Re: Bad performance

On Saturday 13 September 2003 18:05, sebastian ssmoller wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 16:34, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> > On 13 Sep 2003 14:52:29 +0200
> >
> > sebastian ssmoller <sebastian.ssmoller_at_web.de> wrote:
> > > then i moved the disk from the hardware used during install into the
> > > "production" environment which includes VIA 82C8363 (Apollo KT133A)
> > > board, NVidia GeForce2 grafic card (using nvidia native driver for
> > > x11), AMD Duron 750 MHz, 512 mb ram.
> > >
> > > everything worked fine again. BUT: launching gdm needs a lot of time,
> > > same for gnome2. when i start moz-firebird i am unabled to use it for
> > > minutes (!) until it reacts on user events (typing inet adress into
> > > address bar), same for gaim.
> > >
> > > ps: the system i used to installed fbsd first is: AMD Duron 800 MHz,
> > > VIA  VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] board, old SIS 8MB pci video card, 256
> > > mb ram
> >
> > Is the system connected to a network, and if yes, does the network cards
> > on both systems differ? If yes, have a look at the output of "dmesg" and
> > try to find you network card. If you have it modify /etc/rc.conf
> > ("ifconfig_<interface_name>" line).
>
> the system has two realtek network cards. both seem to work correctly -
> i've no connection problems - connection performance is ok.
>
> > This sounds to me like a DNS problem, please check your default gateway
> > (rc.conf: "gateway" line) too.
>
> dns seems to be ok. all requests are resolved correctly ...
> default gateway should not be the problem cause without ppp (dsl) this
> system is the default gw for the rest of the intranet and with ppp the
> default gw seems to be ok too.
>
> as mentioned: really bad performace occurs when lauching mozilla, gaim,
> gnome2, etc. ... when mozilla is running the perfomance seems to be ok
> ... possibly a bit too slow but i do not know how to proof this (?)
>
> i suppose a udma/disk/controller problem. i found out that the
> southbridge i use (VIA 82C686B) has some bugs. but in fbsd 5.0 release
> notes i found a bugfix for that so i am not sure about it ...

I have the same southbridge and a very fast system. That can't be the problem 
- and it really does sound like a network problem. It looks like it's looking 
for a host that it can't find. Possibly your own hostname.

Arjan