On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:13:31 +0100
Marko Cupać <marko.cu...@mimar.rs> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> When playing local mp3 files in clementine, there are frequent short
> skips. Listening to the same files over network (icecast) everything
> is ok.

I searched around, and It appears that I have I/O bottleneck, as vmstat
constantly shows blocked processes even though laptop does close to
nothing:

 procs    memory       page                    disks    traps          cpu
 r b w    avm     fre  flt  re  pi  po  fr  sr sd0 sd1  int   sys   cs us sy id
 1 5 0 817348 6063372  680   0   0   0   0   0  11 1068 1911 26543 4849  6  6 88
 2 5 0 817364 6063352   41   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  131  7076  933  4  0 96
 2 5 0 817424 6063288   37   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  135  7334  983  3  1 96
 1 5 0 817436 6067428   37   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  143  6822  921  3  1 96
 1 5 0 817516 6067348   43   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  134  7337  976  5  0 95
 0 5 0 817520 6067340   25   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  133  7001  939  3  1 96
 1 5 0 817744 6067116   80   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  136  7419  998  4  0 96
 2 5 0 817760 6067100   38   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  134  6944  936  2  1 97
 2 5 0 818096 6066764  176   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  134  7668 1147  4  1 95
 2 5 0 818124 6066720   34   0   0   0   0   0   2   0  132  6949  941  3  0 97
 2 5 0 818420 6066424  112   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  141  8124 1058  3  2 95
 1 5 0 818416 6066428   27   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  134  7435  981  3  1 96
 2 5 0 818656 6066236  136   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  168  7714 1069  4  1 95
 1 5 0 818672 6075136   27   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  141  7140  947  4  2 94

Here's atactl identify output:

Model: KINGSTON SV300S37A240G, Rev: 521ABBF0, Serial #: 50026B72410EC74E
Device type: ATA, fixed
Cylinders: 16383, heads: 16, sec/track: 63, total sectors: 468862128
Device capabilities:
        ATA standby timer values
        IORDY operation
        IORDY disabling
Device supports the following standards:
ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 ATA-5 ATA-6 ATA-7 ATA-8 
Master password revision code 0xfffe
Device supports the following command sets:
        NOP command
        READ BUFFER command
        WRITE BUFFER command
        Host Protected Area feature set
        Read look-ahead
        Write cache
        Power Management feature set
        Security Mode feature set
        SMART feature set
        Flush Cache Ext command
        Flush Cache command
        48bit address feature set
        Set Max security extension commands
        Set Features subcommand required
        Power-up in standby feature set
        Advanced Power Management feature set
        DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command
        IDLE IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD FEATURE
        SMART self-test
        SMART error logging
Device has enabled the following command sets/features:
        NOP command
        READ BUFFER command
        WRITE BUFFER command
        Host Protected Area feature set
        Read look-ahead
        Write cache
        Power Management feature set
        SMART feature set
        Flush Cache Ext command
        Flush Cache command
        48bit address feature set
        Set Features subcommand required
        Advanced Power Management feature set
        DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command

Any advice on where should I start looking for solution?

Thank you in advance,
-- 
Marko Cupać
https://www.mimar.rs/

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