Dears,
Recently upgraded from Fedora 9 to Fedora 12 (upgrade procedure not fresh install) and Xorg appears to behave strange, cpu jumps to high utilization and Xorg getting 50% or more and swap keep increasing. Any suggestions.
0 0 243616 7684 42256 94368 1 0 1 1 358 200 10 1 89 0 0
0 0 244132 8728 40512 95728 2 0 2 2 361 197 10 1 89 0 0 0 0 244092 10464 40512 93680 1 0 1 1 340 187 10 1 89 0 0 0 0 292744 11072 2732 98040 18 0 18 16 876 9198 12 7 81 1 0 0 0 292248 10684 2780 98156 14 0 17 13 819 9064 11 7 82 1 0 0 0 292628 11792 2688 96572 17 0 17 18 863 9138 12 7 81 1 0 0 0 291896 11420 2728 96588 25 0 25 11 816 9191 11 7 82 1 0 3 0 292228 14108 2572 94752 32 34 64 49 933 10069 12 8 78 2 0 0 0 291596 13496 2620 95132 27 0 38 15 913 9410 13 7 80 1 0
free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 500128 489072 11056 0 2724 95668 -/+ buffers/cache: 390680 109448 Swap: 1015800 290360 725440
uname -a Linux 2.6.32.26-175.fc12.i686 #1 SMP Wed Dec 1 21:52:04 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Tasks: 181 total, 2 running, 179 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 10.1%us, 5.1%sy, 0.0%ni, 84.6%id, 0.1%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Mem: 500128k total, 484136k used, 15992k free, 2676k buffers Swap: 1015800k total, 292412k used, 723388k free, 93068k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 2000 tc 20 0 71332 4884 3072 R 13.7 1.0 858:17.49 gnome-system-mo 1313 root 20 0 322m 235m 3880 S 9.8 48.2 901:51.31 Xorg 11381 tc 20 0 1590m 32m 3920 S 9.8 6.7 7:03.92 java 7729 tc 20 0 5504 632 404 S 5.9 0.1 3:36.62 wineserver
Thanks
madunix <at> gmail.com <madunix <at> gmail.com> writes:
Dears,
Recently upgraded from Fedora 9 to Fedora 12 (upgrade procedure not fresh install) and Xorg appears to behave strange, cpu jumps to high utilization and Xorg getting 50% or more and swap keep increasing. Any suggestions.
This may help:
# yum-complete-transaction # yum clean all # yum distro-sync # yum check # package-cleanup --dupes --problems --orphans if any dupes or problems show up, try to clean it up, one by one; ignore orphans for now. # find /etc -iname "*.rpm*" and reconcile them if any # ldconfig -v # prelink -aR # reboot
JB
On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 09:41 +0200, madunix@gmail.com wrote:
Recently upgraded from Fedora 9 to Fedora 12 (upgrade procedure not fresh install) and Xorg appears to behave strange, cpu jumps to high utilization and Xorg getting 50% or more and swap keep increasing. Any suggestions.
Not really, but note that F12 is no longer supported. If you want to use Fedora it's important to keep up to date. You should try F13 or F14.
poc
--- On Mon, 3/7/11, madunix@gmail.com madunix@gmail.com wrote:
Recently upgraded from Fedora 9 to Fedora 12 (upgrade procedure not fresh install) and Xorg appears to behave strange, cpu jumps to high utilization and Xorg getting 50% or more and swap keep increasing. Any suggestions.
Yes.
First, did you upgrade directly to 12 from 9 or incrementally--9->10->11->12? If the former, that can cause problems, so much so that Fedora doesn't recommend it. If the latter, you should be okay, but I've NEVER had good luck with upgrading--something ALWAYS gets screwed--and always do a clean install on another partition, dual booting with the previous install as a back up, which is what I did when I went from 9 to 12 on my 64-bit system. I'm currently running 12 even though it is no longer supported. Absolutely, no problems. (I only upgrade every 3rd release anyway.)
[snip]
free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 500128 489072 11056 0 2724 95668 -/+ buffers/cache: 390680 109448 Swap: 1015800 290360 725440
You need more RAM! 512MB isn't going to cut it. My 4GB system uses 531MB after booting to the GNOME desktop with only a terminal and file manager running. And I run a "leaned out" system. If possible upgrade to 2GB. I consider that a useful minimum for a contemporary Linux distro, not just Fedora, with KDE or GNOME desktops. That's what I started with on my 4 year old system: initially, Fedora Core 6 32-bit. I later installed the 64-bit version dual booted.
