Orange Pi PC - slow operation

nkp123 · Published in 2015-10-4 06:47:42

Hello,
A few days ago I received my new Orange Pi PC. I tried installing Lubuntu from official page, but this distro was extremely slow - htop has been installing for more than 4 minutes, web browsing on Chromiuim was impossible due to lags, hangs and slowdowns. Then I tried installing distros from http://www.orangepi.org/orangepibbsen/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=342&extra=page%3D1 - these were faster, but still, it seems like everything is still too slow. Cursor is hanging, web browsing is annoying - for example when I am trying to load YouTube page I have to wait about 45 second before I am able to type anything in search box. I tested 4 MicroSD cards (8GB Class4, 8GB Class10, 16GB Class 4 and 64GB UHS-1). I also tried installing these distros on HDD - system was also really slow and HDD wasn't really busy. Because overheating (>70*C on CPU when busy, 47*C when idle) with heatsink only I tried to use a fan - temperature is now below 45*C, but this did not help anyway. What can I do?

Best regards.

fritz · Published in 2015-10-9 20:27:56

Edited by fritz at 2015-10-9 13:32

OK then trash this android image and use linux!
or if you want android convince @steven_zhao it should publish SDK patches and update sources! so that you can build a better and faster community android image!

PS. Kingston is slow and not as good as sanddisk

Suwi · Published in 2015-10-4 06:53:43

Hello users,
I have the same problem like @nkp123. I was trying Android and Lubuntu on my two memory cards. I had lags, and it was working very slow, crashes and hangs of cursor. What we can do?

Best regards,

mrroland · Published in 2015-10-5 16:05:02

what did htop show ?

Suwi · Published in 2015-10-6 02:24:39

Edited by Suwi at 2015-10-6 02:28

When i load YT on chrome - https://www.dropbox.com/s/102iny ... 2020.23.37.png?dl=0
Official Lubuntu.
And when it's loaded and i watch film - https://www.dropbox.com/s/r3auq3hmtjj81wr/Zrzut%20ekranu%202015-10-05%2020.25.05.png?dl=0

nkp123 · Published in 2015-10-6 03:58:04

When I'm playing YouTube videos CPU usage is about ~90% on all four cores, but this is obvious. When any application hangs or starts for a very long time CPU usage is only about 5%.

myroman · Published in 2015-10-6 03:59:55

Edited by myroman at 2015-10-6 04:03

Same slow operations on android on my orange pc. Will try tomorow with ubuntu image.

mrroland · Published in 2015-10-6 13:31:49

as far as I know, hw acceleration of video isn't supported yet. so this explains the cpu usage for those cases.

mrroland · Published in 2015-10-6 13:32:27

But the long waits are strange indeed

myroman · Published in 2015-10-7 23:10:23

Any info about slow operation of android? I tried with lubuntu and my orange pi pc works fine.

mrroland · Published in 2015-10-7 23:44:59

I didn't try android because I need debian.