Re: Slow GUI (NVIDIA)(KDE4)

On 05/26/2011 04:56 PM, Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote:
> So if I go for a complete re-install, is there a way to prevent the
> installation of a Server kernel ?

Not that I know of.  But it is relatively easy to install a 
desktop kernel using Configure you computer (Mandriva Linux 
Contrl Center) and then use urpme to remove the server kernel 
once the desktop is workinng.

> I have (4Gb - video) memory, so do not need Server.

Video memory (on your video card) has nothing to do with the need 
for a server kernel.  It will affect speed and responsiveness 
when running x-windows but does not affect kernel need for or use 
of memory.

How much RAM for the system do you have?

You can use top, or install and use htop, or install
and run hardinfo, or use one of the monitoring widgits to find 
out how much RAM your kernel thinks it has.

I do not use 32-bit, but I went to Google Groups advanced search,
http://groups.google.com/advanced_search?q=&
and searched for  Mandriva install server RAM
in group alt.os.linux.mandriva and found several threads on 
problems with the server kernel installed by 2010.0 and 2010.1. 
Going through that might turn up some ideas.  2010.2 is nothing 
more than 2010.1 with all updates plus some eye-candy for marketing.

Cheers!

jim b.

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