Re: Slllloooowwww Alpha

["Andrew Forgue" <aforgue@agitated.net>]

Allright, So

The manual says this:
a.. ECC-protected Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) main memory (SRAMs mounted on
DIMMs).

Any idea what speed this should run? PC133 or PC100
It does have to be ECC right?

-Andrew

----- Original Message -----
From: "Toby Thain" <toby@telegraphics.com.au>
To: "Andrew Forgue" <aforgue@agitated.net>
Cc: <debian-alpha@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: Slllloooowwww Alpha


> > Andrew Forgue wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just installed debian on an Alpha Personal Workstation 500a (not u)
> > using the SRM console. And Every seems to be really slow.  The windows
> > in kde, gnome, or anywhere seem to take 4 or 5 seconds to completly
> > refresh... Would I get any performance benefit out of compiling my own
> > kernel
> > and recompiling X from Source for this specific platform?
>
> Hi Andrew
>
> Having enough RAM is key - on Alpha that seems to mean >>128MB. Kernel
> 2.4.14 also did a lot to improve responsiveness and KDE GUI on my
> Alphaserver 1000A 5/300 (RH7.1, 128MB). XFree86 4.1 seems to be quicker
> than the default install, on my Tseng ET-6000 card.
>
> regards
> Toby
>
> >
> > Throw anything you have at me.. Im not a newbie to linux or anything
> > :-)
> >
> > -Andrew
>
>
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