From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 6 20:43:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3314937B419 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2002 20:43:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5D7A2B77A; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 05:43:01 +0100 (CET) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 40778810; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 15:42:54 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 15:42:54 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: sridharv@ufl.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X very slow Message-ID: <20020107154254.G823@k7.mavetju.org> References: <200201070408.XAA00705@anansi.vpha.health.ufl.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200201070408.XAA00705@anansi.vpha.health.ufl.edu>; from sridharv@ufl.edu on Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 11:08:51PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 11:08:51PM -0500, sridharv@ufl.edu wrote: > 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? With 32Mb I would run fvwm/fvwm95 or twm, not big huge things like KDE and Gnome. Processor speed is not the problem, memory is. Oh, and don't run mozilla on it but an early version of netscape (4.7, not 6): edwin 93931 0.0 20.0 64984 51652 pe S+ Sat01PM 43:20.02 ./mozilla-bin edwin 80017 2.9 4.8 15160 12380 v0 S 3:40PM 0:01.49 /usr/local/lib/netscape-linux/navigator-linux-4.79.bin -geometry 920 ^^^^^^^^^^^ memory and my window mamager: edwin 499 0.0 0.5 2456 1192 v0 S Tue03PM 0:53.62 fvwm95 edwin 515 0.0 0.1 1944 376 v0 S Tue03PM 0:00.87 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm95//FvwmButtons 7 4 .fvwm95rc 0 8 edwin 516 0.0 0.2 1948 620 v0 S Tue03PM 0:13.60 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm95//FvwmTaskBar 9 4 .fvwm95rc 0 8 edwin 531 0.0 0.2 1948 576 v0 S Tue03PM 0:07.68 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm95//FvwmPager 11 4 .fvwm95rc 0 8 0 0 Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message