Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:59:06 +0200 From: Michal Kulczewski <kulka@man.poznan.pl> To: Brian <bri@brianwhalen.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd7 & kde4 & performance Message-ID: <48F04EBA.7010703@man.poznan.pl> In-Reply-To: <48F04D0A.1020105@brianwhalen.net> References: <1056754698-1223707499-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-726354175-@bxe112.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> <48F04D0A.1020105@brianwhalen.net>
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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
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