Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-29 Thread Beso
2007/8/29, Lorenzo Milesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > seems ok now: > # hdparm -i /dev/sda yep it looks ok now try also a hdparm -i /dev/sr0 to see if also the dvd has ata enabled > > after that, the disk's spin may be due to the high load (thw swap > filling - > > try setting the swap t

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-29 Thread Lorenzo Milesi
On 8/16/07, Beso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > did you removed all the hda stack (you should then use the /dev/sda instead > of /dev/hda for hd ad /dev/sr0 instead of /dev/hdb for the dvd)? sda doesn't accept dma from hdparm. > with the new pata stack hdparm doesn't really function anymore. here

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-16 Thread Beso
did you removed all the hda stack (you should then use the /dev/sda instead of /dev/hda for hd ad /dev/sr0 instead of /dev/hdb for the dvd)? with the new pata stack hdparm doesn't really function anymore. on my pc is still there just for testing issues (-tT option). instead you should take a look a

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-15 Thread Lorenzo Milesi
Ok I removed generic SIS IDE and compiled with experimental SIS pata driver. The system gained in responsiveness, but I still miss performances on the hdd. It still spins a lot. I tried hdparm with sda_args="-A1 -c0 " but nothing changed. New ideas? :) Thanks maxxer -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-15 Thread Lorenzo Milesi
On 8/15/07, Beso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > strange.. that could only depend on the fact that you don't have no type of > sata installed. > anyway, what was ubuntu loading as modules? maybe this is the answer? ubuntu dmesg: [ 20.495209] libata version 2.21 loaded. [ 20.498089] pata_sis

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-15 Thread Lorenzo Milesi
On 8/15/07, Beso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > strange.. that could only depend on the fact that you don't have no type of > sata installed. > anyway, what was ubuntu loading as modules? I've just logged into ubuntu. this is lsmod. I still have to compare it with mine. thanks again!! maxxer binfm

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-15 Thread Beso
strange.. that could only depend on the fact that you don't have no type of sata installed. anyway, what was ubuntu loading as modules? 2007/8/15, Lorenzo Milesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 8/14/07, Beso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 9. i really don't get why your disk tries to put itself on udm

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-15 Thread Lorenzo Milesi
On 8/14/07, Beso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 9. i really don't get why your disk tries to put itself on udma33, but mine > used to do the same thing when i switched to 2.6.21. I added > libata.atapi_enabled=1 to my boot line and it worked. this is something due > to the sata driver. i don't reall

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-14 Thread Beso
2007/8/14, Lorenzo Milesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 8/14/07, Richard Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What exactly is filling up memory? Try running top and sorting by > > memory use (shortcut key "M"). 500MB of RAM isn't a huge amount - > > certainly plenty for ordinary use but if you

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-14 Thread Lorenzo Milesi
On 8/14/07, Florian Philipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You don't need this for pcmcia. You don't need /etc/init.d/pcmcia, either (in > fact, it hurts). Thanks! BTW I don't have (and thus use) /etc/init.d/pcmcia. I upgraded to pcmciautils long time ago ;) Maxxer -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing lis

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-14 Thread Lorenzo Milesi
On 8/14/07, Richard Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What exactly is filling up memory? Try running top and sorting by > memory use (shortcut key "M"). 500MB of RAM isn't a huge amount - > certainly plenty for ordinary use but if you have two X displays, 15 > daemons, 12 web browsers, and Op

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-14 Thread Florian Philipp
Am Dienstag 14 August 2007 21:24:27 schrieb Lorenzo Milesi: > On 8/14/07, Beso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 3. i don't get why are you running a pichotplug on a notebook (turion 64 > > mt only get on notebooks). do you have any pci board that you want to > > plug in your pc while it is running?

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-14 Thread Lorenzo Milesi
On 8/14/07, Beso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 3. i don't get why are you running a pichotplug on a notebook (turion 64 mt > only get on notebooks). do you have any pci board that you want to plug in > your pc while it is running? it's only a waste compiling it on a notebook. pcmcia cards. > 4.

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-14 Thread Vladimir G. Ivanovic
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Beso wrote: > 7. for hdparm config replace > > hda_args="-X69 -c1" > > > with hda_args="-x udma133 -A1 -c0" . the A1 enables readahead, the c0 > disables 32bit. on my hd the 32bit on and the unmaskirq on make me go > slower than these options d

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-14 Thread Bob Sanders
Beso, mused, then expounded: > > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Unknown device 0756 > > (rev 02) > > > try a verbose on it. He should run - update-pciids, which will grab the latest pci id database from the web, then do a lspci. That may fix the "unknown device" messag

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-14 Thread Beso
his system is an asus notebook. the turion 64 mt-32 only comes out in notebooks. if you look at the dmesg you'll see the asus-acpi loading ok, and it seems to me that it is an a6km-q024h with 512 of ram and 80gb of hd. lorenzo, it happened to find this old gentoo full configuration for the a6km se

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-14 Thread Richard Freeman
Lorenzo Milesi wrote: slowliness and memory leaks: taking ages to load pictures, filling my 500mb ram quickly. It's really weird! What exactly is filling up memory? Try running top and sorting by memory use (shortcut key "M"). 500MB of RAM isn't a huge amount - certainly plenty for ordinar

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-14 Thread Beso
1. why are you using noapic? is there any bug in your bios that makes you use it? 2. you can have a more beautiful console if using vesa, instead of vga (this is only a hint and doesn't have nothing with slowdowns) 3. i don't get why are you running a pichotplug on a notebook (turion 64 mt only get

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-14 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Dienstag, 14. August 2007, Florian Philipp wrote: > Am Dienstag 14 August 2007 10:18:15 schrieb Lorenzo Milesi: > > Hi > > > > I need some help... > > I'm using my pc for long time now, but I'm running out of patience. I > > must have made some mistakes in configuration (since the beginning!), >

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-14 Thread Lorenzo Milesi
>Try to take "CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC" and "CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC" out of your >kernel. Maybe you are stuck on PIO because the kernel doesn't choose the >right IDE driver. I had the same problem. Thanks, but sadly it didn't help much! :( > try appending the dmesg output and a hdparm -v /dev/hda and h

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-14 Thread Florian Philipp
Am Dienstag 14 August 2007 10:18:15 schrieb Lorenzo Milesi: > Hi > > I need some help... > I'm using my pc for long time now, but I'm running out of patience. I > must have made some mistakes in configuration (since the beginning!), > thus making it not running to its full potential. I experience h

Re: [gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-14 Thread Beso
2007/8/14, Lorenzo Milesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi > > I need some help... > I'm using my pc for long time now, but I'm running out of patience. I > must have made some mistakes in configuration (since the beginning!), > thus making it not running to its full potential. I experience hdd > slowli

[gentoo-amd64] I need some help...

2007-08-14 Thread Lorenzo Milesi
Hi I need some help... I'm using my pc for long time now, but I'm running out of patience. I must have made some mistakes in configuration (since the beginning!), thus making it not running to its full potential. I experience hdd slowliness and memory leaks: taking ages to load pictures, filling m