linux seems slow

[John W]

Joel I did as you said and added the line to the  rc.local and have 32 bit w/ sync enabled,dma on and multicount 16  although, I see no
real difference.  I suppose that I may have had unrealistic expectations of Linux. I'm sure somewhere along the road I may stumble
across something  to increase the performance.  I appreciate your assistance
and I'll read a little more about the top cammand Mike suggested as their is about 39 progs. on the list with 38 sleeping. Of course I
ran "top" in a console with kde running so that may have affected it. Thanks again,
John


Joel Dudley wrote:

> Well, first test your drive by doing hdparm -Tt /dev/hda (or whatever drive)
> and it will give you a transfer benchmark.  Then enable 32 bit transfer and
> DMA by typing hdparm -c3d1 /dev/hda .  If oyur system does not support it or
> it is disabled in the bios you will get an error message.  Also, I should
> have mentioned first to make sure that hdparm is installed.  Someone on the
> list please correct my message if it is wrong, it has been a while since I
> messed with hdparm.  Once you get it to work you could put it in your
> rc.local.  Dunno if it is a clean idea but that is what I do.  Hope this
> helps you.  A quick note on Star Office, remember all the Java it uses.
> That is why it may startup a bit slower. If you need a simple word processor
> look at cool proggies like Klyx.
>
> - Joel
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John W <wisdom04@home.com>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 11:23 AM
> Subject: Re: linux seems slow
>
> > I have noticed that during boot up "DMA disabled in bios " is listed
> although I have it enableed in my bios. I am not sure of the
> > hdparm command I will check the HOW-To on that one.
> >
> >
> > Joel Dudley wrote:
> >
> > > Do you have DMA enabled with hdparm??
> > >
> > > - Joel
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "John W" <wisdom04@home.com>
> > > To: "plug" <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> > > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 10:40 AM
> > > Subject: linux seems slow
> > >
> > > > I am running Linux Mandrake 7.1 on an AMD K62 500Mhz,Asus P5A mobo,64
> > > > MB,Western Digital 15.3G,Diamond stealth 2mb vid card on an S3 x
> server @
> > > > 1024x768. I am dualbooting  win98 on the first 7 gigs and linux has
> the
> > > rest
> > > > of the HD. I seem to have a 5-7 second delay when launching any
> graphical
> > > > application such as netscape,gimp etc. Opening a terminal window is
> > > > instantaneous. maybe this is normal tyhough I seem to rember hearing
> that
> > > > Linux opened apps faster than windows. I am curious if their is
> something
> > > > simple that may be causing this or if it is normal under a GUI or
> perhaps
> > > > just my dog of a vid card.
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > >
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