Mandrake 7.0 KDE runs slow on the following PC config: Processor: Cyrix MII - 300 - 128Mb Video: SIS 5597/5598 (Uses 4Mb of main memory) using SVGA server Swap file: 250Mb Have run many (text/GUI) installs, each of which produced same performance problem after starting KDE. Installs options ranged from default settings to disabling all selectable start-up services. Running the GUI process monitor showed a high CPU usage. However, running 'top' in a KDE terminal window showed no high CPU (top was highest) but memory used was at 64Mb with a 40Mb cache. Therefore the problem appears to be related to apps running from the KDE desktop. When KDE was started from the command line, the monitor quickly went from standard X Windows grey colour to blue and remained in that state for a few seconds. The monitor then quickly went blank (black) and back to blue again for a further 30ish seconds before displaying the KDE desktop. When loaded, the desktop menu was very responsive but it took ages to run anything from it. Here are some examples: 20 seconds for KprocessMonitor; 10 seconds for a terminal window Have also done KDE installs using default settings on slower Pentium Pro 200 and IBM 300 - both were OK. Apart from the processor, my PC differs from these by having a TV tuner card (not used), a motherboard soundcard (which only works after running sndconfig) and a Rockwell compatible modem card (not setup) on COM3. Has anyone experience similar issues running Mandrake 7 KDE on a Cyrix PC? Cheers Richard ----------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our Internet site at http://www.reuters.com Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Ltd.
[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 KDE Slow on Cyrix MII-300
Richard Smart (Real Time Technology Group) 0171 542 5212 2 Fl / Maple House Tue, 28 Mar 2000 06:04:24 -0800