Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265772AbUFXVy7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:54:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265823AbUFXVx3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:53:29 -0400 Received: from washoe.rutgers.edu ([165.230.95.67]:9432 "EHLO washoe.rutgers.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265772AbUFXVtf (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:49:35 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:49:23 -0400 From: Yaroslav Halchenko To: Chad Kitching Cc: Yaroslav Halchenko , Denis Vlasenko , linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: alienware hardware Message-ID: <20040624214923.GZ728@washoe.rutgers.edu> Mail-Followup-To: Chad Kitching , Yaroslav Halchenko , Denis Vlasenko , linux kernel mailing list References: <18DFD6B776308241A200853F3F83D5072817@pl6w2kex.lan.powerlandcomputers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18DFD6B776308241A200853F3F83D5072817@pl6w2kex.lan.powerlandcomputers.com> X-Image-Url: http://www.onerussian.com/img/yoh.png User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2009 Lines: 51 I remember I've tried to boot 2.6.6 kernel included with debian (they have pretty much everything in modules) with pci=noacpi and acpi=off options... it didn't help - it was slow as hell... I will try again with them and this kernel shortly. Thanx for advice -- Yarik On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 04:42:33PM -0500, Chad Kitching wrote: > Have you tried booting with noapic, nolapic, noioapic and/or acpi=off? > Unfortunately since you compiled all your drivers into the kernel, > asking you to try without loading any of them won't work without a > recompile. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Yaroslav Halchenko [mailto:yoh@psychology.rutgers.edu] > > Sent: June 24, 2004 4:10 PM > > Subject: Re: alienware hardware > > it is seems to be more general problem, because it slows down not only > > dpkg process - booting on 2.4.26 kernel takes about 5 minutes to > > complete and of cause no dpkg is involved in that process. > > I took dpkg as just single example, I don't what to try else on... > > bogomips reports about 50% of what is in /proc/cpuinfo, so it looks > > normal... I'm suspecting IDE, so it looks like when app has > > to work with > > HDD then it slows down although HDD bulb doesn't report an > > activity.... > > but I might be wrong. btw - I will put hdparm as well on the > > webpage > > We are about to setup X on that beast and I will try may be some other > > programs... suggestions? -- Yaroslav Halchenko Research Assistant, Psychology Department, Rutgers Office (973) 353-5440 x263 Ph.D. Student CS Dept. NJIT Key http://www.onerussian.com/gpg-yoh.asc GPG fingerprint 3BB6 E124 0643 A615 6F00 6854 8D11 4563 75C0 24C8 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/