Linux Archive - Solid performance on 64 Studio 3.3 alpha 2

Angel Candelaria wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Just to report that 64 Studio 3.3 alpha 2 is working great on my
> machine. Here's my hardware configuration, for reference:
>
> angelsguitar@StudioPC:~$ lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM
> Controller (rev 10)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI
> Express Root Port (rev 10)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express
> Port 1 (rev 01)
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express
> Port 2 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI
> Controller #1 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI
> Controller #2 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI
> Controller #3 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI
> Controller #4 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI
> Controller (rev 01)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC
> Interface Bridge (rev 01)
> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA IDE
> Controller (rev 01)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
> (rev 01)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72 [GeForce
> 7300 LE] (rev a1)
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
> 04:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712
> [Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O Controller (rev 02)
>
> I'm running Qjackctl at 128 frames/periods, 48kHz sample rate and 2
> peridos/buffer setting. Can work on Ardour with more than 10 opened
> tracks and various plugins running, and no xruns. Shows a very stable
> performance so far.

Subject: Nearly, resp. most of the times solid performance on 64 Studio
3.3 alpha 2

I do agree, the alpha seems to be ok, but I didn't test the most
important thing and on my computer there's a "little" issue.

So far I didn't use the alpha for audio production, but there's one
issue on my machine. Sometimes there are network problems. If I try to
browse the web or to fetch mails while there is such an issue, the
graphics seems to be mad, then I only can push the reset button. If so,
web applications won't respond any more (killall webapps sometimes can
solve this, but sometimes it has got no effect), the shutdown stops with
the desktop environments wallpaper, in other words, no shutdown will
take place. Btw. sometimes I get a shutdown message regarding to a
problem when "shutting down" the network. Can't quote it yet. Also
sometimes the network isn't ready after the startup is finished and the
session is running for a while ... pon dsl-provider or disconnecting and
connecting the ADSL modem from power or just waiting some time,
sometimes solve this, but sometimes I need to reboot several times.
I'm still using PPPoE and I first noticed this or a similar phenomena
after I used the proprietary NVIDIA driver plus the wanted resolution
and wanted vertically frequency for the monitor.
Excepted of this the alpha here is stable too.

In any case 3.0-beta3 still is my workaday OS. As I've written some days
ago, LXDE is a full substitution for GNOME, I didn't notice any
disadvantages. The mouse behaves different to GNOME, a matter of taste.
It seems to be sluggish, but it isn't annoying and perhaps better for
graphic art work, but I dunno it's untested.

lspci run on 3.0-beta3:

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI
Express Graphics Port 0)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI
Express Port 3)
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300
SE] (rev a1)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
03:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712
[Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O Controller (rev 02)
03:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host
Controller (rev c0)

FWIW my "GeForce 7300 SE" is a "GeForce 7200 GS".

-Ralf
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