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From: James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: New laptop is slow.
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:26:07
Message-Id: loom.20091007T152142-425@post.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] New laptop is slow. by Grant
1 Grant <emailgrant <at> gmail.com> writes:
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4 > Can anyone suggest where to look?
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6 Could be lots of things.
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8 /usr/portage/sys-process
9 contains some tools like htop and iotop.
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13 bonnie and bonnie++ can benchmark the HDrive.
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16 could be in the installation. Maybe sync and update
17 a few times to ensure all is clean.
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20 lshw will give you detailed listing of your hardware.
21 Research (google) the components (cpu, ram, disk) to see
22 if any are slow performers.
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24 If your running KDE4 it could be anakonda (spelling?).
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27 Just start eliminating what is could be, and that's a large
28 list....
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31 hth,
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34 James