On 01.08.2008, at 14:43, James Cameron wrote: > On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 11:23:49AM +0200, Bert Freudenberg wrote: >> http://dev.laptop.org/~bert/whiteonblack.tar.gz > > +1 > > Works for me. But. > > Odd that it is slower than an xterm for displaying a "ps ax" ... > 0.517s > on 703 in the xterm, 3.068s in the text console ... why is it six > times > slower? > > (The xterm being compared was "xterm -fa DejaVu LGC Sans Mono -fs 9 > +sb > -bg black -fg white" started within a Terminal activity. Tested on a > C2, which was idle.) > > Over to Alt/F2, the old font gives 1.359s for the text console. > Still, > this default font is slower than the xterm. > > It must be due to the output device ... ssh to the C2, "ps ax" takes > 0.073s. > > Not exactly a rock solid test ... does anyone else see similar?
Yes, the console feels rather slow. Guess the kernel is not using optimal blitting for scrolling (the X server is accelerated even). But then, I don't know how displaying/scrolling the console really works, hence, not pointing fingers ... - Bert - _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel