Re: Mandriva 2010 SLOW

ed wrote:
> Rodney wrote:
>> I have installed 2010 free on my Dell Latitude 610 - 1GB RAM - and it 
>> is amazingly slow.  The CPU shows 100% load whenever I do anything and 
>> scrolling a pdf is almost impossible because the delay is so 
>> confusing.  It will no longer run Virtual Box so I have lost the easy 
>> Windows option.
>>
>> I have stopped all the extras I can find (fancy cursors etc) but no 
>> noticeable improvement.
>>
>> On 2008.1 Powerpack it was fast and handy and not even too slow 
>> running Win2k under Virtual Box, so 2010 is a disaster.
>>
>> Could the difference possibly be caused by using Free rather than 
>> Powerpack? (I could pay, though work no longer justifies this, but 
>> don't want to waste cash as well as time.)
>>
>> Can anyone offer an alternative to reinstalling 2008?
>>
>> Rodney 
> just a quick guess, this is usually caused by a resolv.config 
> incorrectly looking to DNS first then timing out instead of an 
> /etc/hosts file for local host 127.0.0.1, not any differences between 
> the power-pack and free versions.


Thanks, ed for this suggestion.  I have looked at resolv.conf and it 
tells me not to edit it.  All it contains is the two dns addresses that 
I put in when setting up my wireless network for the router and internet 
access.  I have no idea how I might get the system to look at things in 
a different order.
Suggestions welcomed; I am ignorant but am not afraid to tinker and if 
it all goes wrong I could try installing 2010 again.  I have a separate 
/home partition and backups so will not lose much if all goes seriously 
pear shaped.

Rodney
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