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Re: Slow USB speeds fix and also vanquishes horrible PCLinuxOS system lag
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2010, 03:53:50 AM »
And are there negative points to this? (else it would be standard active I think iin the kernel....?)

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Re: Slow USB speeds fix and also vanquishes horrible PCLinuxOS system lag
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2010, 04:39:04 AM »
Is there some simple means of determining what is being used in a running system?
For instance if this boot code is used can one determine if it is in fact in operation from some simple command?

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Re: Slow USB speeds fix and also vanquishes horrible PCLinuxOS system lag
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2010, 06:00:30 AM »
http://www.redhat.com/magazine/008jun05/features/schedulers/
=> deadline, CFQ, ....

Don't we use BFS (as the best possible one) - or do I see that completely wrong???
Or is this an option that can be added to the BFS one?

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Re: Slow USB speeds fix and also vanquishes horrible PCLinuxOS system lag
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2010, 07:26:53 AM »
I must admit this little trick improved the speed of usb. I have a64 kernel so my Brain is not Fooled by that Scheduler.  ;D
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Re: Slow USB speeds fix and also vanquishes horrible PCLinuxOS system lag
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2010, 04:48:24 PM »
Thanks for the response .....  cannot say I have noticed any difference as yet .......

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[user@Dell ~]$ cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
noop [deadline] cfq

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Re: Slow USB speeds fix and also vanquishes horrible PCLinuxOS system lag
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2010, 01:11:54 AM »
OK, thanks for all info,
Now I'm not afraid anymore to try using it...
(if it would give a bad result, I always can modify it again  :P

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Re: Slow USB speeds fix and also vanquishes horrible PCLinuxOS system lag
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2010, 06:22:04 AM »
I've had an issue with usb transfers.  They'll start at a good speed, then slow, then speed, then slow.  Transfers take 4X the time as Vista.

I tried this tweek, and for me it made no difference. 

It didn't hurt either  ;-)

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Re: Slow USB speeds fix and also vanquishes horrible PCLinuxOS system lag
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2010, 06:28:02 AM »
I've had an issue with usb transfers.  They'll start at a good speed, then slow, then speed, then slow.  Transfers take 4X the time as Vista.

I tried this tweek, and for me it made no difference. 

It didn't hurt either  ;-)

Dave

So the following command:
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cat /sys/block/sda/queue/schedulershows this:
noop anticipatory [deadline] cfq

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Re: Slow USB speeds fix and also vanquishes horrible PCLinuxOS system lag
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2010, 03:01:11 PM »
That's right.  I'm definitely using the deadline scheduler.  But in my case it made no difference.

[dave@localhost ~]$ cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
noop [deadline] cfq
[dave@localhost ~]$

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Re: Slow USB speeds fix and also vanquishes horrible PCLinuxOS system lag
« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2010, 03:36:33 PM »
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[dave@localhost ~]$ cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
noop [deadline] cfq
[dave@localhost ~]$

On my machine (PCLinuxOS LXDE 2010), without making any changes ...
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[muwawa@localhost ~]$ cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
noop deadline [cfq]
[muwawa@localhost ~]$

I wonder why the '[ ]' are on 'cfq' for me instead of 'deadline'?
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Re: Slow USB speeds fix and also vanquishes horrible PCLinuxOS system lag
« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2010, 03:44:41 PM »
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[dave@localhost ~]$ cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
noop [deadline] cfq
[dave@localhost ~]$

On my machine (PCLinuxOS LXDE 2010), without making any changes ...
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[muwawa@localhost ~]$ cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
noop deadline [cfq]
[muwawa@localhost ~]$

I wonder why the '[ ]' are on 'cfq' for me instead of 'deadline'?

.....  because you didn't make any changes ?? ?? ??

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Re: Slow USB speeds fix and also vanquishes horrible PCLinuxOS system lag
« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2010, 03:57:55 PM »
That is funny, I'm going to call it the Brain Fooled Scheduler from now on.

I don't care if it's the placebo effect, if my symptoms are gone! ;D

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Re: Slow USB speeds fix and also vanquishes horrible PCLinuxOS system lag
« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2010, 12:55:36 PM »
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.....  because you didn't make any changes ?? ?? ??

Ah, I hadn't figured it, the bracket go round the applied function.  :D
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