System running slow

2quick · January 11, 2009, 8:53pm

I have installed OpenSUSE 11.1 and KED 4.1 on my computer. It was initally working great. Now after a few weeks of use it has slowed considerably i.e. the time for Firefox to load takes a considerable amount of time or the login to get to a up and running desktop in KDE takes longer. Is there any kind of system clean up program to try and get my system back to normal. Thanks for any help!!

malcolmlewis · January 11, 2009, 9:14pm

Hi
Sounds like beagle… how is you disk space? I think sometimes beagle
can create some big files. Use YaST software management and search and
remove all beagle related files except the libbeagle one. Unless of
course you need all the files etc indexed via beagle.

Also in Firefox, you may wish to disable the security setting where it
verifies the site is ok. It’s the two ‘Tell me’ ones under
preferences->security.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 6:38, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.09, 0.10
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

2quick · January 12, 2009, 3:27am

For the disk space, it should be good:

/ is 10GB with 5.3GB available
/home is 117GB with 79GB available
/swap is 4GB with 4 GB available(system has 2GB RAM)

I got rid of the beagle stuff, and the system is still lagging. Any other ideas? Thanks!!

malcolmlewis · January 12, 2009, 3:59am

Hi
What about the firefox feature? Can you run the top command from a
konsole/console session and see if it’s a particular process, the
other one is to run vmstat 2 and check the io column.

You could also look at disabling ipv6, YaST -> network devices on the
the global tab.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 13:24, 1 user, load average: 0.30, 0.25, 0.25
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

2quick · January 12, 2009, 5:10am

I forgot to mention the 2 Tell features in firefox, but yes they are also now disabled.

For a particular process being a huge memory or CPU hog, nothing that I can tell.

Opening firefox taked up about 14% of the CPU so does trying to move an icon on the desktop. For example it takes a second or so from the time you click to grab a desktop icon to when you can actually move it. Idle the CPU is at 0.8% There is no process that is taking up a bunch of memory either.

As far as the processes, there are typically 2 running and 108 sleeping. Does this sound normal for not having anything open besides firefox and the konsole? Just wondering.

For the IPv6, it was already disabled. That was done during the install.

THANKS!!!

malcolmlewis · January 12, 2009, 5:23am

2quick:

malcolmlewis;1926030 Wrote:
> Hi
> What about the firefox feature? Can you run the top command from a
> konsole/console session and see if it’s a particular process, the
> other one is to run vmstat 2 and check the io column.
>
> You could also look at disabling ipv6, YaST -> network devices on the
> the global tab.
>

I forgot to mention the 2 Tell features in firefox, but yes they are
also now disabled.

For a particular process being a huge memory or CPU hog, nothing that I
can tell.

Opening firefox taked up about 14% of the CPU so does trying to move an
icon on the desktop. For example it takes a second or so from the time
you click to grab a desktop icon to when you can actually move it. Idle
the CPU is at 0.8% There is no process that is taking up a bunch of
memory either.

As far as the processes, there are typically 2 running and 108
sleeping. Does this sound normal for not having anything open besides
firefox and the konsole? Just wondering.

For the IPv6, it was already disabled. That was done during the
install.

THANKS!!!

Hi
What is your video card? Also I’m guessing it’s KDE 4.? your running,
what about kwin (is that the new window thing?) [as you can see i use
Gnome]. What happens if you disable any desktop effects if you have
them running.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 14:49, 2 users, load average: 0.60, 0.25, 0.27
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

2quick · January 12, 2009, 6:09am

Yes I am running KDE 4.1.3

The video card is an integrated GeForce 8200

The desktop effects are not running, they all off.

For the kwin question, what exactly are you asking, kind fuzzy on that.

As always thank ya!!!

malcolmlewis · January 12, 2009, 6:22am

Hi
Ok, are you running the nvidia driver, if not I would suggest
installing. There are also some xorg.conf settings to be added to tweak
the driver.

Have a search on the forum on nvidia and nvidia-xconfig. I also suggest
installing the nvidia driver ‘The Hard way’, ask back for more details
on installing the hard way.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 15:47, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.09, 0.08
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

malcolmlewis · January 12, 2009, 6:28am

Malcolm:

2quick:

malcolmlewis;1926041 Wrote:
> Hi
> What is your video card? Also I’m guessing it’s KDE 4.? your running,
> what about kwin (is that the new window thing?) [as you can see i use
> Gnome]. What happens if you disable any desktop effects if you have
> them running.
>
> –
> Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
> openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
> up 14:49, 2 users, load average: 0.60, 0.25, 0.27
> GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

Yes I am running KDE 4.1.3

The video card is an integrated GeForce 8200

The desktop effects are not running, they all off.

For the kwin question, what exactly are you asking, kind fuzzy on
that.

As always thank ya!!!

Hi
Ok, are you running the nvidia driver, if not I would suggest
installing. There are also some xorg.conf settings to be added to tweak
the driver.

Have a search on the forum on nvidia and nvidia-xconfig. I also suggest
installing the nvidia driver ‘The Hard way’, ask back for more details
on installing the hard way.

