FC4 GNOME 2.10 a bit slow on Toshiba Satellite A40

[Robin Laing]

Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-01-10 at 15:56 +0200, yordy wrote:
> 
>>well, on other pc with 2.8 GHz HT, 768 MB RAM, HD
>>Seagate ST3120022A 7200 rpm, fc4 is doing the same
>>that on my laptop... a hard disk of 7200 rmp is slow?
> 
> 
> I'm seeing the same problem on a Dell D800 with a 5400 RPM drive.  It's
> very annoying.
> 
> Everything seems to draw slower.  Switching between different workspaces
> can take a few seconds to redraw everything.  Logging out is a pain too:
> it takes 3 to 5 seconds for the logout menu to appear.
> 
> I've put up with it so far.  I find it odd that no one else has reported
> this here.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ranbir

I have a new satellite and it draws slower than the desktop but I 
attribute that to the lack of DMA access.  Once I installed the nVidia 
drivers (livna) the video was much faster.

What video card and are the correct drivers installed and configured.

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Robin Laing