>can anyone provide tips on speeding up x? >it's very slow. just how slow? imagine a windows 386sx (16mb ram) >operating twice as fast as a pII (32mb sdram) that has x on it. The speed is a result of your CPU and total RAM. I have a CPU that is like a 200MHz unit and 98MB of RAM and I have no speed problems with XWindows and the OpenWindows environment. But, you give no information as to what you do have for CPU and RAM power, you do not tell us what you have for a display card (it could be slow as well), you do not tell us which XWindows environment you are running, etc. It is extremely difficult to recommend anything when our crystal balls are broken. MB -- System Administrator - Finnigan FT/MS - Madison WI. URL:http://www.ftms.com/ e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (608) 273-8262 ext: 612 fax: (608) 273-8719 Visit - URL:http://www.vidiot.com/ (Your link to Star Trek and UPN) -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.