2006 slow as sap in january (not trolling)

[fred]

I think the title say it all. For example, most kde apps takes about 5-8
seconds to load on my thinkpad r50. By comparison, debian sarge loads most
kde apps in about 1 seconds.

I would like to stick with mdk for the sensible default configs, good
utilities, etc., but can I make it faster?

Please don't say "shut down services"; I had the same services running on
debian, so that's not the cause.

TIA, fred

[Bit Twister]

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:51:16 -0800, fred wrote:
> I think the title say it all. For example, most kde apps takes about 5-8
> seconds to load on my thinkpad r50.

First, run the KDE Control Center from configure your Desktop
Components--->Service Manager
and uncheck/stop all Startup Serivces.

If still slow
Post contents of
/etc/hosts
/etc/resolv.conf
Click up a terminal and do the following:
su -l root
chkconfig --list | grep tmdns
exit

[Gireesh K. Bhat]

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:51:16 -0800, fred wrote:

Is Kat (desktop search environment) running? If yes, stop it and uninstall
it. Kat has been known to cause significant slowdowns in Mandriva 2006.

[fred]

Bit Twister wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:51:16 -0800, fred wrote:
>> I think the title say it all. For example, most kde apps takes about 5-8
>> seconds to load on my thinkpad r50.
>
> First, run the KDE Control Center from configure your Desktop
> Components--->Service Manager
> and uncheck/stop all Startup Serivces.

Thanks for the tip. Almost as fast as debian now--the improvement is
noticeable. Is kat the real problem, as Gireesh suggested?

Now if I could only get my wireless (ipw2200B/G) to work.

cheers.