Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-09-06 Thread Phlip
Phlip wrote: > Here are animations of the effect: > > http://www.zeroplayer.com/fastXterm.avi > http://www.zeroplayer.com/slowKde.avi Just to finish the thread, turning compression on seems to have helped. ssh -X -C [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did not report that earlier because at first it did not

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-30 Thread Phlip
Here are animations of the effect: http://www.zeroplayer.com/fastXterm.avi http://www.zeroplayer.com/slowKde.avi Just to finish the thread, turning compression on seems to have helped. ssh -X -C [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did not report that earlier because at first it did not work. The above anima

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-28 Thread Phlip
Peter Farley wrote: PMFJIH Here are animations of the effect: http://www.zeroplayer.com/fastXterm.avi http://www.zeroplayer.com/slowKde.avi Download those; don't just click on them. Gnome is slow too, but I'm open to the suggestion that KDE and Gnome have similar bugs that should be pursued

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-28 Thread Phlip
Peter Farley wrote: PMFJIH, but is the WinXP screen resolution *substantially* different from the ubuntu screen resolution? I do not know if it solves anything, but could a big difference in the screen resolutions explain observably slower paints? Rootless? -- Phlip http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-28 Thread Peter Farley
PMFJIH, but is the WinXP screen resolution *substantially* different from the ubuntu screen resolution? I do not know if it solves anything, but could a big difference in the screen resolutions explain observably slower paints? Just a thought. Peter --- Phlip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-28 Thread Phlip
Cary Jamison wrote: it says that you may have to disable firewall/VPN/etc. software thay may have installed its own TCP/IP stack. Often, disabling is not enough, you have to completely uninstall it. This isn't based on my own e

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-28 Thread Cary Jamison
Phlip wrote: > Peter Woo wrote: > >> Most of the >> cryptic xf86config that you see on Linux is not applicable to Cygwin. > > Yay > >> I guess I am confused like the other folks on what else you could do >> to tune up Cygwin/X. Just to limit the scope a bit - do you run >> slow xterm even just by

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-27 Thread Phlip
Peter Woo wrote: Most of the cryptic xf86config that you see on Linux is not applicable to Cygwin. Yay I guess I am confused like the other folks on what else you could do to tune up Cygwin/X. Just to limit the scope a bit - do you run slow xterm even just by opening up a local xterm on you

Re: slow paints despite fast hardware

2006-08-27 Thread Peter Woo
Phlip wrote: > The question remains: Where do I start the investigate, and what RC > files and setting lines might control the situation? My understanding is that Cygwin is just an emulator. Cygwin/X will respect the hardware acceleration that you do on the Windows config. So, if your Windows has

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

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 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 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: > 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: > 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: 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: 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: 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

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