konqueror is so sloooooooow

[Nate Birkholz]

On 4/7/03 4:21 AM, "Bradley Martin" <novacrook@yahoo.com> wrote:

> i just put ydl on my b/w g3 and everything seems to be working fine so
> far...better than i had expected from my past experiences with linux...but i
> don't understand why konqueror takes so damned long to start up. and in light
> of all the press surrounding safari recently i thought that konqueror would at
> the very least be a faster web browser than mozilla...but it takes so ****ing
> long to start up! is there anyway to speed things up?
> 
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Wow, a question I know the answer to already. After only spending the
whoooooole weekend trying to get ydl working right. Imagine! ;)

Anyhoo, my sarcasm aside, here's what you do. I pulled this from an old
message to this list:

> Jamie LaRue yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Sun, 29 Sep 2002 17:58:58 -0600

> First, log in as root, then use pico (or some other text editor that's
> either easy to use, or you know how to use) and edit this file:
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> 
> The last line (I think) refers to the Yellow Dog site, but the 2.2
> directory. Change it to the 2.3 directory. Then save the file.
> 
> Then type these two commands (also as root, I believe).
> 
> apt-get update
> apt-get install qt

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Now I'll give all the instructions in a detailed manner in case some newbie
like me searches the archive later.




Connect to the Internet since you will be going to the ydl site to download
an update. 

Once you are connected, invoke the terminal and enter the following:

  su -

You will be asked for your root password. Enter the root password. Now you
are logged in as root. Now enter:

  cd /etc/apt/

This will change to the directory where there is a file you need to edit.
Now enter:

  vi sources.list

This will launch the vi editor and allow you to edit the file sources.list,
which has a problem in it. (I use vi for editing, but you can use whatever
application you prefer, such as pico or emacs, so you could type emacs
sources.list or pico sources.list.)

The last two lines of the sources.list file refer to the Yellow Dog site,
but the 2.2 directory. Change both entries to the 2.3 directory. Then save
the file and quit the editor.

Now you will need to run the apt-get application to download the update
which will speed up Konqueror, Kmail, and a few others I've noticed. It will
also fix the broken screensavers. Don't forget that you have to be connected
to the Internet for this to work, since the apt-get application connects to
an ftp server to downlaod the update you need.

Enter the following:

  apt-get update

The apt-get application will start and connect to the ftp server and will
download what you need. This will take hours over a dialup. Note that the
yellowdog server is frequently busy and you may need to try many times until
it actually connects.

Once the downlaods have all finished, enter the following:

  apt-get install qt

This will install the package you need. I rebooted afterwards out of force
of habit. I'm not sure whether you need to reboot.

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Hope this helps.

-- 
Nate Birkholz
Minneapolis, Minnesota