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On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> Message from Steven
> ===================
> Sindi wrote:
> > Why does it take so long for jwm to load?
> > About 10-15 sec at 600MHz.
>
> Are you sure jwm is the issue?  I've found that
> on some hardware Xvesa takes 10-15 seconds to
> load while on other (slower) hardware it loads
> immediately.  Xvesa seems to have some trouble
> getting hooked into the right VESA mode and/or
> choosing the right mouse driver.  It could also
> be that a loadlin boot has left some DOS garbage
> that Xvesa has to work around.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven

10-15 seconds on a Matrox Millenium (PS/2 3-button trackball, instant on 
an Nvidia Riva (serial mouse) both PCI cards.  Loadlin in both cases.
Probably both himem.sys and emm386 and no DOS mouse driver.

I will try serial mouse with the Matrox.

Sindi