On Friday, December 3, 2021, Iyán Méndez Veiga via arch-general <
arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Saturday, 4 December 2021 01:07:18 CET riveravaldez via arch-general
wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking for some advice trying to pinpoint why or where my system has
>> becoming almost unusable slow. Searching the web I've found some hints
>> but nothing precise enough. Maybe it's a failing HDD, but I'm first
posting
>> what I have until now in the hope someone can give some advice.
>
> Have you check SMART health status of your disks? Maybe also run some
self-
> tests to discard HDD issues. A HDD about to die can make system incredible
> slow.
Hi, Iyán, thanks a lot for the reply and sorry for the delay.
I've run some SMART tests (short and long), this is what I have til now:
$ sudo smartctl -i /dev/sda | grep SMART
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
$ sudo smartctl -c /dev/sda
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 113) The previous self-test completed
having
the read element of the test failed.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 645) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 83) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
$ sudo smartctl -H /dev/sda
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
$ sudo smartctl -l selftest /dev/sda
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours)
LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Extended offline Completed: read failure 10% 52941
98659719
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 52932
-
# 3 Extended offline Completed: read failure 10% 52887
78053410
# 4 Short offline Completed without error 00% 52881
-
# 5 Extended offline Completed: read failure 10% 52875
98659715
# 6 Short offline Completed without error 00% 52868
-
$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B
Device Model: Hitachi HTS545025B9A300
Serial Number: 091108PB42061SCP1DUL
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000cca 5e8c99119
Firmware Version: PB2OC60N
User Capacity: 250.059.350.016 bytes [250 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 6
SATA Version is: SATA 2.6, 3.0 Gb/s
Local Time is: Thu Dec 16 21:59:01 2021 -03
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 113) The previous self-test completed
having
the read element of the test failed.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 645) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 83) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED
WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 098 098 062 Pre-fail Always
- 196609
2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 040 Pre-fail Offline
- 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 206 206 033 Pre-fail Always
- 1
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0012 098 098 000 Old_age Always
- 3347
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 005 Pre-fail Always
- 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 067 Pre-fail Always
- 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 040 Pre-fail Offline
- 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 001 001 000 Old_age Always
- 53005
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always
- 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always
- 3213
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x000a 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 1114237
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 001 001 000 Old_age Always
- 4508441
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0002 144 144 000 Old_age Always
- 38 (Min/Max 9/50)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 7
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 3
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 100 100 000 Old_age Offline
- 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 200 000 Old_age Always
- 2
223 Load_Retry_Count 0x000a 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 2
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.
Error 2 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 3303 hours (137 days + 15 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or
idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 51 4b dd df 1d e1 Error: UNC 75 sectors at LBA = 0x011ddfdd = 18735069
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
25 00 80 a8 df 1d e0 00 00:34:49.600 READ DMA EXT
ea 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 00:34:49.600 FLUSH CACHE EXT
25 00 08 80 cc 1d e0 00 00:34:49.600 READ DMA EXT
35 00 08 c8 cd 5b e0 00 00:34:49.600 WRITE DMA EXT
25 00 08 f8 41 28 e0 00 00:34:49.600 READ DMA EXT
Error 1 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 3303 hours (137 days + 15 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or
idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 51 4b dd df 1d e1 Error: UNC 75 sectors at LBA = 0x011ddfdd = 18735069
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
25 00 80 a8 df 1d e0 00 00:34:45.600 READ DMA EXT
25 00 08 50 a0 20 e0 00 00:34:44.700 READ DMA EXT
25 00 68 00 df 1d e0 00 00:34:44.700 READ DMA EXT
25 00 30 80 f9 20 e0 00 00:34:44.700 READ DMA EXT
25 00 08 20 b6 21 e0 00 00:34:44.700 READ DMA EXT
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours)
LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Extended offline Completed: read failure 10% 52941
98659719
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 52932
-
# 3 Extended offline Completed: read failure 10% 52887
78053410
# 4 Short offline Completed without error 00% 52881
-
# 5 Extended offline Completed: read failure 10% 52875
98659715
# 6 Short offline Completed without error 00% 52868
-
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
That's it.
I'm not sure if that's more or less normal or a dying disk...
Any comment? Something informative there?
>> Superficial symptoms are a general slowness. I'm using just IceWM and
>> `startx` to initialize the GUI, and even logging into my account
previous to
>> that takes almost a minute to get done. Then any application I launch
takes
>> minutes to just start (from IceWM to firefox, from qtox to pcmanfm or
>> geany, etc.). Even navigate the folders tree with pcmanfm takes 10 or
more
>> seconds just to show any folder content...
>
> Do you have a single disk or more than one?
Single disk.
> Also, to discard other hardware problems, can you boot arch (or any other
> distro) on a USB and check if system is more responsive.
I'll do that next and report.
> Another thing you can check is the CPU freq. If CPU too hot, modern CPUs
will
> throttle a lot. Although if you have a HDD I don't think this is the
case...
> anycase, it's a quick think to check temperature and frequency.
I'm looking for that right now. Any hint or recommendation
about how to better do it?
> Also, did the slowness start after updating any BIOS/firmware?
Not to my knowledge.
Right now, on boot, this is all I have:
$ sudo dmesg
(...)
[ 533.325003] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: INTR 00000001: 00000000
[ 533.325022] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 00 []
[ 533.325029] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: INTR 00010000: 00000000
[ 533.325034] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: INTR 01000000: 00000000
[ 533.325042] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: INTR 08800010
[ 533.325090] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bus: MMIO read of 00000000 FAULT at
002100 [ !ENGINE ]
(...)
$ sudo journalctl -b -exp3
-- Journal begins at Thu 2021-12-02 23:59:31 -03, ends at Mon 2021-12-13
21:32:34 -03. --
dic 13 20:58:00 arch libvirtd[608]: cannot open directory
'/home/dell/Software/VMs/TrisquelMini8': No existe el fichero o el
directorio
dic 13 20:58:00 arch libvirtd[608]: error interno: Falló al iniciar
automáticamente el grupo de almacenamiento 'TrisquelMini8': cannot open
directory '/home/dell/Softwar>
dic 13 20:58:02 arch libvirtd[608]: No se encontró 'dmidecode' en ruta: No
existe el fichero o el directorio
dic 13 20:58:12 arch libvirtd[608]: No se encontró 'dmidecode' en ruta: No
existe el fichero o el directorio
dic 13 21:05:29 arch kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 00 []
dic 13 21:05:29 arch kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: INTR 08800010
dic 13 21:05:29 arch kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bus: MMIO read of
00000000 FAULT at 002100 [ !ENGINE ]
> Maybe also run some memtest?
I'll try that also and report.
> Hope it helps.
Me too. Thanks a lot again!