To reduce RAM needs, go to System->Administration->Services and turn off all the services you don't need.
Also, try a "lighter" desktop like XFCE or LXDE, which I prefer. Or just go with a window manager only. I like Openbox.
Recompile the kernel with only what your system needs to reduce its size, and, therefore, RAM usage. This RAM saving option isn't for the faint of heart. RTFM before trying this.
You didn't list the specs on your system. It would help to know that to give further recommendations.
B
I will try to add more RAM to it. I have done the yum check ... all went OK ... but it didn't change the behaviour. Thanks for your help.
# dmidecode 2.10 SMBIOS 2.3 present. 74 structures occupying 2320 bytes. Table at 0x000F0450.
Handle 0xDA00, DMI type 218, 35 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: DA 23 00 DA B2 00 17 0B 0E 38 00 58 00 58 00 01 00 59 00 59 00 01 00 05 80 05 80 01 00 FF FF 00 00 00 00
Handle 0xDA01, DMI type 218, 35 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: DA 23 01 DA B2 00 17 0B 0E 38 00 10 F5 10 F5 00 00 11 F5 11 F5 00 00 12 F5 12 F5 00 00 FF FF 00 00 00 00
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: Dell Inc. Version: A02 Release Date: 07/19/2004 Address: 0xF0000 Runtime Size: 64 kB ROM Size: 512 kB Characteristics: PCI is supported PNP is supported APM is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed Boot from CD is supported Selectable boot is supported EDD is supported Japanese floppy for Toshiba 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h) Print screen service is supported (int 5h) 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h) Serial services are supported (int 14h) Printer services are supported (int 17h) ACPI is supported USB legacy is supported LS-120 boot is supported BIOS boot specification is supported Function key-initiated network boot is supported
Handle 0x0100, DMI type 1, 25 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Name: Dimension 4700 Version: Not Specified Serial Number: G15T81J UUID: 44454C4C-3100-1035-8054-C7C04F38314A Wake-up Type: APM Timer
Handle 0x0200, DMI type 2, 8 bytes Base Board Information Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Name: 0M3918 Version: Serial Number: ..CN7082148E050F.
Handle 0x0300, DMI type 3, 13 bytes Chassis Information Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Type: Mini Tower Lock: Not Present Version: Not Specified Serial Number: G15T81J Asset Tag: Boot-up State: Safe Power Supply State: Safe Thermal State: Safe Security Status: None
Handle 0x0400, DMI type 4, 32 bytes Processor Information Socket Designation: Microprocessor Type: Central Processor Family: Pentium 4 Manufacturer: Intel ID: 34 0F 00 00 FF FB EB BF Signature: Type 0, Family 15, Model 3, Stepping 4 Flags: FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip) VME (Virtual mode extension) DE (Debugging extension) PSE (Page size extension) TSC (Time stamp counter) MSR (Model specific registers) PAE (Physical address extension) MCE (Machine check exception) CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported) APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported) SEP (Fast system call) MTRR (Memory type range registers) PGE (Page global enable) MCA (Machine check architecture) CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported) PAT (Page attribute table) PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension) CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported) DS (Debug store) ACPI (ACPI supported) MMX (MMX technology supported) FXSR (Fast floating-point save and restore) SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions) SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2) SS (Self-snoop) HTT (Hyper-threading technology) TM (Thermal monitor supported) PBE (Pending break enabled) Version: Not Specified Voltage: 1.8 V External Clock: 800 MHz Max Speed: 3600 MHz Current Speed: 3000 MHz Status: Populated, Enabled Upgrade: ZIF Socket L1 Cache Handle: 0x0700 L2 Cache Handle: 0x0701 L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided Cache Information Socket Designation: Not Specified Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1 Operational Mode: Write Back Location: Internal Installed Size: 16 kB Maximum Size: 16 kB Supported SRAM Types: Other Installed SRAM Type: Other Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: None System Type: Data Associativity: 8-way Set-associative
Handle 0x0701, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: Not Specified Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2 Operational Mode: Varies With Memory Address Location: Internal Installed Size: 1024 kB Maximum Size: 1024 kB Supported SRAM Types: Other Installed SRAM Type: Other Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC System Type: Unified Associativity: 8-way Set-associative
Handle 0x0800, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: PARALLEL Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: Not Specified External Connector Type: DB-25 female Port Type: Parallel Port PS/2
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Patrick Bartek bartek047@yahoo.com wrote:
--- On Mon, 3/7/11, madunix@gmail.com madunix@gmail.com wrote:
Recently upgraded from Fedora 9 to Fedora 12 (upgrade procedure not fresh install) and Xorg appears to behave strange, cpu jumps to high utilization and Xorg getting 50% or more and swap keep increasing. Any suggestions.
