Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg.. twm not starting and terrible performance with fluxbox

[Benno Schulenberg <benno.schulenberg@gmail.com>]

Mrugesh Karnik wrote:
> Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> > Flaky hardware?  Timings too fast in the BIOS?
>
> What timings? :S

Well, somewhere deep in the BIOS peripheral settings, there are 
things like "Enable AGP Fast Write" or similar.  Set all those 
things to Off or Disabled.  You wil want stability first, speed 
maybe later.  It probably won't make a difference, but it at least 
excludes one possible source of problems.

> System uname: 2.6.13-gentoo-r5 x86_64 AMD Sempron(tm) Processor
> 2500+

You've said you have an MSI K8M800 motherboard.  Looking at 
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_list.asp?class=mb&cpu=3, such 
boards only support "Sempron 2600+, 2800+, 3000+, 3100+, 3300+", 
not a 2500+.  This may not be a problem, but then again, it might 
not be listed for a reason.

> real samba sdl sndfile snmp spell ssl svg sysvipc tcpd tiff till

No "sse" USE flag?  You could try adding it and re-emerging Xorg.

> Anything else you'd like to know?

To confirm your exact CPU, 'cat /proc/cpuinfo'.
An 'lsmod' on this system under Gentoo.
An 'emerge -pv xorg-x11'.
A 'cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf'.
And 'grep "^(--\|^(WW\|^(EE" /var/log/Xorg.0.log'.

Benno
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