From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 11 06:59:37 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B1041065691 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:59:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kulka@man.poznan.pl) Received: from rose.man.poznan.pl (rose.man.poznan.pl [150.254.173.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C73398FC15 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:59:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kulka@man.poznan.pl) X-Virus-Scanned: by PSNC antivirus scanner at man.poznan.pl Received: from calycanthus-baby.localhost (sunflower.kulczewski.com [213.156.96.215]) (authenticated bits=0) by rose.man.poznan.pl (8.13.8/8.13.8/auth/ldap/milter/tls) with ESMTP id m9B6xAxE011844 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:59:24 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <48F04EBA.7010703@man.poznan.pl> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:59:06 +0200 From: Michal Kulczewski Organization: PSNC User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.7pre (X11/20080302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brian References: <1056754698-1223707499-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-726354175-@bxe112.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> <48F04D0A.1020105@brianwhalen.net> In-Reply-To: <48F04D0A.1020105@brianwhalen.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.1 OpenPGP: id=BFA9832E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd7 & kde4 & performance 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: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:59:37 -0000 Brian wrote: > freebsdemail@gmail.com wrote: >> Hi Michael, >> >> Unfortunetly I've been having the same difficulty with KDE4. I've >> tried using both the nv driver as well as nvidia. >> >> My hardware is intel core2 duo 1.8ghz, nvidia 8600 gs with 512 >> dedicated memory and 2gigs of system memory. I've tried using 7.0, 7.1 >> and 8.0(Current) with all malloc debugging features disabled as well >> as kernel debugging options turned off. I've also tried switching back >> to UFS filesystems from ZFS(root install) to no avail. >> >> In the end I ended up using kde3 due to endless headaches. I felt I'd >> share this in hopes someone has managed to get it to run reasonably well. >> >> Regards, >> >> Tom >> ------Original Message------ >> From: Michal Kulczewski >> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: freebsd7 & kde4 & performance >> Sent: Oct 11, 2008 12:18 AM >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm a little bit disappointed with the performance of kde4 on freebsd7. >> I have Pentium M 2GHz, 1GB RAM, radeon x300, tried both, radeon and ati >> drivers, but kde4 is still so slow that I cannot work with it. Is it >> because of poor graphic card or driver itself? I'm looking forward to >> any suggestions. >> >> Cheers, >> Michal > > > Here is some additional info, I too am doing v3. > > http://freebsd.kde.org/instructions.php well, there is no much information available though. IMHO it's a pity that once fancy gui is available, freebsd users can not make use of it. I have to switch to gnome (somehow I don't like kde3). Cheers, Michal