'Root login failed' and 'machine slow' and 'brain hurts'
jludwig
wralphie at comcast.net
Tue Oct 4 23:57:34 UTC 2005
On Tuesday 04 October 2005 19:07, Scot L. Harris wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 17:24, David Switzer wrote:
> > >"For FC3 192MB of memory is listed as minimum required for a
> >
> > graphical
> >
> > >environment, the release notes recommend minimum of 256MB of memory
> >
> > for
> >
> > >a graphical environment. Personally I would not recommend anything
> >
> > less
> >
> > >than 512MB."
> >
> > Thanks Scot, that sounds most likely. I should have read that. Sorry
> > for wasting your time.
>
> It's not a waste of time. :)
>
> If possible upping the memory should help. You can check this by
> examining the output of top and free.
Also kill all resource eaters.
Wallpapers and other candy can slow things up esp. when switching
screens/desktops.
Kill all unneeded/unused daemons -- this is good for security also.
Any other program/module or such that isn't needed.
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