CDE File Manager (dtfile) slow to display folder contents

[Matt Gardella]

Hi, Have HP-UX 11 v1 on a HP9000 C200 1.5G memory.

Problem: CDE file manager extremely slow to display directory contents accross NFS mount points. I.E. Displaying the contents of /net/remotehost/subfolder takes 3-4 minutes using File Manager. If I open a dtterm window and ll or ls /net/remotehost/subfolder, listing is instant.

This only happens on directories with many (120)large files (several greater than 18mb).

Thanks,

Matt

[Thomas Greig]

We have the same problem. Did you find a solution for yours?

A 400MB folder with 250 files can list this up in a second or two while a 16GB folder with 250 files needs 3-4 minutes.

The filesystem is local on this machine (a rp3440 running hp-ux 11.v1).

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

This walks talks and sounds like a patching problem.

Try to install a current Gold Pack update on the system and see if it persists.

If so, look for CDE specific patches in the ITRC patch database.

SEP

[Thomas Greig]

Steven.
I have run the swainv and downloaded the latest patches recommended by itrc's patch assessment with no luck.

it was after a patch-assessment the problem started but the patch-upgrade included too many patches to roll it back.

njord 55: swlist -l product|grep CDE
CDE B.11.11 HP-UX CDE User Interface
CDEDevKit B.11.11.02 CDE Developer Kit
PHSS_32112 1.0 CDE DevKit Periodic Patch
PHSS_36394 1.0 CDE Base Periodic Patch
PHSS_36407 1.0 CDE Applications Patch
VUEtoCDE B.11.11 HP VUE to CDE Migration Tools

[Thomas Greig]

Steven.
I have run the swainv and downloaded the latest patches recommended by itrc's patch assessment with no luck.

it was after a patch-assessment the problem started but the patch-upgrade included too many patches to roll it back.

a list of the CDE patches installed:

njord 55: swlist -l product|grep CDE
CDE B.11.11 HP-UX CDE User Interface
CDEDevKit B.11.11.02 CDE Developer Kit
PHSS_32112 1.0 CDE DevKit Periodic Patch
PHSS_36394 1.0 CDE Base Periodic Patch
PHSS_36407 1.0 CDE Applications Patch
VUEtoCDE B.11.11 HP VUE to CDE Migration Tools

[Dennis Handly]

You may want to try using tusc to actually see what's going on.
The size of the files shouldn't make a difference, just how many.

[Matt Gardella]

Hi Guys,

I basically gave up after installing all patches related to CDE and NFS. I also played around with Kernel parameters like tcphashsz, nbuf, max_files etc, with no effect.

Matt