From: kaukasoina3dore73js4@sci.fi   
      
   Sylvain Robitaille   wrote:   
      
   > 32-bit one   
      
   >it's an older Sony Vaio "netbook" computer (essentially   
   >a small laptop), with 2GB of memory (upgraded from 1GB at the same   
   >time that I updated the OS from Slackware-14.2).  CPU is "Intel(R)   
   >Atom(TM) CPU N450 @ 1.66GHz"   
      
   >What I'm finding, though, is that the display manager (SDDM) is   
   >excruciatingly slow to "wake up" and present the password prompt,   
   >and even when that becomes "visible" it will redraw it a couple of   
   >times before actually responding to entered keystrokes.  Once logged   
   >in (or the screen locker unlocked) the system's response seems quite   
   >normal   
      
   >SDDM is *supposed* to be lightweight and fast, but it sure doesn't   
   >feel that way to me on the little Sony Vaio ...   
      
   I see similar slowness with Slackware64 on a 64-bit Pentium 4 (3.20GHz) with   
   4 GB RAM and Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller.   
      
   I don't think SDDM is lightweight. kdm in 14.2 is lightweight and fast. SDDM   
   uses direct rendering via opengl, and I guess it expects more than the old   
   Intel graphics can deliver. After I remove file /usr/lib64/dri/i915_dri.so,   
   sddm behaviour becomes better. Then the llvmpipe software rasterizer does   
   the rendering instead of the i915 "amber" hardware driver. And it seems to   
   work better...   
      
   Even better, move to xdm. Create file /etc/rc.d/rc.4.local with this content:   
      
   #   
   if [ -x /usr/bin/xdm ]; then   
     exec /usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon   
   fi   
      
   And chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.4.local   
      
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