>> I just finished installing Gentoo on a Dell Vostro 1320 laptop. It >> has a 2.2Ghz Core Duo CPU, 3GB RAM, and a 7200RPM hard drive. >> Navigating within firefox is pretty slow. It's the response time of >> the application, not the network. It's much slower than my previous >> laptop which has much weaker specs. >> >> I noticed the HD light comes on when the system is pausing in firefox >> sometimes. I don't have any swap at all, I'm using the CFQ, and /tmp >> is mounted on tmpfs. Can anyone suggest where to look? > > When you're not using X does it still seem slow? You don't mention > what kind of video or arch vs ~arch, but I would try different > AccelMethod options in your xorg.conf. On my laptop everything in X > was very slow until I set > Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Thank you James and Paul. I read this: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/195836 and downgraded to xf86-video-intel-2.7.1 and all is well. - Grant
