App on Linux - really slow... any ideas why?

[Ken Ray]

> OK, loaded Puppy 4.2, with the copy to memory option and using Xorg not VESA.
> 
> Ran the IDE 3.5, and it seemed fine.  Fired up a few stacks and they were
> fine, positively snappy.

I couldn't even get *that* far... I'm using 4.2, and Xorg (not sure if I
have copy to memory on - where would I check?) and downloaded Rev 3.5. Went
to launch it and nothing happened. When I tried to launch it in from the
console I got all sorts of GDK error messages, starting with "Unable to get
32-bit visual, not using XFT". Not sure what to do about that...

> Does anyone have a seriously display intensive stack they can post
> somewhere?  It would be nice to have one that definitely does show the
> problem.  Or, Ken, if you want to mail me a compiled version of yours that
> is causing the problem, I'd be happy to see if I can reproduce and/or do
> something to eliminate it.

Sure, I can send it to you; I'll do that so you can see what I'm seeing
(hopefully).

> It occurs to me that it might be worth trying Slitaz, a true minimalist
> distro, 30MB or so.  If the problemstill happens with Slitaz, its really at
> a basic level with Linux rather than some dispensable extra bit.

OK, I'll try that when I get a chance.

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/