2.5.68 issues (X windows startup)

I havent booted 2.5.x for a while on this dusty old laptop. Never had this issue in the past. Have a feeling its some basic utility that maybe needed.

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model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 696.996
cache size : 256 KB
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128M RAM.

When i run 2.5.68 theres a feel of highly improved interactiveness. Annoyingly- Starting X takes at least 3 minutes (this is about a factor of 10 worse than older 2.5 and current 2.4.21-pre5. I have tried a few 2.5.6x and they all seem to exhibit this problem. Havent tried going back beyond that.

I cleared the profile before running X; started X and captured the profile right after that. Dont know if its any help, but it is attached.

cheers,
jamal

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17721 default_idle 316.4464

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