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26-07-2007, 07:26 PM
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Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
Hi
As usual with my laptop, after the installation of OpenSUSE 10.2, in a month or two, the DVD writing speed has come down dramatically.
When I had freshly installed the OS, it used to take about 15 minutes to write a 4GB data on a DVD at 8X speed. (Actually k3b says that writing speed is 8X, but it is around 4-5X average). And now, it takes about 25 minutes (or more) to write the DVD (I tried Gnome disk creator also). Also the time the system used to take to transfer the data from a CD/DVD onto HDD has increased.
Anu suggestions? Ideas? Or the only way it to reinstall? 
Aditya
Hey people.... right now, I burned another DVD... it took 35 minutes to burn 3.7GB.... That sucks....
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26-07-2007, 07:53 PM
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
There maybe too many services running in the background, because of which processor and RAM usage goes up, slowing down the rest of the processes.
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27-07-2007, 12:28 AM
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
a distant chance for some config file/kernel upgrade killed ur dma for the drive.which kernel version are u using?
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27-07-2007, 11:06 AM
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
hmmm... clearly a problem wid dma setting being turned off. check if dma is disabled for ur hard disk first.
issue this command: sudo hdparm -d <hdd device>
<hdd device> can be /dev/hda or b/c etc. or /dev/sda or b/c (for atapi ide and sata respectively)
then for ur dvdrw: sudo hdparm -d <dvdrw device> (usualy /dev/cdrom or so)
this will check for the dma status. if its turned off, u may turn it on by issuing the command: sudo hdparm -d1 <hdd device>
then for the cdrom: sudo hdparm -d1 /dev/cdrom
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27-07-2007, 07:32 PM
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
^^ I am using kernel 2.6.x (kernelversion command shows 2.6).
dma is on for both HDD and CDROM.
Output of top command is like this :-
Code:
top - 19:23:44 up 9:39, 3 users, load average: 3.63, 3.10, 2.90
Tasks: 110 total, 4 running, 105 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie
Cpu(s): 99.3%us, 0.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 0.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 507968k total, 501176k used, 6792k free, 18160k buffers
Swap: 2361544k total, 76k used, 2361468k free, 144764k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
4061 aditya 15 0 45984 18m 8456 S 98.2 3.7 559:15.92 beagled-helper
4473 aditya 16 0 2668m 22m 8792 S 1.0 4.6 5:38.56 utorrent.exe
3515 root 15 0 354m 28m 9488 S 0.7 5.7 1:30.53 X
3838 aditya 15 0 97960 27m 19m S 0.7 5.6 0:10.95 nautilus
10 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.3 0.0 2:32.80 kacpid
5696 root 15 0 2256 1032 760 R 0.3 0.2 0:00.01 top
1 root 15 0 744 284 240 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.44 init
2 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0
3 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0
4 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.03 events/0
5 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper
6 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthread
9 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/0
137 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/0
138 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 kseriod
176 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 pdflush
177 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 pdflush
178 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.53 kswapd0
179 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/0
420 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kpsmoused
836 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.15 kjournald
884 root 17 -4 1964 644 336 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.76 udevd
1458 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khubd
1530 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khpsbpkt
1739 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 knodemgrd_0
1774 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 pccardd
1775 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ipw2200/0
1985 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.31 kjournald
2480 root 15 0 2108 680 440 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.56 syslog-ng
2482 root 15 0 1588 552 468 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 acpid
2488 root 15 0 1720 536 336 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.34 klogd
2527 root 16 0 2252 684 556 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 resmgrd
2538 messageb 15 0 3680 1080 716 S 0.0 0.2 0:01.24 dbus-daemon
2623 root 15 0 3564 1528 1320 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.02 polkitd
2675 haldaemo 15 0 5716 4016 1896 S 0.0 0.8 0:01.47 hald
2719 root 15 0 2588 1032 824 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.02 dhcdbd
2839 root 16 0 2952 1128 928 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.02 hald-runner
2843 root 15 0 2996 1324 1140 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.00 NetworkManagerD
2884 mdnsd 15 0 2048 912 672 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.01 mdnsd
Should I try and decrease nice value and check the time required?
Aditya
^^ I am using kernel 2.6.x (kernelversion command shows 2.6).
dma is on for both HDD and CDROM.
