Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 22:27:09 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "soralx@cydem.zp.ua" <soralx@cydem.zp.ua> Subject: Re: slow console Message-ID: <20020116032516.8B63E48425@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <151190568.20020113221904@cydem.zp.ua>
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On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 22:19:04 -0700, soralx@cydem.zp.ua wrote: > If somebody has something like Pentium-166 or slower, you can see > that console in FreeBSD works really slowly. For example, launch > MidnightCommander(mc), press and hold the 'Tab' key. You'll see that > when it changes between panels, the command line doesn't change > appropriately (when it is in different directories). Then try the > same in Linux - it works excellent. Or, try `ls -alF /dev` in the > both systems - in Linux it works much faster (considering that it > shows 'em in color!). Why? What can I do to expedite the console? > P.S.: sorry for my English :) i dont know- i ran freebsd 4.0 on a 486dx4-133 with 28 megs of ram, and everything ran perfectly from the console, aside from taking a while from compiling a kernel --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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