RE: [SLUG] Slow Console

From: Prasun Gupta (pgupta@ringling.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 24 2003 - 09:37:19 EDT


I believe that this issue is related to power management problem.

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Prasun Gupta, Systems Analyst
Ringling School of Art and Design
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Quoting Rock <mrock@stewartsigns.com>:

> I believe that you are correct in saying swapping is probably the > culprit. This morning I started vmstat from a remote terminal and then > went to the console and sure enough the screen was jerky and slow. When > I reviewed the vmstat report it shows a definite jump in si activity and > then it settles down again. > > Now to determine which processes are being swapped out and how to stop > it. > > I ran top but could not get a good picture of which processes were > running because I was in a different office on the console. > > I should have run top in batch mode but I will do that tomorrow morning > and see what I get. > > Thanks to all of you,, for your help thus far. > > Michael C. Rock > Systems Analyst > Registered Linux User # 287973 > > "The time has come the walrus said to speak of many things,," > "Christians give up what they cannot keep to gain what they cannot lose" > > This may have a lot to do with kernel versions. The 2.4 series has gone > through a lot of VM work since the beginning. The tweaking has gone back > and forth, making some things slower, some faster, etc. That doesn't > really resolve your problem, I know. But assuming that you have roughly > the same daemons running on both machines, with similar activity, it's > the kernel's handling of memory/swapping/VM/etc. You could force hoggish > programs to grab less priority with nice, but if your bash is swapped > out, that won't make much difference. > > Paul > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked > Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages > posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the > official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees. > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked > Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages > posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the > official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees. >

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