On Wed, 2012-08-15 at 19:39 -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote: > On 08/15/2012 06:53 AM, Darod Zyree wrote: > > Hello, > > > > New kernel version 2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64 in combination with > > xorg-x11-drv-nouveau Version:0.0.16 is somehow painfully slow on my > > laptop. > > > > during start up it takes almost half a minute for gnome login to appear. > > After having logged in the following happens: > > - gnome top and bottom panels "slide/crawl" in to view one pixel line at > > a time. > > - starting the terminal takes much more time, 10-15, sometimes even up > > to 20 seconds. > > - Firefox also takes much longer to start. > > > > Removing xorg-x11-drv-nouveau seems to resolve this "slowness" but then > > my attached monitor does not work. > > > > Anyone else experiencing this issue or know how to fix/troubleshoot? > > > > Have you tried installing the Nvidia drivers from the CentOS repo? > Thanks, this worked for me. Uninstalled nouveau and installed kmod-nvidia. -- Regards, Darod Zyree