gnome apps starting slowly (if at all)

[Drewcore]

now i'm beginning to think that it might be my partition order that's
causing the problem... my usr partition is at the end of a 30gb
drive... would that cause my programs to load slowly?

On Apr 7, 2005 2:07 PM, Drewcore <drewsph at gmail.com> wrote:
> i'm still having this problem, despite a bit of researching i've found
> nothing. i wish  i could figure this one out. any other advice?
> 
> On Apr 6, 2005 10:27 PM, Drewcore <drewsph at gmail.com> wrote:
> > well, i have 3: hda, hdc, hdd
> >
> > /dev/hda1:
> > multcount = 0
> > IO_support = 0
> > unmaskirq = 0
> > using_dma = 1
> > keepsettings = 0
> > readonly = 0
> > readahead = 256
> > geometry 59556/16/63, sectors 30736613376, start 0
> >
> > the other two (cd and dvd drive) dma isn't on, but why would that
> > affect programs on my harddisk? i can post them if you want, but i
> > already turned the dma on. i'm just stupified by this.
> >
> >
> > On Apr 6, 2005 9:59 PM, Nis <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Drewcore Wrote:
> > > > i'm using fluxbox because my machine hasn't been blessed with the
> > > > greatest of resources (celeron 700mhz 128mb ram). however, after
> > > > upgrading to hoary (and gnome 2.10), fluxbox starts slower and most of
> > > > the gnome apps aren't being very responsive. is this because of a
> > > > significant change in gnome that hasn't been accommodated by fluxbox
> > > > yet? just curious... i guess i can tar on the command line again (i
> > > > was getting spoiled by file-roller).
> > > >
> > > > thx
> > > > drew
> > > > --
> > > > ...:..:. drewcore.com
> > > > dont go there .:..:..
> > > >
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> > > > --
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> > > Sounds like DMA isn't enabled for you drive.  Post the results of the
> > > following:
> > >
> > > Code:
> > > --------------------
> > >
> > >   for disc in `ls /dev/hd?`; do sudo hdparm $disc; done
> > >
> > > --------------------
> > >
> > > --
> > > Nis
> > >
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> > >
> >
> > --
> > dc .. drewcore.com
> >
> 
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