Description of problem: I built a brand new machine to run RedHat. Celeron 1.7g 512mb ram. 40mb disk I loaded it with 7.3 and it ran fine. I upgraded to 8.0 and could get no video output so I reinstalled from scratch and formatted the drive. Considering this is a reasonably fast processor the machine runs slower than my 1g celeron. I ran the kernal and kernal boot patch and this has improved the speed a little. The problem that I am now suffering is that Evolution takes 45 seconds to load and nearly 30 seconds to open a new mail or reply to a received mail. I have unsinstalled evolution and reinstalled but no difference. I have been talking to technical for over a month now but am no nearer a solution. Martin Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
It sounds like you're seeing system-wide slowness which is more likely due to either something in the kernel or memory leaks in applications like the panel
This is definately a kernel issue. You'll see it at it's worst with the lastest kernel update after the slocate runs. If, for example, Mozilla is open it takes forever to get to a new page until lots of swapping happens. In disgust, I installed a pure Linus 2.4.20 kernel compiled with Redhat's .config file from the latest .src.rpm. Wow.... things are sooooooooooooooooooooo much faster... even after the slocate update.
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