Yes, I repartitioned and formatted my drives. I am noticing that the slow response appears to be kde-specific. If I open a konsole and try to start any kde app, it is slooooooow to start (I counted 20 seconds to open a konsole itself). If I start any non-kde app (like nmapfe, xterm, gftp, etc) it is fast - almost immediate. The problem is kde-specific. I downloaded qt2-2.2.1 src and rebuilt it and installed the new build. No effect. I tried building the kdebase src rpm but, as usual on a Mandrake system, it refuses to build (I ALWAYS have problems with kde src on mandrake systems, even though all dependencies are met). Here I made a mistake...during the install of 7.2, I did my usual expert mode install and selected all the packages I wanted installed. I decided to forego installing Gnome. What a dumb mistake THAT was. I should have dumped kde instead - I would have a fast, responsive system rather than this fast Athlon system masquerading as a 286. praedor On Friday 08 December 2000 12:07 am, you wrote: > > On Thursday 07 December 2000 11:54 pm, you wrote: > > > I decided to go clean install and get a fully 7.2 system. I had a 90%+ > > 7.2 > > > system before that I had hand-upgraded but some problems occured that I > > couldn't define enough to fix and went with a clean slate. > > > > Now that I have finished installing 7.2, there are a few problems that > > did not exist before. First off, the system is incredibly slow. I have > > an Athlon 700 and 256MB Ram yet when I start anything, a konsole, kmail, > > whatever, it takes FOREVER for it to start. Before the new install, > > everything was very quick. It is not aRTs - it is set at 'comfortable' > > which is the same as it was before the new install. > > > > The other problem is fonts and appearance. Whew, my screen looks ugly > > now that I have installed 7.2 completely. I am using XFree86-4.0.1, > > 1024x768 16 bit colors, just like before, but my fonts are blocky and > > ugly. They weren't before the upgrade/install. Many fonts, though > > listed in the font manager, do not display when selected either. Though > > their names are there, only a small fraction of them display examples > > when I select them. > > > > I have never come across these problems before with ANY install of linux > > so I do not know what to do now. Any pointers or suggestions out there? > > > > praedor > > Did you format your hard drive in the fresh install to remove all of the > old files that were updated and messed up? ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- -- Against stupidity, even the gods futiliy contend
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