On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 11:01:07PM +0000, Janke Knolli wrote: > Hi, my first post here. I just installed OpenBSD 4.2 from the "official" > CD's on a Sun Ultra 5 270Mhz 128MB RAM with mouse, keyboard (5C) and a > ordinary vga monitor. All smooth and good. > > Then there's the problem: Reading MAN-pages is *very* slow in virtual > console/terminal. When I use PAGE-DOWN/PAGE-UP it takes 3-4 seconds before > the screen updates. Now I've > asked several places, googled around and found nothing I can do to improve > performance in virtual console. Is this really normal behaviour on a Sun > Ultra 5? And is there anything I can do to speed it up? It's ouchie ouchie > to learn a new OS when reading MAN-pages equals pain (due to 3-4 sec. wait > every page I scroll) > > Not sure what other info to add. It's a vanilla install with no X. And VI > scrolls fast (probably a logical reason for it, which I'm not aware of).
I haven't booted my ultra 5 boxes recently, but I had the same experience with slowness. It may be due to trying to "shift" the contents to scroll, vs. vi just redoing the whole screen. My solution was to use X and a window manager like ratpoison or ion. Both are fairly lightweight and fast, and are something like using screen under X. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation
