Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 00:20:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Dave Banning <sky_tracker@yahoo.com> To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X screen has become very slow Message-ID: <20000606072054.5689.qmail@web3206.mail.yahoo.com>
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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? > causes gimp to be a real PITA, what's PITA? >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 / > usage above 95% will > slow down your machine considerably. > As always, man is your friend. ===== Every man has his price. Mine is $3.95 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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