Re: [SuSE Linux] Improving X Performance
KDE *is* incredibly slow no matter what you do! But have you got the newer kernals (ie. > 2.0.36)? k. :Marshall Burke wrote: :> :> My X-windows (running Kde) take a long time to load, on a Pentium II 450 :> with 128MB memory, is there a solution or something I need to do, to :> optimize the performance. I have the swap partition at max (128mb) :> : :The only trick I've heard of, to make X start faster :is to remove resoltions that you don't use. :If you only need 1024x768, you don't need :800x600, nor 640x480 listed. This greatly :speeds up X starting by skipping testing on :unused resolutions. : :I don't know a thing about KDE, sorry. :-- :To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with :this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e :Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the :archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
Kester Clegg wrote:
KDE *is* incredibly slow no matter what you do! But have you got the newer kernals (ie. > 2.0.36)? k.
It seems that "mileage may vary". I find KDE to operate very nicely, overall. The *only* example I've found of slower performance is the rescroll event in the kfm after a file is deleted. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
I have definatley noticed a difference after recompiling a new kernel. After a fresh install of suse 6.0 (2.0.36), KDE wants to die. And mouse movements are kind of jerky. Compiling 2.2.3 makes a huge difference. No waiting and the mouse is just fine. I'm using the kde version that came on the suse disks. I'm also on a scsi hdd. 96mb sdram. I have a 430 tx m.b. which can't cache more than 64mb. I did not try to recompile 2.0.36 but that would probably also help. Tim Jerry Lynn Kreps wrote:
Kester Clegg wrote:
KDE *is* incredibly slow no matter what you do! But have you got the newer kernals (ie. > 2.0.36)? k.
It seems that "mileage may vary". I find KDE to operate very nicely, overall. The *only* example I've found of slower performance is the rescroll event in the kfm after a file is deleted. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
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Tim Shann wrote:
I have definatley noticed a difference after recompiling a new kernel. After a fresh install of suse 6.0 (2.0.36), KDE wants to die. And mouse movements are kind of jerky. Compiling 2.2.3 makes a huge difference. No waiting and the mouse is just fine.
That's interesting.... I was running SuSE 5.3 and did the default upgrade to SuSE 6.0. The first thing I had to do was slow down my mouse because the default acceleration level was too high. Neither distro ever gave jerky mouse movements. KDE has never died on me. Yesterday Netscape 4.5 locked my mouse up and the menu hotkeys were not functional, but I was able to open up another console and kill Netscape... That was the first time Netscape 4.5 locked up... It not have been locked but my system responds so quickly, even for a P166 65MB RAM, that I got bored waiting for it to do what ever it was trying to do and recaptured control... BTW, my uptime is 17 days, 13 hrs since I last shut down, and that shutdown was after a lightning strike close by suggested prudence. Prior to that it had been up since my upgrade to 6.0 in February. Compare that to my PC at work where a program VFP 6, a P266 128MB RAM workstation. Yesterday it crashed four time. Typically, 1 to 3 times a day. About 800f the time it is due to VFP. The CEO visited me yesterday to talk about possible development systems to replace VFP. The conversion spread to Linux, and for the first time he suggested that the move to Linux for all 300+ workstations and 30+ servers was inevitable. The tide is rolling folks! JLK
I'm using the kde version that came on the suse disks. I'm also on a scsi hdd. 96mb sdram. I have a 430 tx m.b. which can't cache more than 64mb. I did not try to recompile 2.0.36 but that would probably also help.
Tim
Jerry Lynn Kreps wrote:
Kester Clegg wrote:
KDE *is* incredibly slow no matter what you do! But have you got the newer kernals (ie. > 2.0.36)? k.
It seems that "mileage may vary". I find KDE to operate very nicely, overall. The *only* example I've found of slower performance is the rescroll event in the kfm after a file is deleted.
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