On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 12:26, Phil Burness wrote:

I'm back again, my machine is still running very slow on trying to start applications. I've removed the 'desktop' item out of my grub config and it's still the same. I have now noticed however that programs start a lot faster when I'm connected to the internet via dial-up. Break the link and it all slows down again.

Anybody any idea's where I can look?

Check your kernel-version. My computer got dog-slow when I upgraded from k_deflt 2.4.21-144 to 2.4.21-202. Or: Try running the box with a slefcompiled kernel. Tarjei

Thanks Phil