Iron_Mike
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
Posts: 83
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 Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 4:43 pm Post subject: laggy |
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hi all...
my questions is, is it normal that whatever operation i do or almost makes my pc lag under gentoo?
like if i compile a program, or copy about 100mo of stuff it gets so laggy, my mouse stops to work for couple of seconds , my music player hangs for the same time, etc...
my pc config is: nvidia geforce 32mo, 384mo ddr, asus a7v266 , amd athon xp 1700+
i looked at a command written in the install doc about dma.
if i check my drive, i get:
| Code: | bash-2.05b# hdparm -d /dev/hdb
/dev/hdb:
using_dma = 0 (off)
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so if i try to change to on (1):
| Code: | bash-2.05b# hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdb
/dev/hdb:
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
using_dma = 0 (off)
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i wonder why it is not permitted as im trying it in root...
thanks |
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