Post #214,644
7/13/05 1:15:50 PM
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Weird Mepis thingy
I'm using a Dell GX150 as a test system - and once booted with the LiveCD, I'm pegged @ 100% CPU utilization. 24% RAM used, 0% swap used, so that's not the problem, I think. Right clicking the mouse takes a minute to show the menu on the desktop; double clicking the installer takes forever, and I don't like to think about how long the installer would actually take to run. I'm dropping back to kernel 2.4 to see if that makes a difference, but any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Thane
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Post #214,647
7/13/05 1:37:59 PM
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Can you see what's doing it?
Get out of X and check the running processes?
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Post #214,649
7/13/05 1:53:10 PM
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Re: Can you see what's doing it?
Considering the amount of time that it takes to even spawn a menu, I gave it about 15 minutes to spawn a command prompt with nothing. Booted it up on a newer machine, and it works fine. Looked at the tool configuration, and it looks like it's 100% kernel time, as the bar is 100% red all the time.
apt-get install godlike-powers
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Post #214,650
7/13/05 2:03:27 PM
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Drop to a shell
Ctrl-Alt-F1 from X should drop you to the console, from there you can use ps to see what's running.
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Steve
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Post #214,662
7/13/05 2:47:49 PM
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Or top...
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] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #214,664
7/13/05 2:51:45 PM
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GX150?
Izzat the P3 or P4 variant?
The P4 one is a big pile of poo that should be dropped from a high building onto a hard floor.
Peter
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Post #214,667
7/13/05 3:02:19 PM
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P3/900 methinks.
I was handed it as a test machine, haven't screwed around with it much. Dell's support page responds that this is what was in it when it was sent out; see no reason to argue with it.
apt-get install godlike-powers
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Post #214,665
7/13/05 2:53:03 PM
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plug it into a DHCP-served ethernet LAN
Peter
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Post #214,670
7/13/05 3:09:33 PM
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May very well be the issue.
Discovered that somebody had added an extra NIC identical to the other - will play in a a bit when things aren't going pear shaped. :D
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