Yes.
First, did you upgrade directly to 12 from 9 or incrementally--9->10->11->12? If the former, that can cause problems, so much so that Fedora doesn't recommend it. If the latter, you should be okay, but I've NEVER had good luck with upgrading--something ALWAYS gets screwed--and always do a clean install on another partition, dual booting with the previous install as a back up, which is what I did when I went from 9 to 12 on my 64-bit system. I'm currently running 12 even though it is no longer supported. Absolutely, no problems. (I only upgrade every 3rd release anyway.)
[snip]
free
total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 500128 489072 11056 0 2724 95668 -/+ buffers/cache: 390680 109448 Swap: 1015800 290360 725440
You need more RAM! 512MB isn't going to cut it. My 4GB system uses 531MB after booting to the GNOME desktop with only a terminal and file manager running. And I run a "leaned out" system. If possible upgrade to 2GB. I consider that a useful minimum for a contemporary Linux distro, not just Fedora, with KDE or GNOME desktops. That's what I started with on my 4 year old system: initially, Fedora Core 6 32-bit. I later installed the 64-bit version dual booted.
To reduce RAM needs, go to System->Administration->Services and turn off all the services you don't need.
Also, try a "lighter" desktop like XFCE or LXDE, which I prefer. Or just go with a window manager only. I like Openbox.
Recompile the kernel with only what your system needs to reduce its size, and, therefore, RAM usage. This RAM saving option isn't for the faint of heart. RTFM before trying this.
You didn't list the specs on your system. It would help to know that to give further recommendations.
B
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madunix <at> gmail.com <madunix <at> gmail.com> writes:
I will try to add more RAM to it. I have done the yum check ... all went OK ... but it didn't change the behaviour. Thanks for your help. ...
OK. Now you can look at your system components.
Mem: 500128k total, 484136k used, 15992k free, 2676k buffers Swap: 1015800k total, 292412k used, 723388k free, 93068k cached
Your RAM seems to be OK (sure, the more you can install the better, but Linux will try to use it all, so do not misinterpret it if Mem used is close to Mem total at all times - that is actually a good sign of Mem utilization).
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 2000 tc 20 0 71332 4884 3072 R 13.7 1.0 858:17.49 gnome-system-mo 1313 root 20 0 322m 235m 3880 S 9.8 48.2 901:51.31 Xorg 11381 tc 20 0 1590m 32m 3920 S 9.8 6.7 7:03.92 java
Now you should test the GNOME and Xorg by themselves to see if any problems exist. Stop that Java bloat application (kill Java if needed) and any others VIRT memory hogs; and CPU hogs as well. Verify Xorg workings (do you see any errors/warnings ?): $ less /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Any funny settings on kernel boot line ? # cat /etc/grub.conf
If all semms to be normal, and I would expect your GNOME fully functional even with your RAM, you can add the other apps (hogging Mem, perhaps causing swap activities) one by one to see the effects.
Next, your system.
... # dmidecode 2.10 ... BIOS Information Vendor: Dell Inc. Version: A02 Release Date: 07/19/2004
Update your BIOS.
After boot, verify if any errors/warnings exist: $ dmesg
After that run your system with default BIOS settings for a while to see system performance before you do any manual adjustments (if needed at all).
JB
--- On Wed, 3/9/11, JB jb.1234abcd@gmail.com wrote:
madunix <at> gmail.com <madunix <at> gmail.com> writes:
I will try to add more RAM to it. I have done the yum
check ... all went OK
... but it didn't change the behaviour. Thanks for
your help.
...
OK. Now you can look at your system components.
Mem: 500128k
total, 484136k used, 15992k free, 2676k buffers
Swap: 1015800k total, 292412k
used, 723388k free, 93068k cached
Your RAM seems to be OK (sure, the more you can install the better, but Linux will try to use it all, so do not misinterpret it if Mem used is close to Mem total at all times - that is actually a good sign of Mem utilization).
