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djh-world
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 Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 11:57 pm Post subject: Gentoo seems....slower then windows (SOLVED) |
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Hi there, i'm unsure as to why my gentoo install just seems to be quite considerably slower then windows in every aspect, clicking on the any application takes at like 5 -6 seconds to actually load the program fully. Surely I should be getting better peformance then this? I've heard people who click on applications which load as soon as they press it.
My system specs are: -
AMD Athlon XP 2400XP+ @ 2030mhz
512mb Crucial DDR PC2700 RAM
Connect3D Radeon 9600 PRO
80GB Seagate Barracuda HDD
MSI KT600 Delta Motherboard
And my gentoo setup is: -
Kernel 2.6.1 (Gentoo-sources)
Installed with Stage3 + GRP
KDE 3.1
Is Gentoo destined to be slow or have I done something wrong with the installation process? I love the whole Gentoo experiance, its just windows seems one heck of a lot faster.....
Can anyone help?
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ett_gramse_nap
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 12:01 am Post subject: |
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Check if you have DMA turned on with "hdparm /dev/hdX". Are you sure that you've chosen the correct sources? athlonxp.
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djh-world
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 12:15 am Post subject: |
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This is the output of what you've just told me to do....
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bash-2.05b# hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 0 (off)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 256 (on)
geometry = 16383/255/63, sectors = 156301488, start = 0
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And yes, I used the athlon XP installation cd. [/code] |
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GentooBox
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 12:16 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I've heard people who click on applications which load as soon as they press it. |
well, im one of them 
i have nothing fancy installed or configured.
here is some information:
"CFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -pipe"
USE="3dnow acpi alsa mmx samba sse -arts -cups -foomaticdb -gpm -gnome \
-mad -mikmod -xv -berkdb"
gcc version 3.3.2 20031218 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.2-r5, propolice-3.3-7)
KDE version 3.2.0-rc1
everything compiled from stage1.
i think that the new kde 3.2 rc1 has some sort of preload or something, i dont know it for sure, but kde 3.1.4 is slower on my box (MUCH slower) than kde 3.2 rc1.
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Evil Dark Archon
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 12:19 am Post subject: |
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rc-update add hdparm boot
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taskara
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 12:22 am Post subject: |
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also, because you overclock your cpu, make sure your system is 100% stable - get prime95 to torture test for 24 hours under windows.
if you don't have a 100% stable system you will create corrupt code when you compile applications which coudl also be part of your problem.
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luqas
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 12:25 am Post subject: |
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DMA is not enabled on your machine. To enable it goto the console and type "hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda".
Then do what Evil Dark Arkon said and rc-update add hdparm boot. |
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djh-world
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| Dryre wrote: | DMA is not enabled on your machine. To enable it goto the console and type "hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda".
Then do what Evil Dark Arkon said and rc-update add hdparm boot. |
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/dev/hda:
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
using_dma = 0 (off)
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Ouch.
And my CPU is overclocked by 25mhz, it has been for 6 months so I doubt thats the problem. |
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taskara
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 12:43 am Post subject: |
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ok.. well if you are happy it's not the overclock, then great - just thought it was a possiblilty.
and dma can't be set because you didn't build your kernel correctly with the right ide driver - make sure you have via ide support, and dma support and generic support...
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djh-world
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 12:58 am Post subject: |
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Huirrah!
Thanks people! I think thats sorted the problem, I just had to enable my motherboards IDE chipset, which I think is the "VIA82Cxx" right?
Ahh |
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taskara
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 1:56 am Post subject: |
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that's the one..
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