Dear Linux Users

I have installed Red Hat Enterprise WS on my computer

Memory 512mb Pentium 4 3.06Ghz

/ = 4000 MB
Swap = 2000 MB
/usr = 20 GB

Vesa Display driver 1024x768

When the system is started and logged in when I try to open any application it takes about 3 minutes before it starts up.

Can anybody tell me why this takes so long time before it starts up.

regards

HB

I would say that, as your system is really neat (I'd love have one like that..ghehe) your problem lays with the graphics card driver. I bet you also have a 3D graphics card. Linux generic drivers for 3D graphics card are pretty useless. Thank goddess, at least with nvidia(dunno about ATI), it's easy to download and install the official drivers. If you also have nvidia, get it here:

www.nvidia.com

for linux x86 structure and you are all set. Your system should fly after that. If you still keep getting slowing downs, there're some tricks to do with the harddrive too. But try the drivers first .

Good luck!

Dear Megaman X

I have a Herculus Prophet Radeon series 9800 128mb

the system detect a ATI 9800 but when I choose that I can not start the X-windows

I have downloaded the newest drivers for linux and installed the rpm
but that did not work.

To enter the x-windows I must specify Vesa driver.

Can you help me out .

Regards

HB

Oh boy, I wish I could. With nvidia, all we have to do after installing the drivers, is to switch the line at /etc/X11/XFree86Config where it stands vesa or nv to nvidia. I'd say you've to edit something at the XFree86Config as well, to tell the XFree to use "that" driver instead. I've never ever touched an ATI myself, so I won't suggest any line change at the XFree86, because I will do wrong and for you don't hate me later lol. But there might be a help file at ATI homepage which tells you what to modify, or you could hope that someone with an ATI card will read this thread and help you

First of all, are you sure you installed the ATI driver correctly? Also, are you sure you ran fglrxconfig after you installed the driver?