preload

Hi Phillip,

What version of preload are you using?  Earlier versions had an aggressive
default memory setting which caused behavior similar to what you describe
during boot (and only then).  I think I changed it during the last release to
be more conservative.  Can you check the memory settings in /etc/preload.conf?

Cheers,
behdad

On 03/12/2010 03:36 PM, Phillip Pi wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Is it normal for Preload to hog my old IDE/ATA 7200 RPM HDDs after 
> Debian (Kernel 2.6.30) boot up in my old machine with 2.5 GB of RAM? I 
> have to wait like a minute and CPU goes crazy high like 6.xx. After 
> preload finishes according to iotop, then it is fine and fast. Is 
> Preload reading too much datas or something? I do not have this problem 
> without preload installed.
> 
> Thank you in advance. :)

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:51:01PM -0500, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
> 
> What version of preload are you using?  Earlier versions had an aggressive
> default memory setting which caused behavior similar to what you describe
> during boot (and only then).  I think I changed it during the last release to
> be more conservative.  Can you check the memory settings in /etc/preload.conf?

I believe it was v0.6.4.1-1 since I kept my Debian mostly updated daily
with its apt-get (update and upgrade parameters). I don't have
/etc/preload.conf anymore since I uninstalled preload and its
configuration recently. I do not recall touching it either, so I assume
it used the defaults. Maybe I will reinstall it and try again.
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> > What version of preload are you using?  Earlier versions had an aggressive
> > default memory setting which caused behavior similar to what you describe
> > during boot (and only then).  I think I changed it during the last release to
> > be more conservative.  Can you check the memory settings in /etc/preload.conf?
> 
> I believe it was v0.6.4.1-1 since I kept my Debian mostly updated daily
> with its apt-get (update and upgrade parameters). I don't have
> /etc/preload.conf anymore since I uninstalled preload and its
> configuration recently. I do not recall touching it either, so I assume
> it used the defaults. Maybe I will reinstall it and try again.

I tried to reinstall it, but can't start due to lack of
/etc/preload.conf according to /var/log/preload.conf. Oops. I thought
reinstalling the package would reinstall that too. Where can I get the
file from? I downloaded the source, but couldn't find it or compile it
(no glib2 and can't find a pakcage of it).

Thank you in advance. :)
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On 03/13/2010 03:35 AM, Phillip Pi wrote:
>>> What version of preload are you using?  Earlier versions had an aggressive
>>> default memory setting which caused behavior similar to what you describe
>>> during boot (and only then).  I think I changed it during the last release to
>>> be more conservative.  Can you check the memory settings in /etc/preload.conf?
>>>       
>> I believe it was v0.6.4.1-1 since I kept my Debian mostly updated daily
>> with its apt-get (update and upgrade parameters). I don't have
>> /etc/preload.conf anymore since I uninstalled preload and its
>> configuration recently. I do not recall touching it either, so I assume
>> it used the defaults. Maybe I will reinstall it and try again.
>>     
> I tried to reinstall it, but can't start due to lack of
> /etc/preload.conf according to /var/log/preload.conf. Oops. I thought
> reinstalling the package would reinstall that too. Where can I get the
> file from? I downloaded the source, but couldn't find it or compile it
> (no glib2 and can't find a pakcage of it).
>   

Depends on your distribution really.  Ask them.

behdad

> Thank you in advance. :)
>

> >>> What version of preload are you using?  Earlier versions had an aggressive
> >>> default memory setting which caused behavior similar to what you describe
> >>> during boot (and only then).  I think I changed it during the last release to
> >>> be more conservative.  Can you check the memory settings in /etc/preload.conf?
> >>>       
> >> I believe it was v0.6.4.1-1 since I kept my Debian mostly updated daily
> >> with its apt-get (update and upgrade parameters). I don't have
> >> /etc/preload.conf anymore since I uninstalled preload and its
> >> configuration recently. I do not recall touching it either, so I assume
> >> it used the defaults. Maybe I will reinstall it and try again.
> >>     
> > I tried to reinstall it, but can't start due to lack of
> > /etc/preload.conf according to /var/log/preload.conf. Oops. I thought
> > reinstalling the package would reinstall that too. Where can I get the
> > file from? I downloaded the source, but couldn't find it or compile it
> > (no glib2 and can't find a pakcage of it).
> >   
> 
> Depends on your distribution really.  Ask them.

