KDE constipated in Etch

Red Knuckles · 02-23-2007, 01:25 AM

In a fresh install of Etch from net install CD. In KDE many if not all KDE applications are opening very slow. For instance Comparing Gedit to Kate or Kwrite Gedit opens at normal speed but Kate or Kwrite take forever. Any way to correct this???

craigevil · 02-23-2007, 01:44 AM

No reason they should open slow. Try opening them in a terminal and looking for errors.

You could also try using prelink.

Quote:

Prelink is: Description: ELF prelinking utility to speed up dynamic linking
The prelink package contains a utility which modifies ELF shared libraries
and executables, so that far fewer relocations need to be resolved at
runtime and thus programs come up faster.

Some people say it is a bad idea to use it, but I have never had any problems with it.

My system is a little on the low end and KDE apps open pretty much instantly.
Host/Kernel/OS "craigevil" running Linux 2.6.20.1-slh-up-2 i686 [ sidux-20070111-d:5 ]
CPU Info AMD Duron clocked at [ 1800.096 MHz ]
Videocard nVidia NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] X.Org 7.1.1 [ 1280x1024 @75hz ]
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Red Knuckles · 02-23-2007, 11:32 AM

Thanks for info craigevil. I didn't need to use prelink. For some reason during the process of resolving my internet start up problem apps have started opening normally. I have no idea why but once again have a fine Debian operating system.

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=12560