GNOME is very slow

azwethinkweiz · 2007-06-25 02:25:43

Lately GNOME is very slow in opening apps, many applications fail or stop responding. On occasion everything freezes to where all I can do is move the mouse. But no key strokes or mouse clicks register.

detox332 · 2007-06-25 02:48:40

i agree, it is a bit slow and ive had similar problems

geek.arnuld · 2007-06-25 04:09:52

azwethinkweiz wrote:

Lately GNOME is very slow in opening apps, many applications fail or stop responding. On occasion everything freezes to where all I can do is move the mouse. But no key strokes or mouse clicks register.

did you put your "hostname" in "/etc/hosts" ?

i had the same problem many months ago and at that time i did not know you put hostname in /etc/hossts e.g. my hostname is "arch" (which resides in "/etc/rc.conf") and i put "arch" in "/etc/hosts" like this:

127.0.0.1 arch localhost

azwethinkweiz · 2007-06-25 04:25:40

Yea...already got that...but thanks man

nikron · 2007-06-25 05:16:43

geek.arnuld wrote:

azwethinkweiz wrote:
Lately GNOME is very slow in opening apps, many applications fail or stop responding. On occasion everything freezes to where all I can do is move the mouse. But no key strokes or mouse clicks register.
did you put your "hostname" in "/etc/hosts" ?
i had the same problem many months ago and at that time i did not know you put hostname in /etc/hossts e.g. my hostname is "arch" (which resides in "/etc/rc.conf") and i put "arch" in "/etc/hosts" like this:
127.0.0.1 arch localhost

Holy crap thank you, I had totally forgot about that. My computer was sssslow, thanks for reminding me. Makes perfect sense why vim would take 2 secs to start...

bwalk · 2007-06-25 05:26:37

Some more info would be nice. While it is slow, just try to fire up top and watch for cpu load. A list of programs you usually have running is also helpful.

azwethinkweiz · 2007-06-25 05:57:51

cpu load fluctuates alot anywhere from 3% to 40%.

Generally the only programs i have running are Firefox, Pidgin, and Sonata

ProzacR · 2007-06-25 15:34:04

How much CPU power and RAM do you have?
-> gnome needs 256RAM and 1Ghz for normal and fluent function.
it still works on 500Mhz and 128 RAM but then it is agony.

Last edited by ProzacR (2007-06-25 15:34:21)

azwethinkweiz · 2007-06-25 18:35:36

1.5ghz and 512mb ram

Arch Linux

#1 2007-06-25 02:25:43

GNOME is very slow

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