[ale] Could not solve SUSE 10.0 slow performance with Asus Intel cpu/chipset

[Dow_Hurst]

Greg,
I had some problems with the kpowersaved daemon.  You don't have to run it.  Did you try not running it and would you still get the same effects?  The kernel modules will still control the powersaving functions.  I found that with a patched suse kernel on the suse ftp server that I didn't have acpi problems but still shouldn't run powersaved.  I've shut it off at boot on my laptop.  The ASUS board may have the same problem that my Compal EFL30 laptop board had with the suse 10 default kernel.  Anyway, you've loaded Fedora and if your happy then it is a moot point.

For those interested, go to the suse ftp server or a full mirror and look for under the people subdirectory the username trenn.  Inside of there you will find acpi related patches and a patched kernel for suse 10 that works with many laptops having ACPI problems.  I've got suse 10 with the super suse patches and the patched kernel from Thomas Renn.  The laptop functions very well for me with suspend to disk working, the intel ipw2200 wifi and nvidia graphics coming up configured on booting from suspend.
Best wishes,
Dow


-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Tucker <gtucker1 at csc.com>
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Nov 8, 2005 12:45 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Subject: [ale] Could not solve SUSE 10.0 slow performance with Asus Intel	cpu/chipset





I talked with Suse support and they felt the problem was the powersave
daemon. Started in rc2 it quickly decides the system is practically idle;
a laptop and the processor/hard drive need to be throttled down. This
resulted in >10 minute boots and a sluggish system.

They recommended putting: apci=off noapic in the boot options. Things speed
up a little (8-9 minute boots) but the system was still sluggish.  My old
1.8 AMD running SUSE 9.1 was much faster than the new ASUS T2 (Terminator
T2-P barebones) with a 2.4 P4 with Segate SATA. The powersave daemon and
kpowersave (desktop) daemon still ran even with the new boot setting and it
was taking about 8 or 9 minutes to boot. I tried different bios settings
and reloading everything several times to no avail. I tried an EIDE drive
instead of the SATA. No change.  After a couple of days, I loaded Fedora 4
and the box was fast and booted in 5 minutes thirty seconds and, more
important, things were not sluggish. (Firefox would load in 2-4 seconds
instead of 10 to 12.)

My recommendation: If you're going to run Suse 10, avoid Asus Intel
motherboards with Intel chipsets until Novell corrects the problem. Stick
with an AMD cpu.



Greg Tucker
CSC Consulting
cell: 678-643-7431


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