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- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- From: jaggy@purplet.demon.co.uk (Mike Jagdis)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!purplet!jaggy
- Subject: Linux Speedup
- Organization: FidoNet node 2:252/305 - The Purple Tentacle, Reading
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 13:26:00 +0000
- Message-ID: <50.2B0EC7E6@purplet.demon.co.uk>
- Sender: usenet@gate.demon.co.uk
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- DS> My problem is that I think that X is far too slow. What Can
- DS> I do to speed the computer up???
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- DS> 386-40
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- A 486 would help if you are in a position to upgrade the motherboard.
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- DS> 4MB-70ns RAM
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- 4Mb is definitely on the small side for X. 8Mb will eliminate a *lot* of
- swapping!
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- DS> 65MB ST-277R drive, 28ms access, 650kB transfer rate.
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- And with a 28ms access time it's probably swapping that's crippling you.
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- DS> When I type startx -np am I not disabling TCP.
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- Shouldn't that be startx -notcp?
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- DS> ++ Can anybody help me with my monitor I have:
- DS> Card: 25 28 26 Mhz clock occilators on card
- DS> Moniter: 31.5khz horizontal, 60-70khz vertical
- DS> (I figure the Monitor is the weak link)
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- Get modegen.taz from nic.funet.fi or tsx-11.mit.edu.
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- Mike
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