X problem(may be)

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 09:13:09PM +0900, Tapas Ranjan wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 08:28:29PM +0900, Tapas Ranjan wrote:
> > > Hi :
> > >    I installed FC3 on a desktop, which has a bit old
> > > CPU confugurations and when I open a terminal, 
> > > it acts so slow that only you can see the border of the terminal and the 
> > > username, but can't see any cursor. I can't see what I type, just the 
> > > wallpaper. It's very very very slow, I can't move anything and many times
> > > it just freezes and can't even logout. If I switch to single user mode
> > > without "X" then everything works fine and fast enough.
> > > 	First I thought it might be a memory problem, since I 
> > > had 128 MB RAM, then I added another 512 MB, but no change. Second
> > > I thought it might be a disk problem, since I had only 4GB for the
> > > linux partition, where as another 30GB for windows (which works fine),
> > > and then I added complete new hard-disk of 80GB and installed 
> > > the linux again, but still no change. Now I am clueless, what should
> > > I do ? Since I spent quite a few on this, I want help of you guys
> > > to guide if I can solve this problem.
> > > 
> > > Here is the output of "/proc/cpuinfo" and "/proc/meminfo"
> > > 
> > > `cat /proc/cpuinfo`
> > > --------------------
> > > processor       : 0                                               
> > > vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD                                            
> > > cpu family      : 6                                                      
> > > model           : 4                                                      
> > > model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor                              
> > > stepping        : 2                                                     
> > > cpu MHz         : 1000.574                                               
> > > cache size      : 256 KB                                               
> > > <snip>
> > > bogomips        : 1957.88                     
> > > 
> > > 
> > > `cat /proc/meminfo`
> > > --------------------
> > > MemTotal:       645808 kB                                                  
> > > MemFree:        416152 kB                                                       
> > > <snip>
> > > 
> > > 	Thanks
> > > 	---Tapas
> > 
> > Looks like you have plenty of horsepower.  What window manager are you
> > using?
> >
> 
> Thanks Bob :
> 
> I have installed gnome, KDE and xfce. I tried gnome first with the default 
> user and also tried xfce, but no change. I dont understand what do you 
> mean by " plenty of horsepower" ?

I'm saying you have enough processor speed and memory.

> > You might try creating a new user (who thus has no pre-existing X or
> > WM configuration) and see how X behaves with that user.  If all is
> > well, you may need to blow away some of your existing WM
> > configuration, e.g. ~/.gnome for the GNOME wm.
> > 
>      Did the above but no change for the new user. It behaves the same 
> way. Please somebody give some more clue...!!!
> 
> Tapas

Sorry I can't help you any further.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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