| 1 |
Here's the output: |
| 2 |
|
| 3 |
/dev/hda: |
| 4 |
multcount = 16 (on) |
| 5 |
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit) |
| 6 |
unmaskirq = 0 (off) |
| 7 |
using_dma = 0 (off) |
| 8 |
keepsettings = 0 (off) |
| 9 |
readonly = 0 (off) |
| 10 |
readahead = 256 (on) |
| 11 |
geometry = 30515/255/63, sectors = 251000193024, start = 0 |
| 12 |
|
| 13 |
|
| 14 |
|
| 15 |
Allan Wang wrote: |
| 16 |
|
| 17 |
>On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 18:36 +0000, Mark Creamer wrote: |
| 18 |
> |
| 19 |
> |
| 20 |
>>I have a fresh install of 2005.0. PC specs are AMD Athlon 64 3200, 2 GB |
| 21 |
>>RAM. I'm noticing that certain applications will monopolize the CPU for |
| 22 |
>>a moment and then drop off. But during that time, mouse is hung, and |
| 23 |
>>nothing else will work or will work sporadically. |
| 24 |
>> |
| 25 |
>>An example would be opening PAN newsgroup reader, and selecting a group |
| 26 |
>>that has a large number of messages. Until all the message headers are |
| 27 |
>>loaded into the reader, even if that's only a few seconds, I can't do |
| 28 |
>>anything. |
| 29 |
>> |
| 30 |
>>How can I tune Gentoo so the processor doesn't peak for one app like this? |
| 31 |
>> |
| 32 |
>>Thanks! |
| 33 |
>>Mark |
| 34 |
>> |
| 35 |
>> |
| 36 |
> |
| 37 |
>Hmm, I've seen this problem with machines that don't have DMA on, if |
| 38 |
>you're using IDE hard drives, what's the output of hdparm /dev/hda or |
| 39 |
>whatever the drive is? |
| 40 |
> |
| 41 |
>Allan |
| 42 |
> |
| 43 |
> |
| 44 |
> |
| 45 |
|
| 46 |
-- |
| 47 |
gentoo-amd64@g.o mailing list |
Archives