[snip]
I have seen this scenerio many times before installing contemporary Linux distros on old machines to donate to charity or give to people who can't afford one. RAM use my be "OK", that is normal--little "free", but when combined with the high swap usage is indicative of a "problem" or just not enough total RAM to begin with, which I think is the case here.
The OP needs more RAM, if he wants to run Fedora/GNOME on it, or a "lighter" distro or GUI or both.
B
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less /var/log/Xorg.0.log X.Org X Server 1.7.6 Release Date: 2010-03-17 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: x86-02 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5 Current Operating System: Linux fedora.sdc.lan 2.6.32.26-175.fc12.i686 #1 SMP Wed Dec 1 21:52:04 UTC 2010 i686 Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us Build Date: 16 April 2010 07:07:54AM Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.7.6-4.fc12 Current version of pixman: 0.16.6 Before reporting problems, check http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/ to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Mar 2 15:19:39 2011 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) ServerLayout "single head configuration" (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>" (**) | |-->Device "Videocard0" (==) No monitor specified for screen "Screen0". Using a default monitor configuration. (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0" (==) Automatically adding devices (==) Automatically enabling devices (==) FontPath set to: catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d, built-ins (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" (II) Cannot locate a core pointer device. (II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices. If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable AutoAddDevices. (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled. (WW) Disabling Keyboard0 (II) Loader magic: 0x821c900 (II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 X.Org Video Driver: 6.0 X.Org XInput driver : 7.0 X.Org Server Extension : 2.0 (++) using VT number 1
(--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:2582:1028:0181 Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller rev 4, Mem @ 0xdff00000/524288, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xdfec0000/262144, I/O @ 0x0000e898/8, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072 (--) PCI: (0:0:2:1) 8086:2782:1028:0181 Intel Corporation 82915G Integrated Graphics Controller rev 4, Mem @ 0xdff80000/524288, BIOS @ 0x????????/65536 (II) "extmod" will be loaded by default. (II) "dbe" will be loaded by default. (II) "glx" will be loaded by default. (II) "record" will be loaded by default. (II) "dri" will be loaded by default. (II) "dri2" will be loaded by default. (II) LoadModule: "vnc" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libvnc.so (II) Module vnc: vendor="Constantin Kaplinsky" compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0 (II) Loading extension VNC (II) LoadModule: "extmod" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0 (II) Loading extension SELinux (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA (II) Loading extension DPMS (II) Loading extension XVideo (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation (II) Loading extension X-Resource (II) LoadModule: "dbe" II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0 (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER (II) LoadModule: "glx" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0 (==) AIGLX enabled (II) Loading extension GLX (II) LoadModule: "record" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.13.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0 (II) Loading extension RECORD (II) LoadModule: "dri" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0 (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI (II) LoadModule: "dri2" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.1.0 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0 (II) Loading extension DRI2 (II) LoadModule: "intel" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.0, module version = 2.9.1 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0 (II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM, Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33, GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43, Clarkdale, Arrandale (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:02:0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK) drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK) drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 11 drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0 (**) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888 (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor (II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 915G (--) intel(0): Chipset: "915G" (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section (II) intel(0): EDID for output VGA1 (II) intel(0): Manufacturer: DEL Model: d023 Serial#: 810437965 (II) intel(0): Year: 2009 Week: 24 (II) intel(0): EDID Version: 1.3 (II) intel(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.300 V (II) intel(0): Sync: Separate Composite SyncOnGreen (II) intel(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 41 vert.: 23 (II) intel(0): Gamma: 2.20 (II) intel(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display (II) intel(0): Default color space is primary color space (II) intel(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode (II) intel(0): redX: 0.640 redY: 0.330 greenX: 0.300 greenY: 0.600 (II) intel(0): blueX: 0.150 blueY: 0.060 whiteX: 0.313 whiteY: 0.329 (II) intel(0): Supported established timings: (II) intel(0): 720x400@70Hz (II) intel(0): 640x480@60Hz (II) intel(0): 640x480@75Hz (II) intel(0): 800x600@60Hz (II) intel(0): 800x600@75Hz (II) intel(0): 1024x768@60Hz (II) intel(0): 1024x768@75Hz ..etc