Doesn't the source come with a default preload.conf?
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On 03/14/2010 06:20 PM, Phillip Pi wrote:
> Doesn't the source come with a default preload.conf?
>   

Sure, it creates one when you run "make".

> On 03/14/2010 06:20 PM, Phillip Pi wrote:
> > Doesn't the source come with a default preload.conf?
> >   
> 
> Sure, it creates one when you run "make".

Ah, OK. Ugh, need to compile it then. Thanks.
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> > What version of preload are you using?  Earlier versions had an aggressive
> > default memory setting which caused behavior similar to what you describe
> > during boot (and only then).  I think I changed it during the last release to
> > be more conservative.  Can you check the memory settings in /etc/preload.conf?

I am using Preload v0.6.4-1 from Debian's apt-get. I noticed a major 
slowdown after a month of uptime and I had to reboot due to a Kernel 
upgrade. My preload.conf can be found here: http://pastie.org/933753 ... 
I am using its defaults.

I wonder if preload is hogging my old ATA/IDE HDDs. :/
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On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:58:13PM -0700, Ant wrote:
>>What version of preload are you using?  Earlier versions had an aggressive
>>default memory setting which caused behavior similar to what you describe
>>during boot (and only then).  I think I changed it during the last release to
>>be more conservative.  Can you check the memory settings in /etc/preload.conf?
> 
> I am using Preload v0.6.4-1 from Debian's apt-get. I noticed a major 
> slowdown after a month of uptime and I had to reboot due to a Kernel 
> upgrade. My preload.conf can be found here: http://pastie.org/933753 ... 
> I am using its defaults.
> 
> I wonder if preload is hogging my old ATA/IDE HDDs. :/

Hi again. 

I am still having this problem and noticed I never got a reply for it 
even when I checked in 
https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=preload-devel 
... And I do see preload hogging it from iotop as root/sudo. :(

Thank you in advance. :)

El dom, 19-09-2010 a las 14:28 -0700, Ant escribió:
> On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:58:13PM -0700, Ant wrote:
> >>What version of preload are you using?  Earlier versions had an aggressive
> >>default memory setting which caused behavior similar to what you describe
> >>during boot (and only then).  I think I changed it during the last release to
> >>be more conservative.  Can you check the memory settings in /etc/preload.conf?
> > 
> > I am using Preload v0.6.4-1 from Debian's apt-get. I noticed a major 
> > slowdown after a month of uptime and I had to reboot due to a Kernel 
> > upgrade. My preload.conf can be found here: http://pastie.org/933753 ... 
> > I am using its defaults.
> > 
> > I wonder if preload is hogging my old ATA/IDE HDDs. :/
> 
> Hi again. 
> 
> I am still having this problem and noticed I never got a reply for it 
> even when I checked in 
> https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=preload-devel 
> ... And I do see preload hogging it from iotop as root/sudo. :(
> 
> Thank you in advance. :)
> 

As I have experienced on my computers, you will have problems if your
root system is using reiserfs without notail option and, then, you will
need to use "notail" for it and re-install your system

> > >>What version of preload are you using?  Earlier versions had an aggressive
> > >>default memory setting which caused behavior similar to what you describe
> > >>during boot (and only then).  I think I changed it during the last release to
> > >>be more conservative.  Can you check the memory settings in /etc/preload.conf?
> > > 
> > > I am using Preload v0.6.4-1 from Debian's apt-get. I noticed a major 
> > > slowdown after a month of uptime and I had to reboot due to a Kernel 
> > > upgrade. My preload.conf can be found here: http://pastie.org/933753 ... 
> > > I am using its defaults.
> > > 
> > > I wonder if preload is hogging my old ATA/IDE HDDs. :/
> > 
> > Hi again. 
> > 
> > I am still having this problem and noticed I never got a reply for it 
> > even when I checked in 
> > https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=preload-devel 
> > ... And I do see preload hogging it from iotop as root/sudo. :(
> > 
> > Thank you in advance. :)
> 
> As I have experienced on my computers, you will have problems if your
> root system is using reiserfs without notail option and, then, you will
> need to use "notail" for it and re-install your system

Um, I am using EXT3 FS. I never had reserfs before. :/
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