[USB Install] Xbian is incredibly slow, even when overclocked to Turbo.

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(20th Dec, 2013 05:31 AM)IriDium Wrote:  Very strange.

Are you sure it's 256Mb - Model B is 512mb?

1) How did you install Xbian onto USB? Xbian-config or other?
2) How long has the system been up > 1 hour? when it is sluggish?

Please provide output from xbmc.log, dmesg, config.txt, cmdline.txt a screen shot of

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when sluggish and the output from

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vmstat 5 20

Xbian Beta 2 should not be slow. It might be sluggish for the first 10 minutes after boot but not there after.

Definitely 256mb - I bought my Pi right before they upped the RAM to 512mb

I installed using Xbian-config, and by the time I made my last post the system had been up for 2 hours, but I have been fiddling and rebooting a lot. I did, however, leave it on overnight (12hrs from leaving it to turning my tv back on).

Basically it really struggles whenever I transition through different screens. Also if I leave the system idle for even a few minutes, it'll take 10+ seconds to execute any remote input (for example, pressing 'down').

I made images of the SD Card and USB, and switched back to OpenElec to watch some stuff - but I'll follow your instructions tomorrow and report back. Thanks for the reply