Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:15:54 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@sage.thought.org> To: Gary Kline <kline@sage.thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: some apps very slow under Gnome Message-ID: <20060925221554.GA42110@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20060924210500.GA34045@thought.org> References: <20060924210500.GA34045@thought.org>
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On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 02:05:00PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > Guys, > > This may/may not prove the superiority of BSD over the Linux > kernel, dunno. Maybe you can help me figure out what I > need to tune; or (*sob*) lighten my load on ethos. > > I've got three of the 4 default workspaces full of apps. > Mostly xterms or "gnome-terminals". I have 1G RAM, a huge > disk, a 2800 AMD chip, yet realplay is *very* slow to respond. > It's time-counter changes only ever 8 seconds and when I > cover part or all, it takes several seconds to fill back in. > > Is this a bug in xorg or in realplay or what? Last night I > closed realplay and began having similar problems with one of the > terminals. I have run CTWM for years so am used to a lightweight > wm. I haven't checked to see if gnome/kde-LITE are available. > That may be the problem. > > I am reluctant to post this to the ubuntuforums because I've > already asked enough idiot questions ... (Sure, I do the > same here, but I know you guys:-) > > I could close all my xterms and see, but it took hours to get > things configured just the way I want! > Well, he said, replying to his ownpost, the trouble/(bug??) was in the "Windows" click-on in the gnome-config apps. I had the proper selection. It jst never responded until I clicked an un-clicked.... -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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