Yes, there is no "LCD" monitor type listed (which was what originally threw
me off, since Caldera DID have such an option). So, I went looking at IBM
monitor types, and found a simple match saying 1024x768x24bpp, or something
like that. I think the monitor model # was a 9416 or something. But it was
definitely one of those listed in the installation menu.
Dave
At 06:50 PM 11/29/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Was your monitor listed as a standard monitor in X or did you have to make
>it up yourself? I'm having a similar problem with a Toshiba Laptop.
>
>
>------Original Message------
>From: "Dave Sherman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: November 29, 2000 9:00:12 PM GMT
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Performance...
>
>
>There is another possible issue: incorrect (or sub-optimal) choice of X
>display driver. I have an IBM ThinkPad i1400 series, 366MHz Celeron, 64MB
>RAM, 14.1" TFT monitor, with a 72MB swap partition. When I first installed
>mdk7.2, it seemed slower than molasses -- especially after having run
>Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 for almost a year with much greater speed.
>At first, I attributed it to the new KDE2 being a worse resource hog than
>KDE 1.2, but even when I switched to AfterStep (fairly lightweight, though
>not the lightest) it was still slow. The biggest problem I saw was actually
>being able to see the screen refresh itself as I scrolled thru a web page
>in Netscape, or thru any document in any app -- even in an xterm!
>
>What I eventually figured out is that during the install, my video card was
>correctly detected and configured (NeoMagic 256AV), but the display I chose
>(generic 1024 x 768 @ 70Hz, or something like that, because I couldn't find
>my actual model #) was wrong. I was able to reconfigure X to use an IBM
>display, and now the system is MUCH faster. In actuality, the software
>probably does not run any faster, but because the display is so much more
>responsive, it seems like the whole PC is faster.
>
>Dave
>
>At 12:50 PM 11/29/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> > I am running v7.2 on a 433 Mhz Celeron with 192 MB of RAM which I
> > recently
> >upgraded from 64 MB. There is an increase in performance, but not major.
>It
> >is recognizing the RAM. Is there any configuring that I can do to increase
> >performance?
> >
> > Thank You,
> > Vincent A. Primavera
>
>Dave Sherman
>SoftServ Business Systems, Inc.
>
>"Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditur."
Dave Sherman
SoftServ Business Systems, Inc.
"Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditur."
