Running kernel-2.6.9-1.11_FC2 is insanely slow

[Chadley Wilson]

On Wednesday 05 January 2005 16:50, Christopher Calzonetti wrote:
> I upgraded to the new kernel yesterday, just using the default binary,
> and the good news is that it looks like I can do a full sync with my
> Palm Zire 72, which I wasn't able to do under 2.6.9-1.6_FC2.
>
> Unfortunately, the whole system runs significantly slower than before,
> to the point of making it unuseable.
>
> I'm not sure how to go about solving this problem.  Can someone offer
> some suggestions, or can someone else confirm that they are also having
> this problem?
> --
> Christopher Calzonetti, MFCF C&O Software Specialist
>      mailto:ccalzone at math.uwaterloo,ca   phone:+1 519 885-1211 x7516

Hi Christopher,

I had the same problem as you did only with 2.6.9_681 kernel.
I also thought it was kernel related at first. do your self a favour and 
intstall your old kernel again and see if thats what is causing it.

I discovered that it was not the kernel itself but it was the  driver for my 
south bridge chip that did not load. The south brige control quite a lot of 
you resources. I am not sure however why my pc still worked, I suppose the 
kernel has some generic thing in it.
I had to "modprobe shpchp" to my rc.local
Now she runs
Hope this helps



-- 
Chadley Wilson
Redhat Certified Technician 
Cert Number: 603004708291270
Pinnacle Micro
Manufacturers of Proline Computers
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