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Date:      Thu, 08 Jun 2000 19:40:31 +0200
From:      Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>
To:        sky_tracker@yahoo.com
Cc:        Christoph Sold <so@server.ms-agentur.de>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X screen has become very slow
Message-ID:  <393FDA8F.176FDF7F@i-clue.de>
References:  <20000606072054.5689.qmail@web3206.mail.yahoo.com> <393D7BC2.6D1AE908@i-clue.de> <00060623413900.01238@tracker>

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Apologies for the late reply.

David Banning wrote:

> OK for now I will up my colour to 16 - but shouldn't I be able to
> run 32 bit color on 48 Meg on a standalone machine doing nothing else but
> running KDE?

You should. Thats why I prefer xfce over KDE on small boxes -- KDE is somewhat
of a resource hog.

> On Tue, 06 Jun 2000, Christoph Sold wrote:
> > Dave Banning wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for your reply.
> > > I tried top - your right - X is using like 25 Meg!
> > > Process time being eaten is minimal
> > > > > My system version 3.4 with 3.3.6 (X) using KDE
> > > > > All of a sudden all of X is very slow - even using
> > > > "ls"
> > > > > the screen has a hard time keeping up.

Not using ETerm, ATerm or other graphical stuff might help. Y'know, cool
graphics need cool machines.

> > > > > Any idea what would cause this?

transparent backgrounds for instance ;-)

HTH
-Christoph Sold



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