From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MJxwT-0006ZN-FQ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:01:17 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 869B8E02D6; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:01:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f227.google.com (mail-gx0-f227.google.com [209.85.217.227]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62354E02D6 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:01:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk27 with SMTP id 27so4170735gxk.10 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:01:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=lBI6jU3lt1c35n/vpDqWeSHpKyX7QtuY/DSKhiXWmBQ=; b=vZoyzf3YRuhBF09edgq/Q0CmtA7yhTUc9gb22wq9JvXbQMQZS2ShzwvBLJhRdWHFEq glHFH3DJUZ0nrNqYwk4ztb4nl27iOB/7uqZDSVojQkpM/888oEx94qqWQAM6uto5RyoS y9QCn7rKfS4kboLozayGNr+wb81nJkzEAkMXI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=MZPFQQkTpfBkdH2W2IZeFqi74NnqA4aRdpY+BdujnKrsF6qostNWWGxLVhwk6eeBcp qfHZ2VWIoAc2A9cMRAuKJ6y10SujGT32rIaSaAojL6AOIrPj04oqvowr+8R67lBhISP8 ONeosSponUhjTpZwsTYkVKEWcn3iNMNvKovDY= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.151.83.16 with SMTP id k16mr5463888ybl.326.1245970876093; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:01:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <58965d8a0906251556u12e63f87x67c5c25e74df5a83@mail.gmail.com> References: <5bdc1c8b0906251532r57087b14q170e3e8565ad83d6@mail.gmail.com> <58965d8a0906251540n66a6a8ccv5e8685702a8f3154@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0906251550i682319ecp7189f52e4cfefbb7@mail.gmail.com> <58965d8a0906251556u12e63f87x67c5c25e74df5a83@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:01:16 -0700 Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0906251601w26c1632bjbf5f6ecd3d3b23dd@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Terminal resizes very slowly From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: bb264100-0731-4b88-97ae-e5a8b006f339 X-Archives-Hash: e27af565f1761c84fa3379f3962a4962 On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Paul >> Hartman wrote: >>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Mark Knecht wrot= e: >>>> Section "Device" >>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0"** ATI Radeon (generic) =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 [radeon]" >>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0Driver =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"radeon" >>>> EndSection >>> >>> Try adding this line to that section: >>> >>> Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"AccelMethod" "EXA" >>> >>> Nikos suggested it on this list a while back and it made my XFCE with >>> ATI graphics card perform much faster... a night and day difference. >>> >>> >> >> OK - that helps a lot when using a solid background on the terminal, >> and helps at least a little when using transparency. Thanks. >> >> Do you see a big difference when using transparency on terminals? > > I don't use transparency, so I have no idea. Sorry. > > It's not critical, but I sort of like the softer look. gnome-terminal resizes fast in XFCE but on my system has some really ugly flashing in it as it does the resize. Thanks for the help on the acceleration option. that's a good one and I think you recommended it maybe a month or two ago when I was having trouble with my wife's machine. Didn't help there on that problem but certain helps here. Cheers, Mark