Re: Gnome setup in RH 6.2 - TOPIC SPLIT OFF

[Philippe Moutarlier <philippe kscable com>]

"David D.W. Downey" <ddowney codecastle com> writes:

> > Mind you, I'm a bit concerned as to what might happen if I upgrade from RH
> > 6.1 to 6.2. Anyone BTDT?
> > 
> 
> BTDT, The problems I've found is that X-Chat segfaults like crazy! That
> and glade does it occationally.
> One thing that i've found weird that seems to be recurring every so
> often with Linux is taht network connections start slowing down every
> few kernel releases. The 6.2 comes with 2.2.14-5.0 for the kernel
> release. 6.1 didn't lag on me when doing downloads while 6.2 is. I've
> attempted a custom kerenl compile adding only the absolute barest that I
> need to operate and thus no fancy shmancy addins. Still get the lag on
> about 3 out of every 5 downloads. 
> 
> What do i define as lag, you say? Simple. Reduced download speeds (loss
> of about 5 to 11KB/s (using DSL here)), lagged connections meaning
> longer than normal times to connect to known sites. (Averages about 5 to
> 10 seconds, and an added average of 3 to 5 seconds to send an email.
> 
> What's changed in my setup? Nothing other than upgraded pacakges from
> 6.1 to 6.2, use of the default kernel and in an attempt to fix the
> sluggishness, a rebuild of the kernel to bare minimums for my system.
>

did you check that your primary DNS server is Ok ? Can you see any pbs with local (non-dns served) connection ?

Philippe