On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 10:16, Travis Crook wrote: > On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 09:36, jpearl24 wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 09:41, Travis Crook wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > I am running Mandrake 9.2 with KDE as my desktop environment. I have a > > > fairly fast box (Athlon XP 1500+, 512MB RAM, GeForce3 Ti200). X seems > > > to be a little on the slow side. If I'm browsing the Web in whatever > > > browser my mouse is really unresponsive until the page has finished > > > loading. Waiting for Evolution to check my mail slows the mouse down in > > > the same manner. Is there any way to improve the overall speed of X or > > > is this "just the way it is"? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Travis Crook > > > Visions Beyond > > see if you have dma enabled .. if not ... upgrade your kernel and u will > > be fine... check by typing as root hdparm /dev/hda > > it should say using_dma =1 > > Here is the output of hdparm /dev/hda > > /dev/hda: > multcount = 16 (on) > IO_support = 1 (32-bit) > unmaskirq = 1 (on) > using_dma = 1 (on) > keepsettings = 0 (off) > readonly = 0 (off) > readahead = 8 (on) > geometry = 10011/255/63, sectors = 160836480, start = 0 > > Any other ideas? > > Travis Crook > Visions Beyond > > i would say update to kernel 2.4.22-21 i think its a good kernel.. -- jason pearl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ++++++++++++++++++ "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"-Tupac ++++++++++++++++++ Kurrupted Visionz Phx, AZ registered linux user #307811 MDK 9.2 Linux Machine# 193475, 227341 AMD64 Opteron 1.6 http://counter.li.org ASUS SK8N
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