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. -- Philip Rhoades GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia E-mail: phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
