poor performance with fresh and up2date installation?

[Guybrush]

hi there,

i came across linuxmint, and i really like it. after installing it on my box (specs below) i encountered some performance problems, especially when watching movies on youtube or similar sites.
i always open 3 or more tabs in firefox to be able to watch the movies without interruption (watching the first one, the others are loaded in the background). this makes ff behave like it is installed on a 400mhz machine.

here is some informatin about my system:

lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8385 [K8T800 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:08.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20378 (FastTrak 378/SATA 378) (rev 02)
00:09.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7134/SAA7135HL Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
00:0e.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)
00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R420 JI [Radeon X800PRO]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc R420 [Radeon X800 PRO/GTO] (Secondary)


uname -a:
Linux amd64 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 1 04:59:50 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

cat version:
Linux version 2.6.22-14-generic (buildd@terranova) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)) #1 SMP Fri Feb 1 04:59:50 UTC 2008

cat cpuinfo:
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 12
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+
stepping : 0
cpu MHz : 2203.067
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext lm 3dnowext 3dnow up ts fid vid ttp
bogomips : 4410.79
clflush size : 64

cat meminfo:
MemTotal: 1034864 kB
MemFree: 418884 kB
Buffers: 13452 kB
Cached: 311384 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 329288 kB
Inactive: 240448 kB
HighTotal: 130240 kB
HighFree: 240 kB
LowTotal: 904624 kB
LowFree: 418644 kB
SwapTotal: 3028212 kB
SwapFree: 3028212 kB
Dirty: 104 kB
Writeback: 0 kB
AnonPages: 244952 kB
Mapped: 73080 kB
Slab: 16552 kB
SReclaimable: 8116 kB
SUnreclaim: 8436 kB
PageTables: 1920 kB
NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
Bounce: 0 kB
CommitLimit: 3545644 kB
Committed_AS: 654716 kB
VmallocTotal: 114680 kB
VmallocUsed: 11792 kB
VmallocChunk: 101872 kB


