From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 25 22:16:00 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 31B9D16A415 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:16:00 +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 616E443D76 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:15:55 +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 k8PMFtWD042154; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:15:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@sage.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by sage.thought.org (8.13.6/8.13.1/Submit) id k8PMFt80042153; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:15:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:15:54 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20060925221554.GA42110@thought.org> References: <20060924210500.GA34045@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060924210500.GA34045@thought.org> 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: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: 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: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:16:00 -0000 On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 02:05:00PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > 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! > Well, he said, replying to his ownpost, the trouble/(bug??) was in the "Windows" click-on in the gnome-config apps. I had the proper selection. It jst never responded until I clicked an un-clicked.... -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix