Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Questions

[Frank Steinmetzger]

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 12:34:33AM +0100, Silvio Siefke wrote:

Ah ok

> > Do both systems freeze on that website? That seems strange.  I, too, have an
> > Atom Netbook, though with an N450 which has Hyperthreading. It is not fast; it
> > takes 17 seconds to load Firefox, but I had no freezes yet. The only problem I
> > have so far is that mplayer often crashes when going to/from fullscreen if its
> > video output is set to OpenGL. The N270 is an early model, perhaps some other
> > hardware in the netbook is slowly dying.
>
> Mine is slow. No matter which browser. No matter which program. That does
> not bother me much. But the system is slow, it bugs me. Hard drive I swapped,
> memory, I also exchanged.
>
> Yes the System is old. 2009. Maybe it's time for new Netbook.

Nah, mine is just/almost as old (I got it for free from my parents b/c it
developed a jerky LVDS cable that needs swapping out, so they bought a
replacement and I got that one).  I thought more like really early netbooks
(2007, 2008). But depending on your use and wear of the hardware, it could
still be an age issue.  Netbooks aren't cheap for no reason, unfortunately.

> > Well, on the other hand, you can count the Watts an Atom consumes with one
> > hand. For the P4 you'd need the hands of up to 12 people. That difference has
> > to come from somewhere.
>
> Yes but that's not what i look. Im often on the road and the Netbook is better
> as a normal Notebook. And my Samsung has really much expirence in traveling :)
>
> Ok thanks for help @all. I think its time for new one, i will see what give
> on ebay.

Did you try any other OS to confirm/reject the theory that your kernel is the
actual culprit? Any live linux from USB can do the trick. Did you run memcheck?
(I know you said you swapped the memory module, perhaps the RAM slot is
defective).
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