Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 23:33:50 -0500 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: <sridharv@ufl.edu>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: X very slow Message-ID: <007b01c19734$81258d60$6600000a@ach.domain> In-Reply-To: <200201070408.XAA00705@anansi.vpha.health.ufl.edu>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of > sridharv@ufl.edu > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 11:09 PM > To: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: X very slow > > I have a machine with very modest hardware 32MB RAM and > 500Mhz processor. My x sessions are very slow. So is my > browsing. Mozilla takes long time to load. I ran KDE > with Enlightenment and things were worse. I tried Gnome > with sawfish and things seem better. > I was using the same desktop env on this machine when I > was running linux and things were faster.Am I missing > something in configuration or sth? Is there any way to > track down the problem? or should I simply blame it on > hardware? > any help is appreciated.. Umm, something to take a look at there would be to open a terminal or console window and run top. When you start having a sluggish session, look at the memory usage. I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that you need more memory in that machine. I tried to run Enlightenment and Gnome on my laptop (P133 with 32 Megs of RAM), and it was EXTREMELY slow because of the memory usage. You might also want to check out a lighterweight window manager. I prefer OLVWM for less equipped machines. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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