Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Jan 2000 12:48:40 +0200 | From | Tuukka Toivonen <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.14 feels slow and non-interactive. |
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> I've been using 2.2.14 since it came out, and it has had a
Me too.
> sluggish feel to it at times. When switching from X to the > console and back often I have to wait anywhere up to 5-10 seconds
Me too. However, this has always happened, even with 2.0.x kernels. It didn't happened with the original X that came with Slackware96, but when I upgraded X then it always started freezing the console for a while after switching back to X.
Related? i think think so. Kernel problem? I don't think that either. But I could be wrong. In any case, advices are appreciated.
> up to 5-10 seconds as well for it to open up. It seems as if it > is pulling it out of swap space or something. X starts up slow
Is the swap actually used ("free/top")? Does hard disk get read (the drive light)?
i have here pentium 120 / 24 MiB, S3 Trio32 mirocrystal.
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