From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 16 19:29:28 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89F7E16A41F for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:29:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paulino.calderon@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B20D43D68 for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:29:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paulino.calderon@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id 13so363993nzp for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:29:20 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=rIgtSQPrRceCueq+DtKueq2b/ZeJ0GphvZhXRvAdkgsKVllTXlsqm4qSIIP2DxCpW6/4k/Iu0xiRDDcc8Bnea8F5byRmtpMufLFq1Jfw+BJZNDluOBSrF88VTuwgn+wsw1RGEdu7XcLC/oR5HEVtgHwVbHLZ3tZAC5YvwupGZq4= Received: by 10.65.189.13 with SMTP id r13mr276614qbp; Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:29:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.35.3 with HTTP; Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:29:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8dc358df0604161229t79a0e294lc4e0651d7901e127@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:29:20 +0000 From: "Paulino Calderon" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <8dc358df0604151014x1fb2a25dye538797bc4adeea@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <8dc358df0604151014x1fb2a25dye538797bc4adeea@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Improving kde perfomance... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:29:28 -0000 Hey. I did jump in logic assuming kde is to blame, so I tried fluxbox on this machine and everything runs normal, XOrg cpu usage is <1%. but while I was setting everything up some stuff happened that I would like to mention. First I noticed there are two instances of kdm running at the same time eve= n though I dont start it from rc.d, I only modified /etc/ttys file, also when I modified it to start fluxbox instead of kdm this error comes up: init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs I dont know if this is a different problem though. Then I decided to check out my xorg config file, I realized I was using the default one that loads in case you dont have one , and the next logical ste= p it was to create one to avoid this right? So I created the base file doing Xorg -configure, but when I tested it this time x dindt load, it said something about radeon module not located, I did a kldload radeon but still same error. So how am i running x right now? I added the fluxbox exec line to .xinitrc and did a startx, I guess Im using the same auto default config file that I used when i was running kdm, oh I almost forgot i did installed it from source. Thank you all for your response. On 4/15/06, Paulino Calderon wrote: > > Hey folks, Ive been googling about howto improve kde perfomance, i ve > always used fluxbox as my wm but recently I got a new laptop, it has a 3.= 2ghz processor, 1 gb of ram, and an ati mobility radeon x600 wiith 256 mb o= f > video meomry so I decided to try kde but so far the perfomance has benn > really poor, cpu usage is always between 20-25% eventhough im not doing > anything, most apps takes between 5 and 10 seconds to start, and even the > mouse pointer feels like it gets stuck when i move it too fast, is this a= s > fast as it gets for kde? or do you guys think there is osmething wrong wi= th > my installation? I instaleld it via ports by the way. > > Thanks for your help. > > >