> Dx -- dunno. Didn't take note when I had it open. I grepped > /var/log/messages for a bogomips figure, but that's apparently > no longer part of the startup. As I recall under earlier kernels, > it was low -- perhaps 6.something. Better than the 386 I used > to run, which was about 4.3. > > 16 MB RAM -- machine unbusy and not swapping. > Cirrus video card with 1Mb on it.
It might be a video-driver problem. Awhile back when I had my 486 with an ATI 8514/A card, I sent mail to the list saying that Netscape would not work for me after some kernel upgrades, Netscape would freeze the system up. Nobody could duplicate the problem, but when I moved my hard drives over into my new system, everything worked fine. So I would suspect a hardware problem (either physical or software driver). Perhaps you could try borrowing a video card from somebody else and seeing if that changes anything? How well do compiles go, do you notice it being slower then it should? Jim
