Eben King wrote:
>If you switch to a text console (ctrl-alt-Fn) when X is up, is it OK then?
>
Yes, no delays at all
>Something with the video, then. If that's the same, then how about when X
>is not running (runlevel 3)? Something with the memory, then. Could be a
>shared-memory system, where video memory comes out of system memory. Are
>you running KDE or Gnome?
>
KDE 3.1
> They use a lot of RAM. How deep is your X
>display (16 bit, 24 bit, etc)?
>
I was at 24 bit. I've lowered it all the way to 8, and still sluggish.
> Can you lower it? How much RAM do you
>have?
>
192MB system memory, and I think 4MB on the trident video card
> What does "free" say?
>
root@satellite:~# free
total used free shared
buffers cached
Mem: 191268 186608 4660 0 32320 83500
-/+ buffers/cache: 70788 120480
Swap: 192772 956 191816
>Can you see an program using up lots of CPU time in "top"'s display?
>
top's summary:
00:44:40 up 7:31, 3 users, load average: 0.44, 0.55, 0.40
63 processes: 62 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: 18.7% user 7.6% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 73.6% idle
Mem: 191268k av, 186656k used, 4612k free, 0k shrd, 32316k
buff
73148k active, 96496k inactive
Swap: 192772k av, 956k used, 191816k free 82700k
cached
I'm reading up on XFree86 howto at TLDP. Interesting stuff, but nothing
yet that helps me... I appreciate your help!
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