Subject: Re: YDL 2.0 is very slow on a Wallstreet PB 233
From: Daniel Gimpelevich (Daniel_Gimpelevich@compuserve.com)
Date: Mon Aug 06 2001 - 13:47:00 MDT
This may partially explain my problems. Where do I find the version number
of X? I would appreciate it if you could take a look at my previous post on
the subject. TIA -DG
subj: stock 2.4.4-1asmp = bad sound, video, kde2, no serial
http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/yellowdog-general/August01/0030.html
-- "No gnu's is good gnu's." --Gary Gnu, "The Great Space Coaster"> From: Iain Stevenson <iain@IainStevenson.com> > Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com > Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 11:16:06 +0100 > To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com> > Subject: Re: YDL 2.0 is very slow on a Wallstreet PB 233 > > > Matt, > > I agree with the points made about memory - although I guess with a > PowerBook expansion options are limited. > > It would also be worthwhile checking that X is configured correctly. The > latest version of X (4.1) uses the driver "ati" for all the Rage family. > Earlier versions use the driver "r128". > > You should find this information in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. The utility > Xautoconfig4 can be used to create a new XF86Config-4 file. > > Iain > > > > on 5/8/01 6:51 pm, Matt at matths@mac.com wrote: > >> Le Dim 5 aoû 2001 à 18:54, Iain Stevenson a écrit : >> >>> I haven't seen the content of LinuxPPC 2000 Q4 but does it use the same >>> version of kde? Are the applications just slow to load or slow all round? >>> It would also be helpful for the list if you could supply some details about >>> your machine ie: >> >> Into the last release of LinuxPPC 2000 Q4, the KDE version is 2.1.1. >> All the applications listed in the previous article are very slow all >> round, execute simple option or drag and drop or writing is very slow >> (much slower than Os X 10.0.1). >> >>> - make and model >>> - amount of RAM >>> - type of graphics card >>> - type of processor >>> - kernel version. >> >> Sure, I apologize to already not mentionned it. >> >> PowerBook Wallstreet PDQ (ndlr. rév.2) >> 128 Mo Ram >> ATI Rage 128 LTPro w/Mach64 chip >> 233 Mhz with 512Ko backside cache N2 >> 14"1' XGA in 1024x768, 32 bits >> >>> KDE 2 is noticeably slower than KDE 1 but it's surprising to hear that >>> performance is so poor. >> >> I tried the SuSE 7.1 PPC (KDE 2.0.1) one and she's fast as LinuxPPC (KDE >> 2.1.1); but YDL 2.0 (KDE 2.1-10) is terribly slower compare to others >> distros. >> >> Thanks for helping me :) >> >> -- >> Matt >> matths@mac.com >> Serveur >> carracho://matts.mine.nu >> > >
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