[desktop-discuss] Re: JDS still very sluggish

[Nicolas Linkert]

> Nicolas Linkert wrote:
> > I've installed build 64a Solaris Express, and
> desktop operations on JDS are still very sluggish.
> It's slower than running Ubuntu 7.04 from CD ... Part
> of this seems to stem from UFS - with zfs I have
> experienced a considerable improvement in this
> regard. It's still not what one expects, but it's
> much better.
> >
> > I have no figures at all to prove this. This is all
> just a feeling of how the systems performs. Java
> Workstation, single 2,4 GB Opteron, 2 GB RAM, 500 GB
> hard disk (zfs boot/ufs boot) etc.
> >   
> 
> What kinds of slowness ? For eg. Slow login/ Slow
>  Firefox startup/ 

login is ok
generally: slow startup process of programs

> luggish Menu response/ Anything else ?

yes, sluggish menu

>    Is anything hogging your CPU ?

not as far as I know ...

>  Have you tried the following tweaks:
>    svcadm disable basicreg
> pkgrm SUNWupdatemgru
>    pkgrm SUNWbrg

I'll try them and report back.
 
 
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