From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 29 21:17:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fellspt.charm.net (fellspt.charm.net [199.0.70.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B258214C83 for ; Sun, 29 Aug 1999 21:17:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dutch@charm.net) Received: from charm.net (coretel-116-101.charm.net [209.143.116.101]) by fellspt.charm.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA08793; Mon, 30 Aug 1999 00:16:01 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <37CA05CF.7E390330@charm.net> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 00:17:19 -0400 From: Dutch Collins X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug Cc: "Scott B. Corey" , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: KDE References: <99082906333802.00635@Teddy.org> <37C9F8DC.14810E31@gorean.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Doug wrote: > > "Scott B. Corey" wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I have 3.2-stable running, with a working x-server with KDE as default, however > > when I startx it takes a very very very long time to come up to speed. > > My work machine is low on both cpu and ram, and this is my experience as > well. > > > I have > > 32 megs of memory, a Trio3D graphics with 4 meg, the x-server is 3.3.3.0, > > 640x480 75x75. > > > > My questions are: > > Do I need more memory? > > Yes. At least 64 if you want half way decent performance. > > > Do I need to upgrade my video? > > Off hand, no, but I don't recognize the name of that card. It sounds like > it has a servicable amount of ram though. > > > Or, have I configured my x-server all wrong? > > Probably not. X is a pig, and KDE isn't much better (although it's still > my favorite wm). I think more ram will dramatically increase your > performance, especially if you use netscape. Make sure that you have > MOZILLA_NO_ASYNC_DNS=True > set in your environment so that netscape won't suck up another 16M that it > doesn't really need. You might also consider upgrading to X 3.3.4, but > don't count on much of a boost from that. > > Good luck, > > Doug > > R-pig == x+kde&gimp Why! I haven't found a good way to buffer the *slow*, old and clicky IDE drive. If, and read that as when, I find out; my life will be simple again. The only cure I have thought (??) of is SCII. So, if I am wrong about this, as the saying goes, "I am all ears". (doesn't that sound so weird?) -d --- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message