[root@fedora ~]# cat /etc/grub.conf # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=0 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Fedora (2.6.32.26-175.fc12.i686) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32.26-175.fc12.i686 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us initrd /initramfs-2.6.32.26-175.fc12.i686.img
Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset Initializing cgroup subsys cpu Linux version 2.6.32.26-175.fc12.i686 ( mockbuild@x86-17.phx2.fedoraproject.org) (gcc version 4.4.4 2 0100630 (Red Hat 4.4.4-10) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Wed Dec 1 21:52:04 UTC 2010 KERNEL supported cpus: Intel GenuineIntel AMD AuthenticAMD NSC Geode by NSC Cyrix CyrixInstead Centaur CentaurHauls Transmeta GenuineTMx86 Transmeta TransmetaCPU UMC UMC UMC UMC BIOS-provided physical RAM map: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000a0000 (usable) BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000001f688c00 (usable) BIOS-e820: 000000001f688c00 - 000000001f68ac00 (ACPI NVS) BIOS-e820: 000000001f68ac00 - 000000001f68cc00 (ACPI data) BIOS-e820: 000000001f68cc00 - 0000000020000000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000f0000000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fed00400 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000fed20000 - 00000000feda0000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fef00000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000ffb00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved) DMI 2.3 present. last_pfn = 0x1f688 max_arch_pfn = 0x100000 MTRR default type: uncachable MTRR fixed ranges enabled: 00000-9FFFF write-back A0000-BFFFF uncachable C0000-FFFFF write-protect MTRR variable ranges enabled: 0 base 000000000 mask FE0000000 write-back 1 base 01F800000 mask FFF800000 uncachable 2 base 01F700000 mask FFFF00000 uncachable 3 disabled 4 disabled 5 disabled x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106 original variable MTRRs reg 0, base: 0GB, range: 512MB, type WB reg 1, base: 504MB, range: 8MB, type UC reg 2, base: 503MB, range: 1MB, type UC total RAM covered: 503M Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 16M num_reg: 3 lose cover RAM: 0G New variable MTRRs reg 0, base: 0GB, range: 512MB, type WB reg 1, base: 503MB, range: 1MB, type UC reg 2, base: 504MB, range: 8MB, type UC initial memory mapped : 0 - 01000000 init_memory_mapping: 0000000000000000-000000001f688000 Using x86 segment limits to approximate NX protection 0000000000 - 0000400000 page 4k 0000400000 - 001f400000 page 2M 001f400000 - 001f688000 page 4k kernel direct mapping tables up to 1f688000 @ 7000-d000 RAMDISK: 1eb0a000 - 1f678069 ACPI: RSDP 000fec00 00014 (v00 DELL ) ACPI: RSDT 000fcbfc 00040 (v01 DELL 4700 00000006 ASL 00000061) ACPI: FACP 000fcc3c 00074 (v01 DELL 4700 00000006 ASL 00000061) ACPI: DSDT fffc281f 02DB6 (v01 DELL dt_ex 00001000 MSFT 0100000D) ACPI: FACS 1f688c00 00040 ACPI: SSDT fffc5712 000BA (v01 DELL st_ex 00001000 MSFT 0100000D) ACPI: APIC 000fccb0 00072 (v01 DELL 4700 00000006 ASL 00000061) ACPI: BOOT 000fcd22 00028 (v01 DELL 4700 00000006 ASL 00000061) ACPI: ASF! 000fcd4a 00067 (v16 DELL 4700 00000006 ASL 00000061) ACPI: MCFG 000fcdb1 0003E (v01 DELL 4700 00000006 ASL 00000061) ACPI: HPET 000fcdef 00038 (v01 DELL 4700 00000006 ASL 00000061) ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000 0MB HIGHMEM available. 502MB LOWMEM available. mapped low ram: 0 - 1f688000 low ram: 0 - 1f688000 node 0 low ram: 00000000 - 1f688000 (9 early reservations) ==> bootmem [0000000000 - 001f688000] #0 [0000000000 - 0000001000] BIOS data page ==> [0000000000 - 0000001000] #1 [0000001000 - 0000002000] EX TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000001000 - 0000002000] #2 [0000006000 - 0000007000] TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000006000 - 0000007000] #3 [0000400000 - 0000b33418] TEXT DATA BSS ==> [0000400000 - 0000b33418] #4 [001eb0a000 - 001f678069] RAMDISK ==> [001eb0a000 - 001f678069] #5 [000009fc00 - 0000100000] BIOS reserved ==> [000009fc00 - 0000100000] #6 [0000b34000 - 0000b381c4] BRK ==> [0000b34000 - 0000b381c4] #7 [0000007000 - 000000a000] PGTABLE ==> [0000007000 - 000000a000] #8 [0000002000 - 0000006000] BOOTMAP ==> [0000002000 - 0000006000] found SMP MP-table at [c00fe710] fe710 Zone PFN ranges: DMA 0x00000000 -> 0x00001000 Normal 0x00001000 -> 0x0001f688 HighMem 0x0001f688 -> 0x0001f688 Movable zone start PFN for each node early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges 0: 0x00000000 -> 0x000000a0 0: 