[ltp] two questions -- 600E / X / RAM

[Mark Nye]

Hi All,

Two questions:

One------------------------------

I posted a month or so ago about a problem I was having with X crashing 
on my 600E running RH7.2. A number of you replied and/or contacted me 
directly about this problem (thanks!), and I wanted you all to know that I've 
found a solution:

One line added to the "Device" section of XF86Config-4...

Option          "XaaNoScanlineCPUToScreenColorExpandFill"
(This came from Thomas Hood's "Linux on an IBM Thinkpad 600 and 600X" page.)

The difference was extreme. I went from 3 or 4 X hangs a day to zero crashes 
since I updated XF86Config-4 over three weeks ago. Now, I'm completely happy 
to accept that this DOES work, and leave it at that. But...does anyone happen 
to know WHY it works...?

Two--------------------------------

Does anyone have any input on what should be considered a minimum amount of 
memory for running Linux with the KDE desktop? 

I started with 64MB, and have recently added another 64MB. The extra memory, 
in conjunction with weeding out my unneeded processes, has made an 
improvement--but the system still seems to be a bit sluggish. WilI I see a 
difference if I add more RAM, or should I be barking up a different tree?

all the best,
Mark

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