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| 572043 | 2007-07-24 06:32:00 | I am in the middle of a Kubuntu 7.04 install. I'm working towards a lean mean configuration because the processer is only a 733Mhz. The first install I did the system ran so slow I thought it had locked up because I had a bad install so I did it again with the same results. I am now on my 5th attempt. I may be wrong but I think the key to the problem is in the mount options. noatime,nodev,nosuid,noexec,ro,sync,usrquota,grpqu ota,user_xattr. Which should be on/off ? Is there any other things I can do during install to get better speed. I'm not a Linux noob but still very green. Any help would be very welcome. Thanks, Ian |
i-gordon (962) | ||
| 572044 | 2007-07-24 07:42:00 | Hmm ... is that from your fstab? Against what mount points? I doubt they would be behind a slow system once it has booted up. Are you trying to just speed the booting up, or does every thing run slowly once the desktop is loaded? Eg, applications are slow to open. How much RAM do you have? |
Jen (38) | ||
| 572045 | 2007-07-24 07:51:00 | If its the installation process thats slow than just let it run. I have a P3 machine (733MHZ with 320MB Ram) and i installed FC6 on it. It took me over an hour to install. At one point it seemed like the installation process has frozen but I just let it run and finally it did finish. | ronyville (10611) | ||
| 572046 | 2007-07-24 08:18:00 | During the install process at the partition disks section a box comes up. "Mount options that can tune the behavior of the file system" with boxes to mark. noatime - do not update inode access times at each access nodev - do not support character or block special devices nosuid - ignore set-user-identifier or set-group identifier bits noexec - do not allow execution of any binaries ro - mount the file system read only sync - all input/output activities occur synchronously usrquota - user disk quota accounting enabled grpquota - group disk quota accounting enabled user -xattr - support user extended attributes The default state is no boxes marked/enabled. Even after Googling all this I am still none the wiser except that some options may reduce/increase CPU load. Most of what I read was too techo for my limited knowledge. RAM = 256Mb Boot time = approx 2min System running slow after desktop loaded. eg. 55 sec to open the control panel folder. Ian |
i-gordon (962) | ||
| 572047 | 2007-07-24 08:41:00 | Well I would leave it with the defaults of none selected. Some of those options will certainly play havoc with your system. I would hate to think Kubuntu users are seeing those options during a standard installation. Did you choose "advanced"? Once you have a stable installation, you can look at what services are running by default and see about reducing those. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 572048 | 2007-07-24 09:08:00 | Thanks for the reply Jen. Not an advanced install just text mode which is the basic 1st option. The options come up when asked for a /mount point. Then mount options. This is the one? Then Label And so on. I tried the default setup 2 times and its just so slow its unuseable. I'm certain that the computer is OK because I loaded Ubuntu from the PC World DVD and that ran OK but I prefer the KDE desktop. The CD I am using passed the checksum test and the Kubuntu Test before install. Thanks for your input so far. Ian |
i-gordon (962) | ||
| 572049 | 2007-07-24 09:18:00 | Well Kubuntu is also a LiveCD so how about loading it in "LiveCD" mode and seeing how the desktop performs (bearing in mind loading from a CD drive will slow things down quite a bit). You shouldn't have to install in basic text mode. Once you are happy that it runs OK as a LiveCD, then try installing it in graphic mode. Out of interest, while you have a desktop loaded right now, open up a terminal window (Konsole) and type in free. This will show how much memory is being used or free. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 572050 | 2007-07-24 09:30:00 | Hi Jen, I'm in the process of another install right now with the first 4 options marked as I recall these are common from other distro fstab options on the / partition. I should be able to test it in about 1/2hour. Thanks again Ian |
i-gordon (962) | ||
| 572051 | 2007-07-24 10:15:00 | Hi Jen, That install went wrong. I got a long list of permission denied stuff. I was going to do a graphic install but this version of Kubuntu that I have is not a live CD. There is no graphic install option that I can see. I'm going to give it one more try before I go to bed. If its no good I will have to find a live CD version. Thanks again Ian |
i-gordon (962) | ||
| 572052 | 2007-07-24 10:32:00 | With your harddrive mount points, noatime should suffice (its all I use here) You will also find that KDE will run slightly slower than Gnome. I know on some distros (unsure about Kubuntu) you get an option to control a slider on KDE's first startup, this allows you to either have minimal effects (for slower CPU's, or more effects for faster CPU's. If you aren't given this option, try opening kcontrol and adjusting the effects manually |
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