2010 very slow

[ozarkbunnyboy]

I installed 2010 and it runs very slow.  Is a 2.5 GHz Celeron not fast enough?  Applications take a long time to load, response to mouse clicks is delayed, system monitor shows CPU pegged when doing just about anything.

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor   : 0
vendor_id   : GenuineIntel
cpu family   : 15
model      : 4
model name   : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.53GHz
stepping   : 9
cpu MHz      : 949.976
cache size   : 256 KB
fdiv_bug   : no
hlt_bug      : no
f00f_bug   : no
coma_bug   : no
fpu      : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level   : 5
wp      : yes
flags      : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc up pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl tm2 cid cx16 xtpr
bogomips   : 5053.65
clflush size   : 64
cache_alignment   : 128
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:


$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M800 Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M800 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M800 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M800 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M800 Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M800 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge
00:08.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro Ultra TR
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. KM400/KN400/P4M800 [S3 UniChrome] (rev 01)


Any advice greatly appreciated.

[Was_Just19]

Which version of 2010 is installed ........  KDE?

Ensure you have the optimum video driver installed, and disable desktop effects to see if it is that which is causing the problem.

How much RAM is installed in the PC?

512MB of RAM is on the low side for KDE .....

EDIT
          You seem to have two video cards installed .......  is this correct?

[coffeetime]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. KM400/KN400/P4M800 [S3 UniChrome] (rev 01)

This video card gave me a headache. Installed e17+lxde [ISO] and never looked back

Open Konsole, copy/paste:

Code:

free

post back

[ozarkbunnyboy]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. KM400/KN400/P4M800 [S3 UniChrome] (rev 01)

This video card gave me a headache. Installed e17+lxde [ISO] and never looked back

Open Konsole, copy/paste:

Code:

free

post back

$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        968672     448772     519900          0      22836     229032
-/+ buffers/cache:     196904     771768
Swap:      2184800          0    2184800

[ozarkbunnyboy]

Which version of 2010 is installed ........  KDE?

Ensure you have the optimum video driver installed, and disable desktop effects to see if it is that which is causing the problem.

How much RAM is installed in the PC?

512MB of RAM is on the low side for KDE .....

EDIT
          You seem to have two video cards installed .......  is this correct?

Sorry, forgot to mention it's the gnome version.  I have 1 GB RAM. 

Yes, I installed the ATI card because the on-board video was not working for me with some other distros, but it doesn't seem to make a difference with pclinuxos which one I use. They both have extremely poor video performance.

[coffeetime]

Justi19/Johboy/CO?


 

[Was_Just19]

Which version of 2010 is installed ........  KDE?

Ensure you have the optimum video driver installed, and disable desktop effects to see if it is that which is causing the problem.

How much RAM is installed in the PC?

512MB of RAM is on the low side for KDE .....

EDIT
          You seem to have two video cards installed .......  is this correct?

Sorry, forgot to mention it's the gnome version.  I have 1 GB RAM. 

Yes, I installed the ATI card because the on-board video was not working for me with some other distros, but it doesn't seem to make a difference with pclinuxos which one I use. They both have extremely poor video performance.

Try to disable the on-board card in the BIOS to prevent it from interfering.

After that check the correct driver is allocated to the ATi card, through PCC (Configure computer).

regards.

[Was_Just19]

Justi19/Johboy/CO?


 

I am getting younger and so my nick must reflect that ........  I expect in another three years I will be

Only16

 

[chilly]

model name   : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.53GHz
stepping   : 9
cpu MHz      : 949.976

[YouCanToo]

I installed 2010 and it runs very slow.  Is a 2.5 GHz Celeron not fast enough?  Applications take a long time to load, response to mouse clicks is delayed, system monitor shows CPU pegged when doing just about anything.

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor   : 0
vendor_id   : GenuineIntel
cpu family   : 15
model      : 4
model name   : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.53GHz
stepping   : 9
cpu MHz      : 949.976
cache size   : 256 KB
fdiv_bug   : no
hlt_bug      : no
f00f_bug   : no
coma_bug   : no
fpu      : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level   : 5
wp      : yes
flags      : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc up pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl tm2 cid cx16 xtpr
bogomips   : 5053.65
clflush size   : 64
cache_alignment   : 128
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:


$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M800 Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M800 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M800 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M800 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M800 Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M800 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge
00:08.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro Ultra TR
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. KM400/KN400/P4M800 [S3 UniChrome] (rev 01)


Any advice greatly appreciated.

A 2.5Ghz machine only running at 950Mhz (949.976)?  What is up with that??

[Was_Just19]

A 2.5Ghz machine only running at 950Mhz (949.976)?  What is up with that??

Nothing.

It may run as low as 400Mhz (or less) depending on settings.

It will ramp up in speed when required.

[rubentje1991]

Justi19/Johboy/CO?


 

I am getting younger and so my nick must reflect that ........  I expect in another three years I will be

Only16

 

And another couple of years, and then it will be:
newborn

[Was_Just19]

Justi19/Johboy/CO?


 

I am getting younger and so my nick must reflect that ........  I expect in another three years I will be

Only16

 

And another couple of years, and then it will be:
newborn

Yes, or maybe newbie .......  and so the cycle continues 

[rubentje1991]

Justi19/Johboy/CO?


 

I am getting younger and so my nick must reflect that ........  I expect in another three years I will be

Only16

 

And another couple of years, and then it will be:
newborn

Yes, or maybe newbie .......  and so the cycle continues 

I think there's some movie about it (starting as old guy, and getting younger and younger...   ),
but don't remember the title at the moment

------------

To get back on topic (   )

Can you run

Code:

top

in a shell, and look which process is taking so much of your CPU (and or RAM)?

And maybe also install a cpu-scaling program which you can manage graphically - and maybe try there to keep the processor on the highest possible value: look if it makes any difference

[chilly]

Using the command cat /proc/cpuinfo does it not say at what speed the cpu is set to in the bios? if that is the case ozarkbunnyboy's cpu is set too low.

when i use the command it never changes.

model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz
stepping        : 4
cpu MHz         : 3400.000