From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 23 04:17:41 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F06C237B401 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 04:17:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B2BA643FA3 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 04:17:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from blueeskimo@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 22051 invoked by uid 65534); 23 Apr 2003 11:17:39 -0000 Received: from i216-58-29-174.gta.igs.net (EHLO [216.58.29.174]) (216.58.29.174) by mail.gmx.net (mp016-rz3) with SMTP; 23 Apr 2003 13:17:39 +0200 From: Adam To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030423122449.0244a058@pop3.hbg.bonet.se> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030423122449.0244a058@pop3.hbg.bonet.se> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-jhyKNW0QBOf3wuLcQyXp" Organization: Message-Id: <1051096659.88928.20.camel@jake> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 23 Apr 2003 07:17:39 -0400 Subject: Re: Why is FreeBSD so SLOW? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 11:17:42 -0000 --=-jhyKNW0QBOf3wuLcQyXp Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 07:04, Jalle wrote: > Finally the QUESTION: Why is my FreeBSD box so slow? I figure, if FreeBSD= =20 > in general was so slow, then noone would really use it. Are there any=20 > "standard tricks" in the book that speeds up a slow X server or WM, or ju= st=20 > FreeBSD in general? The behaviour you're describing definitely isn't normal. Can you check if your machine is swap thrashing (ie, swapping like crazy)? Have you tried a different video card?=20 The only time I've ever witnessed FreeBSD being abnormally slow has been in some intensive encryption code. The same code run on an older Redhat machine ran about 10-15x as fast. In any event, I would be very suspect of your hardware devices and their compatibility with FreeBSD. This is the most likely culprit (assuming you've tested for obvious things, like rampant processes, memory leaks, etc). --=20 Adam --=-jhyKNW0QBOf3wuLcQyXp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+pnZTu3o4GBMSDL4RAtnMAKCUwDc5u5NJb9f4KJg5lIlr/6Bp1QCePKnR j0FcjG20EzSm4/UhKeTcic8= =EGmh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-jhyKNW0QBOf3wuLcQyXp--