[Bug 1698118] Re: Slow disk writes after some uptime, only on 32bit/16+RAM/4+ kernels

2017-06-27 Thread v4169sgr
Thanks. Running sync && echo "1" | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/highmem_is_dirtyable on my system improves the situation for intensive read / write, but does not solve the problem. Here are my test results after running the above commands. I should be seeing 4s and 5s all the way down, but instead I se

[Bug 1698118] Re: Slow disk writes after some uptime, only on 32bit/16+RAM/4+ kernels

2017-06-20 Thread v4169sgr
As promised here are the results from the amd64 live DVD (the architecture identifies as 'i386' but this is the default desktop install media identifying as 'amd64') 16.04.2 LTS (Xenial Xerus), 4.8.0-36-generic, i386, RAM=16387048 Copying /lib to 1: 14.20 Copying 1 to 2: 4.24 Copying 2 to 3: 4.28

[Bug 1698118] Re: Slow disk writes after some uptime, only on 32bit/16+RAM/4+ kernels

2017-06-19 Thread v4169sgr
Results with modified method including sync on 32bit. Will repeat with 64bit live CD tomorrow evening. 16.04.2 LTS (Xenial Xerus), 4.8.0-54-generic, i386, RAM=16552604 Copying 1 to 2: 8.97 Copying 2 to 3: 7.36 Copying 3 to 4: 7.08 Copying 4 to 5: 6.51 Copying 5 to 6: 6.92 Copying 6 to 7: 7.33 Cop

[Bug 1698118] Re: Slow disk writes after some uptime, only on certain hw and 4.4+ kernels

2017-06-17 Thread v4169sgr
This bug affects me too. $ uname -a Linux aammscott 4.8.0-54-generic #57~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 24 16:20:44 UTC 2017 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux -Version- Kernel : Linux 4.8.0-54-generic (i686) Distribution: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS -Board- Name: P8H77-V LE Vendor

[Bug 861171] Re: Shutdown from greeter does nothing when multiple accounts open

2012-06-09 Thread v4169sgr
Affects me also as a 64 bit install of 12.04 with four user accounts. A warning and a password over-ride should be generated, as per behaviour in 10.04. As it stands non-admin user cannot now shut down normally at all if another user is logged in, even if the other user's processes are in 'zombie'

[Bug 225950] Re: [8.04] Drawing evolution window on screen very slow

2008-06-17 Thread v4169sgr
After taking two more patches in as many days I can confirm that the issue is still present. Drawing and manipulating the main pane, or email windows, takes too long over LTSP, and much longer than Dapper did on the same equipment. Installed packages: Evolution 2.22.2-0ubuntu1.3; ltsp-server 5.0.4

[Bug 225950] Re: [8.04] Drawing evolution window on screen very slow

2008-06-16 Thread v4169sgr
Issue not fixed by evolution update mentioned above, and I would not like this to be missed. Clarification: Evolution main panel in LTSP client, and email windows generated by double clicking on an email, are painfully slow to draw. There is a perceptible delay of 2-3 seconds before content is for