Hi
Oh, Isn’t kwin the kde window manager if you turn on effects?? or is it
compiz-fusion??

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 15:55, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.05
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

geoffro · January 12, 2009, 6:57am

To get kde desktop effects running smoothly in kde add these one at a time in a console as su
nvidia-xconfig --composite
nvidia-xconfig --render-accel
nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals -d 24

/Geoff

2quick · January 12, 2009, 2:33pm

malcolmlewis:

I tried updating the driver the “Hard Way”. I went through all of the steps as listed in the NVIDIA Wiki. I think I might be missing a step when you run the command

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.22-pkg1.run -q

after entering that is there something else I need to do prior to running the sax2 setup?

Also what would you be talking about when tweaking the xorg.conf settings and how would I go about doing this? I have never been into any of this, I am extremely new to Linux.

geoffro:
I also noticed this when I read the NVIDIA Wiki. I have now put that in as well.

Thanks guys!!

2quick · January 12, 2009, 2:42pm

I forgot to add…The reason why I do not think the Hard Way went correctly is because My Computer still has 177.82 driver listed.

Also I forgot to mention that there was no nvidia directory, I created one and then moved the NVIDIA driver to it. Is this typical?

malcolmlewis · January 12, 2009, 3:29pm

Hi
Did you have the nvidia rpms from the repository installed? If you have
installed nvidia rpms, I suggest removing the rpms installed and
disabling the nvidia repository first.

On the download page, check that your card is supported by the driver
your about to download by using the following command;


echo -n "0x" && /sbin/lspci -nv |grep VGA|cut -f4 -d ":"|cut -f1 -d "("

From the above output use the numbers from the output to look at the
Supported Products List (link on the left) to verify your card is
supported by the driver.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 0:09, 1 user, load average: 0.40, 0.94, 0.68
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

2quick · January 13, 2009, 12:52am

Alright! I took away the Nvidia repository and deleted the items that it had installed.

Then I went back and the install worked great the second time around.

The driver was supported: GeForce 8200 = 0x0849

My Computer now says 180.22 and thing do seem to have increased!

In Sax2 it says my card is a VESA Framebuffer Graphics. This does not seem right…or is this ok. For some reason I can not recall what it was prior to this.

Also do I need to run these commands again?

nvidia-xconfig --composite
nvidia-xconfig --render-accel
nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals -d 24

Or is it good?

malcolmlewis · January 13, 2009, 1:25am

Hi
No VESA is common as the PCI ID isn’t matched up with the database. If
your running the latest driver I think if you run nvidia-xconfig (init
3 and root user) it will add them in. I have added manually;

If you edit manually make a backup

In the screen section I have;


Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
Option         "RenderAccel" "True"
Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option         "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"

and composite is on in;


Section "Extensions"
Option         "Composite" "enable"
EndSection

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 9:16, 1 user, load average: 0.15, 0.10, 0.22
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

2quick · January 13, 2009, 2:21am

Great! Thanks so much for the help.

As for adding these changes, can you be a little more specific(Like I have never done it and do not even know where to begin) or point me in the right direction of where I could read up on it.

2quick · January 13, 2009, 2:27am

OK, I think I got it…

Just by going to the file using Dolphin and opening it with Kwrite. Then inputing the added arguments.

As for saving the copy for a backup, does it matter that I put it in my documents folder under my user?

2quick · January 13, 2009, 2:31am

Now the xorg.conf looks like this:

Section "Monitor"
  Option       "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
  DisplaySize  340 270
  HorizSync    30-66
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  ModelName    "1680X1050@60HZ"
  Option       "DPMS"
  Option       "PreferredMode" "1680x1050"
  VendorName   "--> LCD"
  VertRefresh  50-61
  UseModes     "Modes[0]"
  Option        "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
  Option        "RenderAccel" "True"
  Option        "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
  Option        "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"
EndSection

And my composite already said this:

Section "Extensions"
  Option       "Composite" "on"
EndSection

is the “on” fine instead of enable?

malcolmlewis · January 13, 2009, 3:26am

Hi
You need to add those arguments to the “Screen” not “Monitor” section
I think either on or enabled works… just check
you /var/log/Xorg.0.log after you start it all up…

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 11:24, 1 user, load average: 0.22, 0.33, 0.78
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

2quick · January 13, 2009, 3:56am

Oh, wow. That was a slip up.

But that brings up another question, this is what my screen entries look like:

Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      15
    Modes      "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1600x900" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      16
    Modes      "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1600x900" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
    Modes      "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1600x900" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      8
    Modes      "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1600x900" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
  Device       "Device[0]"
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
EndSection

Am I putting the new entries into the correct place?

Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 24
  Option        "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
  Option        "RenderAccel" "True"
  Option        "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
  Option        "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      15
    Modes      "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1600x900" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      16
    Modes      "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1600x900" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
    Modes      "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1600x900" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      8
    Modes      "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1600x900" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
  Device       "Device[0]"
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
EndSection

Quick side note, what is the new file that appears when I save the xorg.conf file that I am working with. It is called xorf.conf~ and the icon is green with recycling arrows in the middle.