X slow startup

[Alberto Cardinalli Jr.]

> > lwj wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 13:52, Alberto Cardinalli Jr. wrote:
> > > 
> > >>Hi all,
> > >>
> > >>I know that problems with NVIDIA drivers and other stuff aren't the
> > >>focus of this list, but I really tried everything that I saw in NVIDIA
> > >>discussion forum, nothing resolved my problem and NVIDIA don't give us
> > >>an answer. So I think that someone can help me with some hint. In my
> > >>machine X startup takes about 30 seconds, but when I had an old kernel
> > >>and driver versions(nvidia:4496/kernel:2129), it was normal. 
> > >>
> > >>My machine:
> > >>
> > >>Video Card: Riva TNT2 32Mb RAM PCI
> > >>Driver Version: 1.0-5336
> > >>Distribution: Fedora Core 1 (2.4.22-1.2174.nptl)
> > >>Video Bios Revision: 02.05.19.03.00
> > >>Processor: AMD XP2000+ 
> > >>Motherboard: Asus A7V8X
> > >>Memory: 512Mb DDR400
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I don't think that this is an issue with the video driver. I am using
> > > similar card (Riva TNT2 with 32 MB of ram AGP) I am running on a slower
> > > machine with the same amount of ram and I do not have any problems with
> > > graphics performance. For 2D drawing I would not expect the AGP/PCI to
> > > make that much of a difference in the performance. There must be
> > > something else going on here.
> > 
> > Is this slow startup invoked from boot or from doing something like
> > "startx" or "telinit 5"?  If it's not from boot, do an "uptime" before
> > you invoke the command and see if the load is high.  You may have some
> > background process sucking up a lot of resources (updatedb comes to mind
> > right away).

I invoke X using 'startx', i did an uptime and that's my load average:
0.41, 0.15, 0.06. 

As I said before, even booting with an older kernel and reinstalling an
older version of the driver, the problem continues. I've tried
everything of NVIDIA's FAQ's and forums with no success. I posted a
question there but they didn't answer.

Thanks for your reply,

--
Alberto C. Jr.