[XFree86] Why the system is slow on Linux on the graphics side ?

2003-06-15 Thread Kamran
Hello, I have a Sigma Real Magic 64/GX PCI card. I have RH 6.2 and cannot find a way to configure it on my PC. This card has S3 TRIO printed on it but my Linux kernel tells me that this is not a S3 card rather it is Sigma RealMagic 64/GX card. So any one who can guide me to get it configured

Re: [XFree86] Why the system is slow on Linux on the graphics side ?

2003-06-04 Thread Kamran
That solves the nvidia problem but what about the general slow behavior of linux on my 486 and P-1 machines, they have simple 1 MB PCI cards like SIS, OPTI, sometimes S3 ? Kamran On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 10:22, Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Andy Goth wrote: On Monday, June 2, 2003

[XFree86] Why the system is slow on Linux on the graphics side ?

2003-06-03 Thread Kamran
Hello, I want to ask a simple question pinching me for past two years. Why the linux system is slow on the GUI side ? I have installed and run RH 6.2, 7.2 ,7.3 and now 8 on various systems. But I get a not very good performance my computers as compared to the performance of windoze on the same

Re: [XFree86] Why the system is slow on Linux on the graphics side ?

2003-06-03 Thread Andy Goth
On Monday, June 2, 2003 2:42 pm, Kamran wrote: Hello, I want to ask a simple question pinching me for past two years. Why the linux system is slow on the GUI side ? I have installed and run RH 6.2, 7.2 ,7.3 and now 8 on various systems. But I get a not very good performance my computers as

Re: [XFree86] Why the system is slow on Linux on the graphics side?

2003-06-03 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Andy Goth wrote: On Monday, June 2, 2003 2:42 pm, Kamran wrote: Hello, I want to ask a simple question pinching me for past two years. Why the linux system is slow on the GUI side ? I have installed and run RH 6.2, 7.2 ,7.3 and now 8 on various systems. But I get a