On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 14:51:25 +0100, M. Fioretti wrote: > Greetings, > > when I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14, about twenty days ago, the > system (which wasn't doing really well even before the upgrade) became > almost unusable. The problem is, very likely, upstream of Fedora, but I > would like to understand where exactly is and if/how Fedora in some way > amplifies it. I've posted all details here: > > http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/help-request-why-is-my-linux-so-damn-slow > > TIA, > Marco I skimmed your writeup, but didn't look at all of the installed packages. My environment is much less powerful than yours, and it's pretty reasonable. Fedora 14 2.6.35.11-83.fc14.i686 2.6 GHz P4 1.5 GB memory Overclocked NVidia 7600 GS with 260.19.36 (built by hand, not rpm) Samsung Synchmaster at 1680x1050 KDE 4.5.5 I run the standard desktop effects. I've tried some of the more esoteric ones, but I find that they're distracting. I run into some slowdowns. I've commented on my OpenOffice Calc issues. Flash is slow (but it's slow in Windows as well). When I stress test Tomcat/MySQL or Tomcat/Derby applications my load average goes to 11 (literally) while running around 500 transactions per minute. This sounds like an NVidia driver issue. I suggest wandering over to www.nvnews.net and reading the Linux support forum. In particular, I have the following set: nvidia-settings -a PixmapCache=1 nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2 nvidia-settings -a GlyphCache=1 I've placed these (and my overclocking commands) in a script called nvtweaks.sh. I then have the following line in my .xinitrc file: /home/mdeggers/bin/nvtweaks.sh I also have a customized xorg.conf file, and I've modified my fonts (installed MS Core fonts and customized a .fonts.conf file). This works well for me. Your mileage may vary. . . . . just my two cents. /mde/ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
