On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, madhesh wara wrote:
>Hello Everybody,
>
> I am experiencing a strange problem with X-windows on Redhat Linux
>6.1. Previously I had
>
>installed Linux on a 450MB harddisk partition. Although everything was
>working fine, I could
>
>not use all the features due to lack of disk space. So, I removed all
>my partitions and
>
>reinstalled Linux (using official REDHAT CD) on 1GB partition. The
>installation went
>
>smoothly as before. But, my X-windows is giving a lot of problems. It
>has become
>
>untolerable slow(Earlier it was quite fast). The command-prompt mode
>is working absolutely
>
>fine.
>
> Whenever I start the X-server, it takes a very long time to come up.
>I also get a warning
>
>message window with the following message
>
>Panel
> No response to the Save Yourself Command. The Program may be slow,
>stopped or broken.
>
>You may wait for it to respond or remove it.
>
> Along with the message, I also get two command buttons labelled
>REMOVE PROGRAM and CANCEL.
>
>If I choose CANCEL the window appears after some time(the system
>operation is still very
>
>slow).
>
>
> The same window comes again with the heading --- gmp
>
>
> I have tried re-installing Linux. But the problem continues.
>I have Pentium 166MMX system with 16MB RAM (Although it is less, the
>system was working just
>
>fine earlier). My Display Card is Cirrus Logic(which is autodetected)
>and monitor is LG 20i.
>
>(i have selected the lowest settings 800 * 600).
>
> I feel it may be a bug in Linux. Please help me at the earliest
>since the problem is
>
>hampering my development schedule.
>
>Hoping for a positive reply.
Some more details please.
Did you change the window manager? Which window manager are you using?
How much swap space have you allocated? Are you using any themes?
Devdas Bhagat
--
Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the difference being
that a belch is more satisfying.
-- Ingmar Bergman
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