[Gllug] Slow machine

[Chris Bell]

On Sat 03 Sep, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> 
> Ever since I upgraded one of my boxes to Fedora Core 4 it has run slowly
> on certain things - primarily some audio and video stuff.
> 
> I can play MP3s etc at normal speed, but playing a simple piece of PCM
> audio results in output with audible gaps/jerks. Similarly video (eg
> MPEG) does not play properly.
> 
> Following an eralier query on this list I tuned off selinux and
> downgraded the video driver (which made some 3D graphic stuff faster)
> but the general problem - which wasn't there on FC3 - perists.
> 
> Any clues?
> 
> Adrian
> 
   Do not use a journalling filesystem for a "multimedia" partition, and if
possible make it a single partition on a separate fast disc.
 

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Chris Bell

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