[KLUG Members] slow initial program access

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > > How is NSS responding?  (How long does '$ id bob' take to return a
> > > result?). 
> > Not understanding the $ id bob thing.  Is that something that I do at
> > the commandline?  Not heard of NSS before.
> NSS = Name Service Switch.  /etc/nsswitch.conf controls how your system
> gathers/validates information about a variety of things including:

ftp://ftp.kalamazoolinux.org/pub/pdf/pam_and_nss.pdf

> > dmesg says that it is using a 33MHz speed.  Would I want to use 66 or
> > do I need to investigate exactly what I have?  How would I look that
> > up? (sometimes I feel like such a newbie) Is that the number that
> > might be like 100 or 133?  Where would I set that parameter?
> Does it say anything about using DMA?  If it says you are using DMA then
> it is already using the fastest speed that it can.

ftp://ftp.kalamazoolinux.org/pub/pdf/PerfTune2001.pdf
ftp://ftp.kalamazoolinux.org/pub/pdf/DiskMan1.pdf