Output of top command is like this :-
Code:
top - 19:23:44 up 9:39, 3 users, load average: 3.63, 3.10, 2.90
Tasks: 110 total, 4 running, 105 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie
Cpu(s): 99.3%us, 0.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 0.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 507968k total, 501176k used, 6792k free, 18160k buffers
Swap: 2361544k total, 76k used, 2361468k free, 144764k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
4061 aditya 15 0 45984 18m 8456 S 98.2 3.7 559:15.92 beagled-helper
4473 aditya 16 0 2668m 22m 8792 S 1.0 4.6 5:38.56 utorrent.exe
3515 root 15 0 354m 28m 9488 S 0.7 5.7 1:30.53 X
3838 aditya 15 0 97960 27m 19m S 0.7 5.6 0:10.95 nautilus
10 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.3 0.0 2:32.80 kacpid
5696 root 15 0 2256 1032 760 R 0.3 0.2 0:00.01 top
1 root 15 0 744 284 240 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.44 init
2 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0
3 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0
4 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.03 events/0
5 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper
6 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthread
9 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/0
137 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/0
138 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 kseriod
176 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 pdflush
177 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 pdflush
178 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.53 kswapd0
179 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/0
420 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kpsmoused
836 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.15 kjournald
884 root 17 -4 1964 644 336 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.76 udevd
1458 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khubd
1530 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khpsbpkt
1739 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 knodemgrd_0
1774 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 pccardd
1775 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ipw2200/0
1985 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.31 kjournald
2480 root 15 0 2108 680 440 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.56 syslog-ng
2482 root 15 0 1588 552 468 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 acpid
2488 root 15 0 1720 536 336 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.34 klogd
2527 root 16 0 2252 684 556 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 resmgrd
2538 messageb 15 0 3680 1080 716 S 0.0 0.2 0:01.24 dbus-daemon
2623 root 15 0 3564 1528 1320 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.02 polkitd
2675 haldaemo 15 0 5716 4016 1896 S 0.0 0.8 0:01.47 hald
2719 root 15 0 2588 1032 824 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.02 dhcdbd
2839 root 16 0 2952 1128 928 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.02 hald-runner
2843 root 15 0 2996 1324 1140 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.00 NetworkManagerD
2884 mdnsd 15 0 2048 912 672 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.01 mdnsd
Should I try and decrease nice value and check the time required?
Aditya
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27-07-2007, 09:27 PM
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
Try killing the beagled and stop running wine when burning the disks.
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27-07-2007, 10:10 PM
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
yeah mehul's rite. don't run beagle. rather chuck it and use affinity. secondly avoid heavy torrent download while burning. things should be fine.
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28-07-2007, 04:52 AM
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
i am wondering why @OP wants to run a mixed system with kde and gnome components(nautilus etc) in Opensuse!I'll say-stick to one DE.there are much better performace expected.only use some few necessary apps from other library(gtk2/qt).
and beagled is a memory hog.as is untimed updatedb.
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28-07-2007, 12:46 PM
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
@ Mehul.. I will stop wine, but how did you know I was running it?
And by the way to all of you, I have tried killing Beagled-Helper, but it regenerates itself. Should I try and disable it from the startup programs?
@praka 123... whois OP?
Aditya
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28-07-2007, 12:52 PM
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
With beagled taking up 98.2% of your CPU, I am wondering how do you manage to even work on that PC.
About wine. how else would utorrent.exe run 
To stop beagle try beagle-shutdown.
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28-07-2007, 09:46 PM
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
Yeah... it gets pretty wacky... and things got worse today.... I wasted 2 DVDs...
Everything worked well.... DVD writing finished in some 20 minutes (still more than average), and the message came flushing cache... and then there was some error... It said write error. It happened for 2 DVDs in a row. What is going on?
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28-07-2007, 10:31 PM
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
uninstall beagle if you are not using it for search is the simple answer.else remove the cron jobs(anacron?) set by the distro.It sucks with low memory.
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29-07-2007, 08:12 AM
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
^^ Yeah.. I think I will do that... remove beagle... cause even if I shut beagled-helper down... it starts by itself in some time..... And I almost forgot... 512MB RAM is indeed low these days.... system takes about 90% RAM use most of the time.....
What about the write error? Any ideas? It's not the first time I have had such an error....
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29-07-2007, 03:05 PM
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
also stick with one desktop environment.uninstall unwanted.as suse tends to install all the software  .so use Gnome or kde and install few softwares u like also install gtk2-qt engine for compatibility.
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29-07-2007, 04:06 PM
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
^^ I know what SuSE does.... I chose both the DE's myself..... I will uninstall KDE.....
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29-07-2007, 06:02 PM
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
but suse seems defaults to kde na?
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29-07-2007, 10:20 PM
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
^^ No... in this version, (DVD install), installer asks you for the default DE you want. I selected Gnome, and then while package selection, I also checked all the KDE components. Actually I selected K3B and Amarok, and I guess most of KDE components were selected to solve dependencies.
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Re: Time to write DVD increased a lot.... help
for qt apps to run basic lib-qt3-mt is enough.but if u want amarock-needs the whole kde installed .I uses exaile gtk2 player which is amorck ported to Gnome.
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