rid of it. Any suggestions. If it is kjournald i have used ext3 before i never had this problem . >
