Re: System becomes very slow after update to squeeze 6.0.1
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On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Jackie <jackie2004.wang@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi all,
>
> sorry for reply so later. this weekend i reinstalled again, from 5.0.4 to
> 5.0.8 and final 6.0.1. when upgrade to 6.0.1, it becomes "slow", i noticed
> when setting linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64, it said, This system is currently
> running Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 and you are installing Linux 2.6.32-5-adm64, In
> the new version some of the drivers used on this system may require
> additional firemware files eg. radeon/b43/tg3 see attachment. i've already
> installed raedon RS960_cp.bin,tg3 by using apt-get install
> firmware-linux-nonfree, but after apt-get install b43-fwcutter, then system
> still complain b43 not found. see the output of dmesg:
> :~# dmesg|grep -i -e error -e fail -e warn
> [ 0.000000] ACPI Error: 32/64X address mismatch in Pm2ControlBlock:
> 00008800/0000000000008100, using 32 (20090903/tbfadt-427)
> [ 0.791440] PM: Resume from disk failed.
> [ 2.308698] PM: Error -22 checking image file
> [ 2.308700] PM: Resume from disk failed.
> [ 6.437797] amd64_edac: probe of 0000:00:18.2 failed with error -22
> [ 22.048527] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode13.fw" not found
> [ 22.055643] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode13.fw" not found
> [ 22.063020] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download
> the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all
> instructions on this website.
> [ 22.846726] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode13.fw" not found
> [ 22.853638] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode13.fw" not found
> [ 22.860374] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download
> the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all
> instructions on this website
>
> and this time i have xorg.conf:
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Configured Video Device"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Configured Monitor"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Monitor "Configured Monitor"
> EndSection
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:13 PM, shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> first, you might want to reply to the list. i'll go through what i see
>> here for now.
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Jackie Wang <jackie2004.wang@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > root@Ming:~# lspci
>> > 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge
>> > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge
>> > (Internal
>> > gfx)
>> > 00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 7914
>> > 00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI
>> > Express Port 1)
>> > 00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI
>> > Express Port 2)
>> > 00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
>> > 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
>> > 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
>> > 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
>> > 00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
>> > 00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
>> > 00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
>> > 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
>> > 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
>> > 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
>> > 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
>> > 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
>> > 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>> > HyperTransport Technology Configuration
>> > 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>> > Address Map
>> > 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>> > DRAM
>> > Controller
>> > 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>> > Miscellaneous Control
>> > 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon
>> > X1200
>> > Series]
>>
>> ^^^^^ there's your video card but, i've left the rest in because i
>> don't necessarily think this is the issue here.
>>
>> > 02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b6)
