I'm using the deprecated Debian Lenny with a 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem
kernel on an Asus P5K/EPU motherboard with a 4-cores config. I'm
having, already for a long time, slowness issues.
It looks like when a task is `too demanding,' everything freezes until
this task is completed (that would not be a problem if it was done
quickly, but this is however not the case).
Take for example www.youtube.com. On the entry page, scrolling say 3
or 4 times the mouse wheel results in such a behaviour:
1) scrolling a little bit in the page,
2) waiting 2 or 3 (!) seconds, then scrolling the rest.
That is, scrolling is slow and freezes for 2-3 s after having scrolled
a little bit. Then, it scrolls until where it had to stop.
My HDD is not full, and I've already cleared all my temporary
internet files. This behaviour also happens sometimes with other applications,
but this is mostly the case with youtube.com on Mozilla Firefox 11.0.
Thanks for any help.
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06-24-2012, 03:19 PM
Ralf Mardorf
Slowness problem
Firefox or Iceweasel? However, even if sometimes other apps cause this
too, the cause might be Firefox. With 'firefox -P' you could use a new
instance of Firefox, to test if it does behave like your default.
Perhaps there are messages, if you run Firefox by a terminal emulation.
Firefox is my favorite web browser, but it can cause issues other
browsers don't cause.
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06-24-2012, 03:22 PM
Gary Dale
Slowness problem
On 24/06/12 11:05 AM, Merciadri Luca wrote:
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Hi,
I'm using the deprecated Debian Lenny with a 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem
kernel on an Asus P5K/EPU motherboard with a 4-cores config. I'm
having, already for a long time, slowness issues.
It looks like when a task is `too demanding,' everything freezes until
this task is completed (that would not be a problem if it was done
quickly, but this is however not the case).
Take for example www.youtube.com. On the entry page, scrolling say 3
or 4 times the mouse wheel results in such a behaviour:
1) scrolling a little bit in the page,
2) waiting 2 or 3 (!) seconds, then scrolling the rest.
That is, scrolling is slow and freezes for 2-3 s after having scrolled
a little bit. Then, it scrolls until where it had to stop.
My HDD is not full, and I've already cleared all my temporary
internet files. This behaviour also happens sometimes with other applications,
but this is mostly the case with youtube.com on Mozilla Firefox 11.0.
Thanks for any help.
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Have you considered moving to a more recent release? Lenny is ancient by
today's standards.
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On Sun, 2012-06-24 at 17:19 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Firefox or Iceweasel? However, even if sometimes other apps cause this
> too, the cause might be Firefox. With 'firefox -P' you could use a new
> instance of Firefox, to test if it does behave like your default.
^^^^^^^^ Oops, no, it's another profile, sorry for my broken English,
anyway, test it.
> Perhaps there are messages, if you run Firefox by a terminal emulation.
> Firefox is my favorite web browser, but it can cause issues other
> browsers don't cause.
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06-24-2012, 03:33 PM
Camaleón
Slowness problem
On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:05:37 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
Hi there... Nice to read you again! :-)
> I'm using the deprecated Debian Lenny with a 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem kernel
> on an Asus P5K/EPU motherboard with a 4-cores config. I'm having,
> already for a long time, slowness issues.
How about your ram?
> It looks like when a task is `too demanding,' everything freezes until
> this task is completed (that would not be a problem if it was done
> quickly, but this is however not the case).
When that happens, run "top" and look for the CPU and MEM columns.
> Take for example www.youtube.com. On the entry page, scrolling say 3 or
> 4 times the mouse wheel results in such a behaviour:
>
> 1) scrolling a little bit in the page,
> 2) waiting 2 or 3 (!) seconds, then scrolling the rest.
>
> That is, scrolling is slow and freezes for 2-3 s after having scrolled a
> little bit. Then, it scrolls until where it had to stop.
>
> My HDD is not full, and I've already cleared all my temporary internet
> files. This behaviour also happens sometimes with other applications,
> but this is mostly the case with youtube.com on Mozilla Firefox 11.0.
The first step I'd do is updating Firefox to 13.0.1 (it works like a
charm in my lenny). But you can also run more tests, like disabling your
add-ons and plugins (mainly flash player) and check for any improvement
once you have turn all them off.
Also, ensure you have the latest flash player plugin version installed,
now "11.2.202.236".
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06-24-2012, 03:34 PM
Claudius Hubig
Slowness problem
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Hello Merciadri,
Merciadri Luca <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> wrote:
> 1) scrolling a little bit in the page,
> 2) waiting 2 or 3 (!) seconds, then scrolling the rest.
>
> That is, scrolling is slow and freezes for 2-3 s after having scrolled
> a little bit. Then, it scrolls until where it had to stop.
How much memory and swap do you have (free -m)? Which desktop
environment do you run? Are there other processes (check with (h)top,
maybe ps).
Best regards,
Claudius
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On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:22:58 -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
> On 24/06/12 11:05 AM, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>> I'm using the deprecated Debian Lenny with a 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem kernel
>> on an Asus P5K/EPU motherboard with a 4-cores config. I'm having,
>> already for a long time, slowness issues.
(...)
> Have you considered moving to a more recent release? Lenny is ancient by
> today's standards.
But ancient does not have to mean "slow" nor "problematic" per se. I'm
also using lenny and runs "fast & furious" in my quad-core system with 8
GiB of ram ;-)
An update is planned once wheezy is out.
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06-24-2012, 03:40 PM
Ralf Mardorf
Slowness problem
On Sun, 2012-06-24 at 15:33 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> But you can also run more tests, like disabling your
> add-ons and plugins
E.g. by using another profile, running 'firefox -P' by a terminal
emulation. Keep your default profile and test what happens with a
virginal Firefox, so you can keep everything you like for your default
and track down the issue, by e.g. adding one add-on after the other.
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06-24-2012, 03:58 PM
Camaleón
Slowness problem
On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:40:50 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-06-24 at 15:33 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>> But you can also run more tests, like disabling your add-ons and
>> plugins
>
> E.g. by using another profile,
(...)
No, I wanted he tries first with his current profile to discard a problem
between YouTube and outdated applications (browser and plugins/addons).
Moving to and empty Firefox profile should go in a later stage if none of
the above makes a noticeable difference because regardless the nature of
the problem, running updated versions of Firefox and flash player is
nowadays a must for security reasons.
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06-24-2012, 04:12 PM
Ralf Mardorf
Slowness problem
On Sun, 2012-06-24 at 15:58 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:40:50 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2012-06-24 at 15:33 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> >> But you can also run more tests, like disabling your add-ons and
> >> plugins
> >
> > E.g. by using another profile,
>
> (...)
>
> No, I wanted he tries first with his current profile to discard a problem
> between YouTube and outdated applications (browser and plugins/addons).
>
> Moving to and empty Firefox profile should go in a later stage if none of
> the above makes a noticeable difference because regardless the nature of
> the problem, running updated versions of Firefox and flash player is
> nowadays a must for security reasons.
Ok , I guess it doesn't matter how to start, but I might be mistaken.
At least I agree regarding to Gnash or FlashPlayer, when YouTube is in
play.
Hello OP, do you use Gnash or FlashPlayer? I suspect you already use
FlashPlayer ... however, get latest version of the proprietary
FlashPlayer. I suspect that less people on this list like FlashPlayer,
but the web is based on it and we hardly can abandon it, it's a PITA.
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Slowness problem
, I guess it doesn't matter how to start, but I might be mistaken.