cat modules:
nls_cp437 6784 1 - Live 0xf8dbf000
isofs 36412 1 - Live 0xf8dde000
udf 87204 0 - Live 0xf8dec000
binfmt_misc 12936 1 - Live 0xf8d7b000
rfcomm 42136 2 - Live 0xf8dc7000
l2cap 26240 11 rfcomm, Live 0xf8db1000
bluetooth 57060 4 rfcomm,l2cap, Live 0xf8d91000
ppdev 10244 0 - Live 0xf8d72000
fglrx 656352 15 - Live 0xf8e76000 (P)
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0 - Live 0xf8959000
cpufreq_conservative 8072 0 - Live 0xf8d6f000
cpufreq_userspace 5280 0 - Live 0xf8d6c000
cpufreq_ondemand 9612 0 - Live 0xf8d68000
cpufreq_stats 7232 0 - Live 0xf8d65000
freq_table 5792 2 cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats, Live 0xf8d54000
container 5504 0 - Live 0xf8d51000
video 18060 0 - Live 0xf8d5f000
sbs 19592 0 - Live 0xf8d59000
button 8976 0 - Live 0xf8bd2000
ac 6148 0 - Live 0xf8a48000
dock 10656 0 - Live 0xf8bce000
battery 11012 0 - Live 0xf8b13000
sbp2 24072 0 - Live 0xf8bd7000
lp 12580 0 - Live 0xf8b49000
snd_via82xx 29336 1 - Live 0xf8b4e000
gameport 16776 1 snd_via82xx, Live 0xf8b1b000
snd_mpu401_uart 9600 1 snd_via82xx, Live 0xf8b17000
usbhid 29536 0 - Live 0xf8b3b000
snd_seq_dummy 4740 0 - Live 0xf8aa9000
snd_seq_oss 33152 0 - Live 0xf8b00000
hid 28928 1 usbhid, Live 0xf8b0a000
snd_via82xx_modem 16264 0 - Live 0xf8ab5000
snd_ac97_codec 100644 2 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem, Live 0xf8b21000
snd_seq_midi 9600 0 - Live 0xf8ab1000
snd_seq_midi_event 8448 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi, Live 0xf8aad000
ide_cd 32672 1 - Live 0xf8a7b000
cdrom 37536 1 ide_cd, Live 0xf8af5000
saa7134_alsa 15392 0 - Live 0xf89c6000
psmouse 39952 0 - Live 0xf8aea000
ac97_bus 3200 1 snd_ac97_codec, Live 0xf896f000
snd_pcm_oss 44672 0 - Live 0xf8ade000
snd_mixer_oss 17664 1 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xf8a8c000
pcspkr 4224 0 - Live 0xf8a32000
parport_pc 37412 1 - Live 0xf8ad3000
parport 37448 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc, Live 0xf8ac8000
serio_raw 8068 0 - Live 0xf8a26000
snd_seq 53232 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event, Live 0xf8aba000
snd_rawmidi 25728 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi, Live 0xf8a84000
snd_seq_device 9228 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi, Live 0xf8a22000
snd_pcm 80388 5 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_ac97_codec,saa7134_alsa,snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xf8a94000
snd_timer 24324 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm, Live 0xf8a2b000
snd 54660 15 snd_via82xx,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_oss,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_ac97_codec,saa7134_alsa,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer, Live 0xf8a6c000
snd_page_alloc 11400 3 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_pcm, Live 0xf8a15000
i2c_viapro 10004 0 - Live 0xf8a11000
k8temp 6656 0 - Live 0xf89fd000
tuner 63144 0 - Live 0xf8a37000
soundcore 8800 1 snd, Live 0xf89d7000
saa7134 129100 1 saa7134_alsa, Live 0xf8a4b000
video_buf 26244 2 saa7134_alsa,saa7134, Live 0xf8a1a000
compat_ioctl32 2304 1 saa7134, Live 0xf8919000
ir_kbd_i2c 9872 1 saa7134, Live 0xf89cb000
i2c_core 26112 4 i2c_viapro,tuner,saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c, Live 0xf89cf000
ir_common 35460 2 saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c, Live 0xf89b3000
amd64_agp 13700 1 - Live 0xf8914000
videodev 29312 1 saa7134, Live 0xf89bd000
v4l2_common 18432 3 tuner,saa7134,videodev, Live 0xf8953000
v4l1_compat 15364 2 saa7134,videodev, Live 0xf894e000
shpchp 34580 0 - Live 0xf8998000
pci_hotplug 32704 1 shpchp, Live 0xf898f000
agpgart 35016 2 fglrx,amd64_agp, Live 0xf8965000
evdev 11136 5 - Live 0xf885f000
ext3 133896 1 - Live 0xf89db000
jbd 60456 1 ext3, Live 0xf89a3000
mbcache 9732 1 ext3, Live 0xf88a5000
sg 36764 0 - Live 0xf895b000
sd_mod 30336 3 - Live 0xf8903000
via82cxxx 10372 0 [permanent], Live 0xf8886000
ide_core 116804 2 ide_cd,via82cxxx, Live 0xf8971000
8139cp 25088 0 - Live 0xf890c000
floppy 60004 0 - Live 0xf893e000
ehci_hcd 36492 0 - Live 0xf88f9000
uhci_hcd 26640 0 - Live 0xf88f1000
usbcore 138632 4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd, Live 0xf891b000
ata_generic 8452 0 - Live 0xf8882000
sata_via 12548 2 - Live 0xf887d000
8139too 27776 0 - Live 0xf8897000
mii 6528 2 8139cp,8139too, Live 0xf885c000
skge 43152 0 - Live 0xf888b000
sata_promise 13956 0 - Live 0xf884c000
libata 125168 3 ata_generic,sata_via,sata_promise, Live 0xf88d1000
scsi_mod 147084 4 sbp2,sg,sd_mod,libata, Live 0xf88ac000
ohci1394 36528 0 - Live 0xf8852000
ieee1394 96312 2 sbp2,ohci1394, Live 0xf8864000
thermal 14344 0 - Live 0xf8838000
processor 32072 1 thermal, Live 0xf883d000
fan 5764 0 - Live 0xf8821000
capability 5896 0 - Live 0xf881e000
commoncap 8320 1 capability, Live 0xf881a000
fuse 47124 3 - Live 0xf8825000



is there anybody who can give me some advice how to tune my system in generell/how to tune my system in that special case?
any help is greatly apreciated.

except this: until now, linuxmint looks good (i especially like the debian/ubuntu-base and apt-support). good work...

BR
guybrush

[AlexSlocker]

I've seen you have:

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01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R420 JI [Radeon X800PRO]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc R420 [Radeon X800 PRO/GTO] (Secondary)

So, do you have the propietary driver or the free one? If you have the free one try the propietary and see if the problem solves. And also, can you see videos fine in Totem, without performance issues? And finally, do you have dual-monitor? Because I don't know what means the '(Secondary)'.

One way when you can check the driver you're using is in the Menu > Administration > Display and Graphics > Video Card (maybe the translation is not accurate because I use the system in spanish). If you see the driver is 'ati' then you're using the free one with no accerelation, and if it is 'fglrx' then you're using the propietary. And in order to install the propietary driver use envy or just in a terminal:

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sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx

Finally, I'm not pretty sure of this. But X takes one of the monitors as the main one, and the other is used to have another display to view. This implies that one should may have all the accelerated graphics, and the other just the minimun to see the desktop. So perhaps you're using the main one, as the secondary and vice-versa, and because of this, your performance problems. But I am not pretty sure. I know this happened in old editing stations (I used them in my University) in which if you put the video preview window on the secondary monitor it just didn't play properly. But I don't know if the problem still persists.