Re: Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-03-02 Thread deloptes
Richard Hector wrote: > So you've got a jessie system that won't boot with the jessie kernel, > but will boot with the wheezy kernel? > > While you've got the keyboard and screen handy, you could try the > jessie-backports kernel, which is more similar to the stretch kernel, > and if that works y

Re: Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-03-01 Thread Richard Hector
On 02/03/18 04:23, John wrote: > Slightly different issue but I am part way through an upgrade from > Whezzy to Stretch. After the upgrade to Jessie my (headless) computer > failed to boot. After a struggle getting keyboard and screen it > stalled after loading the kernel, probably a broken initr

Re: Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-03-01 Thread deloptes
John wrote: > It booted OK with  the last Whezzy kernel but I am afraid to try to > upgrade to Stretch with this suspect system.  Problem is this machine > is the interface between the LAN and the Internet so without it things > are difficult I use serial to usb and manage reboots this way. I hav

Re: Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-03-01 Thread John
Slightly different issue but I am part way through an upgrade from Whezzy to Stretch. After the upgrade to Jessie my (headless) computer failed to boot. After a struggle getting keyboard and screen it stalled after loading the kernel, probably a broken initrd file It booted OK with the last Whe

Re: Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-03-01 Thread rhkramer
On Wednesday, February 28, 2018 11:41:34 PM David Christensen wrote: > There are two schools of thought for Debian major version upgrades: > > 1. Do an in-place upgrade. > > 2. Do a fresh install and migrate. > > > Years ago, I tried the former. Invariably, I ran into problems I could > not

Re: Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-03-01 Thread Sven Hartge
Curt wrote: > On 2018-03-01, deloptes wrote: >> David Christensen wrote: >>> So, now I do the latter.  This is facilitated by, and integrated >>> into, my backup/ restore, archive, and imaging processes.  I have >>> confidence in the results. >> >> I have been updating regularly wheezy -> jessie

Re: Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-03-01 Thread Curt
On 2018-03-01, deloptes wrote: > David Christensen wrote: > >> So, now I do the latter.  This is facilitated by, and integrated into, >> my backup/ restore, archive, and imaging processes.  I have confidence >> in the results. > > I have been updating regularly wheezy -> jessie -> stretch > > I ne

Re: Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-02-28 Thread deloptes
David Christensen wrote: > So, now I do the latter.  This is facilitated by, and integrated into, > my backup/ restore, archive, and imaging processes.  I have confidence > in the results. I have been updating regularly wheezy -> jessie -> stretch I never experienced any problem

Re: Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-02-28 Thread David Christensen
On 02/28/18 10:11, Schrey wrote: Recently I cloned & upgraded a (virtual) build system, from Jessie to Stretch, and some tasks have become so slow that it hurts. I am a Debian user, not a Debian tester or a Debian developer. I prefer Debian Stable because I want my computers to work reliably

Re: Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-02-28 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 28 Feb 2018, Schrey wrote: > bob@build-stretch:/stuff/git/linux-stable$ [...] > sys 2m6.748s > bob@build-jessie:/stuff/git/linux-stable$ [...] > sys 0m6.164s [...] > Has anyone experienced similar things after upgrading from Jessie to > Stretch? I haven't, but a little birdie make

Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-02-28 Thread Schrey
Greetings. Recently I cloned & upgraded a (virtual) build system, from Jessie to Stretch, and some tasks have become so slow that it hurts. Look at 'git archive' for example, the tar part: bob@build-stretch:/stuff/git/linux-stable$ time git archive v3.18.95 | perf stat tar xC /usr/src/tes