Short answer: same thing, still superslow.
Long answer:
That is indeed what I tried... after re-reading my initial post I realised I didn't specify which X terminal was I using.
The numbers are pretty much the same regardless of the terminal I use although the system seems slightly more responsive when I use xterm (but that can just be because it opens in a smaller window...).
Let me reiterate that what I see in top is the cpu utilization when the system is not too loaded and the page is actually redrawn. The main actor is X anyway...
I have tried having no background (I am using all default values, no custom fancy backgrounds just the one that comes with the standard Red Hat 9 installation): same result.
If I open mozilla and drag windows over it then things get horribly slow.
From now on I will always use 2 xterm sessions and an empty background.
Could it be the window manager (what am I talking about? I'm confused by my own words...) to slow down things?
If I install Fedora would that be the same you think? I want to install Fedora at some point to test and see if I can upgrade from Red Hat 9 to Fedora without problems (I have another system which I _must_ keep in working order and want to test the procedure before making at risk this one).
Thanks, Salvio
Marc Aurele La France wrote:
On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Salvio wrote:
I have attached the latest config file and log.
I was incorrect in stating #1: I was testing the system disabling
acceleration (option "accel" "no") to see if I could notice any
difference.
The attached log is the one corresponding to the attached config.
The video redraw speed is still very slow.
I can tell no difference when starting the system using "accel" "no"
or commenting that out...
Also, as I said in my initial posting, I notice a very similar behaviour
on another Laptop of mine (Dell Inspiron 5100, ATI Radeon 7500)
with the same OS installed (dual boot this time, I can do things using
windows too if that helps...) - still I see high CPU activity with similar
patter as it happens on the Latitude.
Can this be a Red Hat 9 problem? Could this be a problem in Gnome?
I have found several posts similar to mine searching the internet (from
the far past to present days) and none of them has been actually
answered.
Let me know if there are other things I can try.
You mention gnome-terminal. From there, start two xterms, i.e.
xterm & xterm &
(That's "xterm", not "gnome-terminal".)
In one of them run top. Move the other xterm around, watching what top reports. Does CPU utilisation max out when only moving an xterm?
Marc.
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