On Don, 2011-03-10 at 20:26 +0000, Mike Brodbelt wrote: > On 10/03/11 13:57, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > >> Eterm - though I'm of the opinion that the terminal emulator isn't > >> actually relevant. > > > > Well, if it uses core X11 fonts, then text is rendered in software, > > which could certainly explain at least some of the issues. If you're > > using a non-anti-aliased font in the terminal, does switching to an > > anti-aliased one improve terminal performance? > > I've tried this again now with Xterm, using "xterm -fa 'Mono' -fs 8" as > the launch command line, which uses an anti-aliased font. There doesn't > appear to be any improvement.
Odd. Maybe it's still falling back to software rendering for some other reason. > > Then I don't suppose Option "ColorTiling" "off" helps, as I don't think > > that could have been enabled with 2.6.32. > > Aha. That appears to have cured it. Hmm, but I just double-checked, and tiling should only be enabled with kernel >= 2.6.36. Why didn't 2.6.32 work better? Have you tried if compositing works better? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org