0x00000100 -> 0x0001f688 On node 0 totalpages: 128552 free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c09bb2a0, node_mem_map c1001000 DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap DMA zone: 0 pages reserved DMA zone: 3968 pages, LIFO batch:0 Normal zone: 974 pages used for memmap Normal zone: 123578 pages, LIFO batch:31 Using APIC driver default ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x808 ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000 ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled) ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x01] enabled) ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x01] disabled) ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x04] lapic_id[0x07] disabled) ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0xff] high level lint[0x1]) ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x08] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0]) IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 8, version 32, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23 ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl) Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information ACPI: HPET id: 0x8086a201 base: 0xfed00000 SMP: Allowing 4 CPUs, 2 hotplug CPUs nr_irqs_gsi: 24 PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000f0000 PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 Allocating PCI resources starting at 20000000 (gap: 20000000:c0000000) Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware NR_CPUS:32 nr_cpumask_bits:32 nr_cpu_ids:4 nr_node_ids:1 PERCPU: Embedded 14 pages/cpu @c1400000 s34488 r0 d22856 u1048576 pcpu-alloc: s34488 r0 d22856 u1048576 alloc=1*4194304 pcpu-alloc: [0] 0 1 2 3 Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 127546 Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_U S.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done. Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done. Initializing CPU#0 allocated 2572960 bytes of page_cgroup please try 'cgroup_disable=memory' option if you don't want memory cgroups Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 5984.89 BogoMIPS (lpj=299 2449) Security Framework initialized SELinux: Initializing. SELinux: Starting in permissive mode Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 Initializing cgroup subsys ns Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct Initializing cgroup subsys memory Initializing cgroup subsys devices Initializing cgroup subsys freezer Initializing cgroup subsys net_cls CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 16K CPU: L2 cache: 1024K CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0 CPU: Processor Core ID: 0 mce: CPU supports 4 MCE banks CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM1) using mwait in idle threads. Performance Events: no PMU driver, software events only. Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. ACPI: Core revision 20090903 ftrace: converting mcount calls to 0f 1f 44 00 00 ftrace: allocating 22361 entries in 44 pages Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1 I/O APICs ..TIMER: vector=0x30 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1 CPU0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz stepping 04 Booting processor 1 APIC 0x1 ip 0x6000 Initializing CPU#1 CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 16K CPU: L2 cache: 1024K
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:08 AM, JB jb.1234abcd@gmail.com wrote:
madunix <at> gmail.com <madunix <at> gmail.com> writes:
I will try to add more RAM to it. I have done the yum check ... all went
OK
... but it didn't change the behaviour. Thanks for your help. ...
OK. Now you can look at your system components.
Mem: 500128k total, 484136k used, 15992k free, 2676k buffers Swap: 1015800k total, 292412k used, 723388k free, 93068k cached
Your RAM seems to be OK (sure, the more you can install the better, but Linux will try to use it all, so do not misinterpret it if Mem used is close to Mem total at all times - that is actually a good sign of Mem utilization).
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 2000 tc 20 0 71332 4884 3072 R 13.7 1.0 858:17.49 gnome-system-mo 1313 root 20 0 322m 235m 3880 S 9.8 48.2 901:51.31 Xorg 11381 tc 20 0 1590m 32m 3920 S 9.8 6.7 7:03.92 java
Now you should test the GNOME and Xorg by themselves to see if any problems exist. Stop that Java bloat application (kill Java if needed) and any others VIRT memory hogs; and CPU hogs as well. Verify Xorg workings (do you see any errors/warnings ?): $ less /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Any funny settings on kernel boot line ? # cat /etc/grub.conf
If all semms to be normal, and I would expect your GNOME fully functional even with your RAM, you can add the other apps (hogging Mem, perhaps causing swap activities) one by one to see the effects.
Next, your system.
... # dmidecode 2.10 ... BIOS Information Vendor: Dell Inc. Version: A02 Release Date: 07/19/2004
Update your BIOS.
After boot, verify if any errors/warnings exist: $ dmesg
After that run your system with default BIOS settings for a while to see system performance before you do any manual adjustments (if needed at all).
JB
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