kernel 2.6 very sluggish

Gerald Henriksen ghenriks at rogers.com
Tue Dec 23 17:43:41 UTC 2003


On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:16:57 -0800, you wrote:

>Having issue with kernel 2.6 (yummed from
>//people.redhat.com/davej/FedoraCore2). Under kernel 2.4.22-1.2129.nptl
>things run smoothly. Under kernel 2.6 it's awefully sluggish. Evolution,
>terminal, epiphany :-P take forever to launch and mouse sputters
>(intellimouse). Are there any/which logs I should look at to find out
>the issues? Any help would be appreciated. Or should I direct these
>questions elsewhere? TIA.

I also found Dave's 2.6 kernel sluggish but using Arjan's 2.6 kernel
solved it for me.
http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5

The new NVIDIA drivers as patched from www.minion.de even work with
Arjan's kernels now.





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