Re: Mandriva 2010 SLOW

On Wednesday 20 January 2010 02:55 pm, Rodney wrote:

> 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

I've not touched 2010 yet, but in the past, Mandriva releases have sometimes 
included a few apps, like data-bases, and file monitors that were absolutely 
*notorious* for polling and slowing things down. Check to see whats 
auto-running and if you really need it.

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