Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:33:11 -0700 From: soralx@cydem.zp.ua To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[2]: slow console Message-ID: <1675444480.20020115213311@cydem.zp.ua> In-Reply-To: <20020116032516.8B63E48425@wastegate.net> References: <20020116032516.8B63E48425@wastegate.net>
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>> If somebody has something like Pentium-166 or slower, you can see >> that console in FreeBSD works really slowly. For example, launch >> MidnightCommander(mc), press and hold the 'Tab' key. You'll see that >> when it changes between panels, the command line doesn't change >> appropriately (when it is in different directories). Then try the >> same in Linux - it works excellent. Or, try `ls -alF /dev` in the >> both systems - in Linux it works much faster (considering that it >> shows 'em in color!). Why? What can I do to expedite the console? >> P.S.: sorry for my English :) DR> i dont know- i ran freebsd 4.0 on a 486dx4-133 with 28 megs of ram, and DR> everything ran perfectly from the console, I just wanted to say that it works much slower than it should be (on Linux or windoze, for example). The console could be !much faster. It must work perfectly, without any delays, because it is VGA_80x25 text mode! Did you try to install MC and hold <Tab> ? DR> aside from taking a while from compiling a kernel Yep. But in Linux on P[MMX]-200 machine it takes about 10 hours to compile the kernel :) P.S.: plz., do CCopy to my email. 15.01.2002, 21:22:08 [SorAlx] http://cydem.zp.ua/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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