On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:28:22 +1000 "James Rayner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 4/14/06, Mike McQueen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 13 April 2006 19:30, Hongxing Soong wrote: > > > Boot up process is very quick under ArchLinux for not much work to > > > load,but when > > > program when loaded in X window(I use gnome 2.14),such as acroread , > > > kile (need 2 minites or longer) , But I have a Barton 2500+( > > > 3200+highest) 512MB memory,and quickly on other distribution. > > > Why? > > > Acroread is slow on my box as well, and it has shown to be so on any distro > > that I've tried recently. The program is simply notorious for being a sloth. > > Try using evince instead. I have found it to be very capable. > > > > But not 2 minutes. > > Ensure loopback is enabled, to check, run 'ifconfig' > Some apps check if network connection available, it possibly could increase apps start time. In case of acroread, i`d suggest to chmod -x all .api files in /opt/acrobat/Reader/intellinux/plug_ins/. In case of kile, i guess it loads half of kde on start (if you don`t use this de), so no real suggestions except changing app to something DE-independent. Hope this helps,cheers. _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
