NO, I never even thought of that! I use lilo, so can I just put "linux mem=128M" in the first couple lines of /etc/lilo.conf or do I need to put "-option" in front of it or what? Please forgive my lack of knowledge on this, I am fairly new to linux. Thanks again!
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Lane Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 11:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Xpert]X unusable At 09:35 AM 5/7/02, you wrote: >I have installed Redhat 7.2 on an old Compaq Prosignia 500 server with a >P150 processor and 128MB RAM, and ( since the onboard CL5420 chipset was not >supported in Xfree 4.1.0) I am usuing a S3 card with 1MB RAM. When >installing Redhat I was getting an error saying I didn't have enough RAM >when I actually had 128MB. I ended up using the command "Linux mem=128M >text" and then the install went fine. Now when I try to start X using KDE >it loads very very slow and then when finally up it is so slow it is >unusable..I'm talking several minutes to navigate each menu. The whole time >it is thrashing the hard disk non stop...is X having trouble seeing my RAM >just like the Redhat installer did and then writting everything to swap? >How can I force it to see my RAM? BTW I am using a swap file that is 256MB. >Thanks for any help you can offer. When you setup lilo or grub did you set mem=128M? If the problem is the same you were having when installing this should fix the problem. -- Mark Lane Hard Data Ltd. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: 01-780-456-9771 FAX: 01-780-456-9772 11060 - 166 Avenue Edmonton, AB, Canada T5X 1Y3 http://www.harddata.com/ --> Ask me about our Dual Processor Athlon DDR RAM Systems! <-- _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
