Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:31:19 -0600 (GMT+6) From: john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] slow
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Philip Nienhuis wrote:
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 12:52:33 +0100 From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] slow
john wrote:
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 00:51:33 -0600 (GMT+6) From: john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: slow
thanks for the help in getting my linux install working again on my libby. Movies now play and very nicely except my audio and video are out of sync still--the audio is about four times fater than my video. the reason for this is my hard drive has started reading and writing very slow. It only works at about 1.3 M/s. It is much faster than that. It has a 8MB cache for starters:)!! here are the pertinant sections of my config file Does everything look right? its a toshiba 2.5 inch 60 gig GAX drive.
Here is my .config, actually also for the PCMCIA floppy patch. It is for 2.4.28 kernel, but while trying to get the floppy patch in the 2.6.x kernel series I noted that esp. the IDE stuff is largely the same.
I attached the entire .config file, perhaps there are more options you might want to compare to your setup.
BTW how fast does your Toshiba HD rotate? My 60 GB Hitachi 7K60 = 7200rpm + 8 MB cache, I found that does make a noticable difference compared to a 15 GB Toshiba 1517GAP 4200 rpm with ?2? MB cache.
I just checked the specs: 5400rpm, 60gig, 16MB cache. Rated at up to 100M/s top transfer rate. Its a very fast drive actually and if I can unscrewup my hard drive setup on 2.6 I'll let you know its top speed on the libby. On a equivilant laptop with dma enabled I was getting around 8 M/s, which is slow for it . On the 110CT, for some reason I am getting 1.5M/s. Faster than the IBM I was using, tho. I also seem to have a memory problem under 2.6.x. Under 2.4 I usually had about 32MB free after booting now I only have 1-2MB free. I noticed you have ACPI enabled in your .config file. When I enable it I can't get the donauboe FIR driver to find its I/O address and it doesn't create the irda0 driver plus it gives me real bad battery life. I also can't get the Neomagic framebuffer driver neofb to load using the 'libretto' parameter. Haven't found out why. Gives me a nasty error and locks up the computer. I also have a problem hotplugging my dvd drive from a usb port, when it is disconnected I get a glitch that says it is linked to a whole bunch of drivers, and forces me to shut down. I'm having a whole bunch of fun:))))))))))) besides not being able to play movies.
Here's a question for you--I've been looking for a linux pro to unscewup my linux installations ever since I started using it last year being I'm not much of a software person myself, I'm not any good at it, and don't have any time to really fix stuff plus I want to use it. Impossible to find. Nobody seems to want to work on it inspite of the fact it has a whole list of great reasons and very few defects as compared to other small and microcomputer operating systems. And get this -- from what I've been willing to offer the pay is way better. But everybody knows how to reload programs and plug in boards in windows and wants to charge an arm and a leg to do it inspite of the fact I can grab pretty much anyone off the street to do it -- takes little brains. Problem is -- an OS like that is basically useless to me. Its pretty and clickable (which are its advantages) but it just doesn't work right. So..after this long spiel why is it so hard to find a linux guy?!!?
john
