slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-26 Thread Phlip
CygWinners: I have either Ubuntu or Mandriva on an old Dell Latitude. Alone, it's perfectly fast. Some programs are faster than on my modern clone running WinXP. Big surprise there. However, when I run the latest CygWin XFree on WinXP, and connect directly to this notebook with SSH, repaints are

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-26 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
Phlip wrote: CygWinners: I have either Ubuntu or Mandriva on an old Dell Latitude. Alone, it's perfectly fast. Some programs are faster than on my modern clone running WinXP. Big surprise there. However, when I run the latest CygWin XFree on WinXP, and connect directly to this notebook with SSH

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-26 Thread Phlip
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: In all seriousness, if you really think that your question could be a FAQ, why wouldn't you start with the Cygwin-X FAQ? For example, the answer to your problem may come from the following entry: Thanks for the derision and RTFM. I already stated I have fast netwo

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-26 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
Phlip wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: In all seriousness, if you really think that your question could be a FAQ, why wouldn't you start with the Cygwin-X FAQ? For example, the answer to your problem may come from the following entry: Thanks for the derision and RTFM. I already stated I

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-26 Thread Phlip
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: > Again, why should Linux->Win32 be slow when Linux->cloud->Linux > is so fast? I don't know what you mean by "Linux->Win32" but Windows is not Linux and neither is Cygwin. I'm having trouble feeling motivated to continue reading your posts after such condescens

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-26 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
Phlip wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: > Again, why should Linux->Win32 be slow when Linux->cloud->Linux > is so fast? I don't know what you mean by "Linux->Win32" but Windows is not Linux and neither is Cygwin. I'm having trouble feeling motivated to continue reading your posts after s

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-26 Thread Phlip
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: I apologize to others on the list for extending this thread and adding to the volume in your mail boxes. It was clearly unnecessary. Don't forget apologizing for leaving a dead trail in the archives... -- Phlip http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand <-- NOT a blog!!

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-26 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
Phlip wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: I apologize to others on the list for extending this thread and adding to the volume in your mail boxes. It was clearly unnecessary. Don't forget apologizing for leaving a dead trail in the archives... Actually, I've done all the apologizing I int

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-26 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 07:10:52PM -0700, Phlip wrote: >Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: >>I apologize to others on the list for extending this thread and adding >>to the volume in your mail boxes. It was clearly unnecessary. > >Don't forget apologizing for leaving a dead trail in the archives... On

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-26 Thread Phlip
Christopher Faylor wrote: On the contrary, this is a good illustration for anyone who tends to become offended by attempts to clarify and redirect false assumptions. The fallout makes converging on an answer much harder too. Let's start again, with a parable. For example, if I discovered the