>> > 02:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
>> > (rev
>> > 02)
>> > 10:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M
>> > Gigabit
>> > Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
>>
>>
>>
>> > root@Ming:~# lsmod
>> > Module Size Used by
>> > ppdev 5030 0
>> > lp 7462 0
>> > sco 7209 2
>> > bridge 39630 0
>> > stp 1440 1 bridge
>> > bnep 9427 2
>> > l2cap 24736 3 bnep
>> > bluetooth 41827 5 sco,bnep,l2cap
>> > rfkill 13044 3 bluetooth
>> > powernow_k8 10978 1
>> > cpufreq_stats 2659 0
>> > cpufreq_conservative 5162 0
>> > cpufreq_userspace 1992 0
>> > cpufreq_powersave 902 0
>> > binfmt_misc 6431 1
>> > uinput 6376 1
>> > fuse 50892 1
>> > loop 11799 0
>> > firewire_sbp2 11514 0
>> > snd_hda_codec_analog 64562 1
>> > snd_hda_intel 20035 1
>> > snd_hda_codec 54244 2 snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel
>> > snd_hwdep 5380 1 snd_hda_codec
>> > snd_pcm 60503 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
>> > snd_seq 42881 0
>> > snd_timer 15582 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
>> > snd_seq_device 4493 1 snd_seq
>> > radeon 574188 2
>> > snd 46446 10
>> >
>> > snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
>> > ttm 40146 1 radeon
>> > pcmcia 19474 0
>> > drm_kms_helper 20065 1 radeon
>> > drm 142359 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
>> > yenta_socket 19115 1
>> > rsrc_nonstatic 7294 1 yenta_socket
>> > i2c_algo_bit 4225 1 radeon
>> > joydev 8459 0
>> > soundcore 4598 1 snd
>> > hp_accel 11056 0
>> > lis3lv02d 5173 1 hp_accel
>> > input_polldev 1967 1 lis3lv02d
>> > snd_page_alloc 6249 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
>> > edac_core 29261 0
>> > video 17445 0
>> > pcmcia_core 24118 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
>> > shpchp 26264 0
>> > led_class 2433 1 hp_accel
>> > i2c_piix4 8328 0
>> > parport_pc 18855 1
>> > i2c_core 15819 5
>> > radeon,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_piix4
>> > edac_mce_amd 6433 0
>> > k8temp 3283 0
>> > pci_hotplug 21203 1 shpchp
>> > parport 27954 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
>> > output 1692 1 video
>> > tpm_infineon 7499 0
>> > tpm 10119 1 tpm_infineon
>> > psmouse 49937 0
>> > evdev 7352 14
>> > tpm_bios 4521 1 tpm
>> > processor 29935 1 powernow_k8
>> > ac 2192 0
>> > pcspkr 1699 0
>> > wmi 4323 0
>> > container 2389 0
>> > battery 4998 0
>> > button 4650 0
>> > serio_raw 3752 0
>> > ext4 289033 1
>> > mbcache 5050 1 ext4
>> > jbd2 67015 1 ext4
>> > crc16 1319 2 l2cap,ext4
>> > sg 18744 0
>> > sd_mod 29921 3
>> > crc_t10dif 1276 1 sd_mod
>> > sr_mod 12602 0
>> > cdrom 29415 1 sr_mod
>> > ata_generic 3047 0
>> > fan 3346 0
>> > tg3 95663 0
>> > ahci 32374 2
>> > thermal 11674 0
>> > firewire_ohci 19676 0
>> > firewire_core 36848 2 firewire_sbp2,firewire_ohci
>> > crc_itu_t 1307 1 firewire_core
>> > libphy 14054 1 tg3
>> > thermal_sys 11942 4 video,processor,fan,thermal
>> > pata_atiixp 3489 0
>> > ohci_hcd 19343 0
>> > ehci_hcd 32081 0
>> > libata 133632 3 ata_generic,ahci,pata_atiixp
>> > usbcore 122386 3 ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
>> > nls_base 6377 1 usbcore
>> > scsi_mod 122149 5 firewire_sbp2,sg,sd_mod,sr_mod,libata
>>
>> nothing stands out (don't know what ati's mobile driver is - a quick
>> google should show this)
>>
>> > root@Ming:~# w
>> > 13:14:37 up 6 min, 2 users, load average: 1.77, 1.58, 0.78
>>
>> i agree with your "very slow". that >1 load for a minute and >1.5 for
>> five minutes is pretty noticeable.
>>
>>
>> > strangely, in /etc/X11 no xorg.conf. and acct package not installed,
>> > i've
>> > just installed acct package using apt-get install acct, but no /var/wtmp
>> > file.
>>
>> yeah, i figured you wouldn't have an x config. i was curious whether
>> something might have been configured and still in place after the
>> upgrade. per acct:
>> swilson-mbp-vdebian:~/code/node# ls -l /var/log/wtmp
>> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 71808 Mar 20 05:05 /var/log/wtmp
>> swilson-mbp-vdebian:~/code/node# apt-cache search acct
>> acct - The GNU Accounting utilities for process and login accounting
>>
>> it might make tracking down the issue easier, but maybe not. either way...
>> i'll see if i have any time later to look some of this up (if no one
>> else has already done so :) )
>
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