Tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have noticed that my laptop is starting to slow down quite > noticeably, although irregularly so. Basic tasks like opening xterm in > fluxbox sometimes take a few seconds or more, and there's even a > noticeable delay with command line stuff like ls. Not always, usually > after I've been running for awhile (hours). I also notice that > sometimes my harddrive seems to 'rev' (spin for a second, pause, spin > for a second, pause, repeated continuously over a minute or more), > even when I'm not doing anything (just reading documents in xpdf or a > browser window. > > Maybe this is just normal for a laptop, but I don't know. Is there > some way to check to see if I'm having any non-trivial hardware issues?
For monitoring, look at smartsuite, lm-sensors, and possibly hdparm. For diagnosing problems, see badblocks for disks, and memtest86. Most of these are available from apt-get, and you should be able to find more details with a quick search. Good luck! ---Scott. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
