YDL 2.2 on Performa 6400-Speed and monitor isues

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Hi all-

OK, I finally got YDL 2.2 to install on my old Performa 6400. After some
initial problems it finally installed without incident. Here are the system
specs. 

However, there are two glaring issues that are making me regret getting into
YDL in the first place. But if I can get some help resolving them, I might
want to spend more time exploring Linux.

Performa 6400
88MB RAM
30GB hard drive
Mac OS 9.0


Firstly, I'm using GNOME as the GUI and the overall system speed and redraw
rates of the windows is ABYSSMAL! It's like using Virtual PC. I didn't
expect G4 speeds, but this is ridiculous. There is about a 15 second lag
between clicking something and having actually do something. Moving a window
and having it redraw is just as painfully slow. I was under the impression
that YDL would operate at usable speeds on an older Mac, and don't want to
install it on my G4 as it is how I make my living and I can't afford to use
it as a Linux Laboratory. I get the same pitiful performance using KDE.

Secondly, I had difficulty getting any of my monitors to display the GUI or
the graphical installer. I currently have the 64oo working with an NEC M500
at 800x600. At installation I kept getting an error message and it dumped me
into the text based installer. No biggie, except that no matter how I
configured the monitor setting in Xconfigurator I can only get a GUI to work
with the FailSafe setting. Of course, the color depth and display quality
are awful. 

Also, I was unable to get YDL 2.2 to install at all unless I opted for the
2.2 kernel from the BootX window. I don't know if this has anything to do
with the problems I'm having.

So, did I mung something up on the install , or is the a fix to the problems
I'm having. Or am I just screwed because I'm using such an old machine?
After spending the money on a new hard drive for this 6400, I'll be very
disappointed if I can't get a Linux GUI to run at an expectable speed.

Any help would be much appreciated.