On 08-Mar-99 Mandy wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I wrote a little while ago about my system being slow when netscape
> starts......using KPPP......well....it is not that. I have noticed that my
> system is just slow ANYWAYS......like, when i click on an icon on the desktop
> it takes it like 10 secs before the app ever comes up....to me that is very
> slow......windows is quicker than that....so i am assuming something is wrong
> consider my system is not THAT old.....is that a good assumption?
>
> My System:
>
> PII 233
> 32 MB RAM
> 35 MB swap partition
> RH 5.2
> KDE desktop( not the newest release)
>
>
> What could be going on?? Any suggestions??
A few checks:
- Run "free" to check how much memory is recognized by Linux. Some systems are
known to report an incorrect amount of memory to the OS.
- Run "top". This will show a list of all processes and their cpu time
consumption. Perhapes there is a program eating up all the cpu time.
- What filesystem you're using. If you do not know for sure, run "mount" to
check. The umsdos file-system can be horribly slow at times.
Cort
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