From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 24 21:05:02 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D033D16A407 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:05:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@sage.thought.org) Received: from sage.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43EC543D45 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:05:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@sage.thought.org) Received: from sage.thought.org (kline@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sage.thought.org (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k8OL501o034131 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:05:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@sage.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by sage.thought.org (8.13.6/8.13.1/Submit) id k8OL50Sv034130 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:05:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:05:00 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20060924210500.GA34045@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Cc: Subject: some apps very slow under Gnome X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:05:02 -0000 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! tia, you'n's, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix