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- >>>>> "BR99FW39" == BR99FW39 <BR99FW39@acs.wooster.edu> writes:
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- BR99FW39> I have used Executor for X-Windows for some time
- BR99FW39> (excellent product) with almost no problems at all.
- BR99FW39> However, when I try to run the SVGALIB version, it slows
- BR99FW39> down incredibly (mouse refresh every 10 to 30 seconds,
- BR99FW39> no other responses observable, including system keys).
- BR99FW39> I have a pentium 75 with 16m ram, Linux 1.2.3, and a
- BR99FW39> ps/2 style busmouse. (And an S3 video accelerator) Any
- BR99FW39> advice? I don't actually need to run the SVGALIB
- BR99FW39> version, but it would be nice at times to run executor
- BR99FW39> without the overhead of X. Advice?
-
- We have a patch to Linux kernel 1.2.13 on ftp.ardi.com that you need
- to run Executor/svgalib reliably on many systems. Those patches were
- long ago integrated into the 1.3.x kernels, so upgrading to a recent
- 1.3.x kernsl should also fix your problem.
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- -Mat
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