Do I need to adjust something or does it just take a long time for
applications to startup using a window manager (KDE/GNOME). I've got my
swap set for 256MB. I figured I have a pretty strong machine (PII400/128MB)
but linux is just dogging it. I was thinking about getting a second machine
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From: "Mark Johnson" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 9:34 AM
Subject: [newbie] Long wait times when starting applications
Do I need to adjust something or does it just take a long time for
applications to startup usin
Do I need to adjust something or does it just take a long time for
applications to startup using a window manager (KDE/GNOME). I've got my
swap set for 256MB. I figured I have a pretty strong machine (PII400/128MB)
Your machine is definitely not at fault.
Also, is this just a bad habit
hard drive light is a big indicator
In a message dated 03-Oct-00 10:05:47 Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It takes so long for these apps to startup, I wish that there was a "wait"
cursor to let me know that I did successfully start the application and then
I can go
:29 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Long wait times when starting applications
hard drive light is a big indicator
In a message dated 03-Oct-00 10:05:47 Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It takes so long for these apps to startup, I wish that there was a "
I read MANY places, including the manual with Mandrake that you should set
SWAP file to the ammount of ram on your system. SInce you got 128 ram
you
should have it set to 128. Not sure if that is the problem. But apps
load
fine for me and i got 256 ram with swap set to 256
Interesting.
At 11:28 AM 10/03/2000 -0400, someone wrote:
hard drive light is a big indicator
It's not much of an indicator if your computer is on the floor,
as mine is. I agree, some kind of wait indication would help,
but better optimization would help a whole lot more!
In a message dated 03-Oct-00
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Long wait times when starting applications
I read MANY places, including the manual with Mandrake that you should
set
SWAP file to the ammount of ram on your system. SInce you got 128 ram
you
should have it
From: Mark Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 8:35 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: [newbie] Long wait times when starting applications
Do I need to adjust something or does it just take a long time for
applications to startup using a window manager (KDE/GNOME).
I
doesn't your cursor turn into a little clock when something is
working? You know...like the cursor on a Mac does.
--
Mark
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