FC running terribly slowly
Ok, I've just installed fedora (I used a fc1 set of disks but used yum to update everything, so that would mean I'm at fc2 now right? or do I have to download new disks each time theirs a new version?) and its running extremely slow. I tried tux racer and you can barely do anything the graphics load so slow. I tried holding the mouse down and dragging it across the screen, and it even lags a second or two on that. I feel that I shouldnt be getting anywhere near these speeds on my computer and would like to know if theirs something I could do to change it? My specs are p4 2.66ghz, 128mb video card ram, 512mb ram. All I did was install it and run yum update (I assume it was this slow before the update, I didn't check then). Is another distro the best choice for me or are all distros going to be like this? Part of the reason I was attracted to linux was because everyone said how you could have so many programs open and have servers running and everything would be smooth.
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That's Red Hat for ya. :p
In all seriousness, I think either yum messed up somewhere, or you have a bad video driver. What video card/driver are you using? |
Yeah sounds a little like bad video config. Could you post your /etc/XF86Config(-4) file?
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Thats strange, I don't have that file. Would it be in /etc/X11?
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Sorry! Yes that was a typo. I meant the /etc/X11/XF86Config file. There may be a "-4" at the end of it, too.
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I don't have xorg.conf but I do have a XF86Config. I'm not sure if I'm using FC1 or FC2, I installed using FC1 CDs but I did a yum update so does that mean I'm on FC2 (that was the plan heh). Heres the file contents.
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# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config |
Well all I can see there is maybe you can upgrade to the proper ati drivers. I've heard good and bad things about them.
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upgrading to fc2
I have read that it is possible to go fc1 -> fc2 via yum, but it can cause problems. If you are new to linux, I would definitely use installation disks to upgrade.
And then of course, you still run yum update |
I just got back from a vacation, and I installed the newest drivers and their doesn't appear to be a change. It couldn't load X at first until I edited some things with the display control panel program, so I know the drivers installed installed. Does anyone have any other ideas?
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