I just thought of another possibility. The X windows server, at least in
certain cases, will try to resolve the domain and IP of a host making a
request (in other words, it does a DNS lookup). Are you connected to a
network? I have run into terrible slow-downs when I lose a network
connection but Linux hasn't figured it out yet. If I stop networking
('/etc/rc.d/init.d/network stop'), then my system will speed up again
because X recognizes that there is no network to do DNS lookups for.
Dave
On Friday 18 May 2001 09:31, thus spake Irv Mullins:
>
> Well, that rules out memory as the problem; I'm using a Celeron 300 with
> 128 megs. Further investigation shows that many programs that use X
> (some Euphoria graphics programs, for example) run at about the same
> speed as they did on 7.2.
>
> If I open all programs I am going to use, then switching between them
> seems reasonably fast. However, if one of them needs to open a new
> window, to set preferences, select a file, or pop up a warning message,
> for example, it takes so long I've often forgotten what I was doing.....
>
> And if for some reason I should want to open another program, I have
> time to walk to the kitchen for a snack before it shows up.
> I don't need the extra weight!
>
> Regards,
> Irv
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