Re: Xfce spin Beta RC3 validation pass

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Ron,


On 2010-09-27 18:32, Ron Leach wrote:
> Philip Rhoades wrote:
>> Guys,
>>
>>
>> On 2010-09-22 17:58, Adam Williamson wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 14:29 +1000, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>>>> People,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I find it boots OK with qemu and from a USB stick and, in fact,
>>>> seems to
>>>> install OK to a HD but when running the resulting install, I find it is
>>>> deadly slow and unusable (I am using F13 on the same machine - a
>>>> Gateway
>>>> LT30 netbook - with no problems).
 >>>
>>> Like OtherAdam, I can't reproduce; I did all that validation testing
>>> from an installed copy of the live image (I installed it to a USB stick,
>>> in fact, on a Dell Inspiron 6400, so it's not exactly a fast
>>> environment, but it ran fine).
>>
>>
>> Using top I found it is Xorg - taking up nearly 100% of CPU time . .
>>
>
> Phil, I realise you've already entered a bug for this, but I noticed
> that your machine
>
> http://support.gateway.com/s/notebook/2009/gateway/lt/lt30/LT30sp2.shtml
>
> uses the Intel GMA500 chipset, with a quite modern screen geometry of
> 1366 x 768. So?


It is defaulting to 1024x768 and I can't change it to something else eg 
800x600 or 640x480 . .


> A recent post on the laptop list from another user with a GMA500
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/laptop/2010-September/000926.html
>
> is reporting 'slow performance' with F13 as well, suspected due to the
> drivers.
>
> I wonder whether F14 is running ok on other GMA500 machines, or whether
> the chipset is causing problems?


I have been using it with F13 for some time with no problems except for 
it being a little slower than other distros but NOT with the current 
slowness problem . .

Regards,

Phil.
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