gnome apps starting slowly (if at all)

[Drewcore]

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
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> > > dont go there .:..:..
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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
> >
> > --------------------
> >
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