Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 23:40:11 -0400 From: David Banning <sky_tracker@yahoo.com> To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> Cc: Christoph Sold <so@server.ms-agentur.de>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X screen has become very slow Message-ID: <00060623413900.01238@tracker> In-Reply-To: <393D7BC2.6D1AE908@i-clue.de> References: <20000606072054.5689.qmail@web3206.mail.yahoo.com> <393D7BC2.6D1AE908@i-clue.de>
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OK for now I will up my colour to 16 - but shouldn't I be able to run 32 bit color on 48 Meg on a standalone machine doing nothing else but running KDE? On Tue, 06 Jun 2000, Christoph Sold wrote: > Dave Banning wrote: > > > Thanks for your reply. > > I tried top - your right - X is using like 25 Meg! > > Process time being eaten is minimal > > > > My system version 3.4 with 3.3.6 (X) using KDE > > > > All of a sudden all of X is very slow - even using > > > "ls" > > > > the screen has a hard time keeping up. > > > > > > > > Any idea what would cause this? > > > > > > No. Some hints, though: > > > Use top to locate the process eating up your > > > processing time. It will be > > > located -surprise-near the top. > > > If you're doing graphics, use sensible graphics > > > modes: 8bit color depth > > > > is 8 bit good enough for photos? > > No. > > > > causes gimp to be a real PITA, > > what's PITA? > > A quick glimpse at the acronym database in the ports revelas PITA as > acronym vor "pain in the ass". To put this stance more plain: 8 bits > color depth translates to 256 colors on screen, which is not good enough > for photos. gimp tries to overcome the limitations computing the "best" > fit for your 256 colors, this is very slow, although not much better > looking. > > > >especially with > > > slower CPUs. > > > systat displays statistics similiar to top. Check if > > > you got enough real > > > RAM in your box. > > > df may check for filled up disc slices. Any disk > > I'm at 76% on /usr and 56% on / > > That's not dangerous. > > > > usage above 95% will > > > slow down your machine considerably. > > > As always, man is your friend. > > HTH > -Christoph Sold -- Every man has his price. Mine is $3.95 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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