> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 5:05 AM > Subject: Re: SLOOOOOWW network connection > > > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 09:01:56PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Since installing RH I have been using KDE. I just switched > > to the command line and was shocked. I downloaded the kernel > > again and it took 258 seconds - although I got one strange > > message about "eth0: Runt packet"! > > > > Can this really be so. Is it reallly the case that things > > so down so much if started from within KDE. > > I wrote to a newsgroup to see if I could get any other thoughts > on my problem. So far I have got only one reply. It suggests > that the answer to my problem is simply that ... well it's easy > to paste the reply: > > > It's simple. You don't have enough memory. KDE requires a > lot of memory, more than you have, and the download time > difference arises from disk paging activity, not network > speed. > > I have a PIII 1000Mhz processor and 256MB of memory. > > What resources are recommended for KDE.
I have no idea what resources are needed to run KDE, but I thought I would add that I run RH-8.0/KDE on two AMD-450's. One system has 196MB and the other 96MB. The system with 96MB takes forever and a day to start KDE (like 2 minutes), but I have no performence problems related to downloading files from this system. Have you tried another network card manufacturer? FWIW: I'm using 3com cards at this end (3c59x). Also, have you checked to see if there is a new driver for your current network card. Steve Cowles -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
