[K12OSN] Oo slow drop down menu display (sometimes)

[Daniel Hedblom]

I have had problems with those pesky Trio cards to but alas, i havent
found any good solution to the menus problem. I recall something about a
bug in the cards doing this.If you can just switch the cards to something
else.

/cheers!

> I'm doing some volunteer work for a computer recycler in Vermont; and,
> we're putting together a small three node K12LTSP v4.01 setup as a demo,
> to show local schools how they can save money.  The server is a Compaq
> Deskpro 733 Mhz Pentium III with 384 MB RAM and a 10G IDE HD hooked to a
> 10/100 switch.  We've got a stack of Dell Optiplex machines ranging from
> 166Mhz Pentium, 266-350 Pentium II, and 533Mhz Pentium III's to choose
> from, with from 32MB to 64MB installed RAM, and 3Com 3c905-TX 10/100
> Ethernet on each.
>
> There's not enough desk space where I'm at to hook up more than one
> client at a time.  Every client boots handily to either an IceWM or
> Gnome desktop.  Applications open reasonably quickly.  But it wasn't
> until I tried clicking on one of the drop down menus in Oo Writer that I
> found out what really slooooow is.  The problem afflicts the Pentiums
> which use the Trio32/64 onboard video.  The Pentium II's and III's don't
> have the problem and they have Rage 3D video.  Ifconfig eth0 shows an
> ethernet connection devoid of errors; and, RAM doesn't seem to matter.
> I've looked at other posts here and noticed Oo has some issues with slow
> menu display.  We had hoped to use the slower Pentiums with the Trio
> video in the demo, for maximum effect; but, that won't do with the big
> slow down.
>
> Am I right in suspecting the video chipset? Or is there something I've
> overlooked?  X_SERVER = "auto" is in lts.conf.  I've tried xvesa, vesa,
> fbdev, and vga to no avail, but had to leave before trying s3.  Setting
> the resolution down by X_MODE_0 = 640x480 didn't help either.
>
> Thanks
> Roger
>
>
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Daniel Hedblom
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