Hi This can be an I/O and/or CPU problem As a workaround you can use: - ionice - get/set program io scheduling class and priority for I/O problem - nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority for CPU problem
To adjust scheduling priority of the offending process. Good luck in you quest :) Best regards P.S: Provide more information (logs, dmesg, hdparm test, etc) to help us to help you Juan -- Mi nueva dirección es: - My new email address is: - Mon nouveau email est: j...@elsotanillo.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Usuario Linux Registrado: #257202 http://www.elsotanillo.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2011/6/14 Aniruddha <mailingdotl...@gmail.com>: > I've noticed that my Debian testing desktop slows downs significantly > when copying (and unpacking) large files. Sound stutters and iceweasel > (and other programs) freeze regularly. This makes working on my > desktop impossible when copying or unpacking large files, This > happened on all my Debian desktops, on different hardware and on > stable, testing and sid. I have also Funtoo installed, Funtoo remains > responsive during the same operations. Therefor I suspect it must be > an configuration problem. > > Is there an (kernel)option that need to be changed to increase > performance? Thus far I have tried changing Preemption Model and Timer > frequency without noticeable results. Thanks in advance! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTimY+WJ03+VKkq1cWNag=x8kl-y...@mail.gmail.com > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTi=tEV5AVDFK=9sMuAt=+zvjozh...@mail.gmail.com