Re: [gentoo-user] slow x

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 08:42:49PM -0400, waltdnes@waltdnes.org wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 09:26:13PM +0200, mailinglists00@gmail.com wrote
> 
> > My x is a bit slow. Lets say I have a minimized web browser with a
> > page with pictures and text.  If I maximize it, the drawing of the
> > page and the widgets doesn't happen instantly, but it takes a moment.
> 
>   Is this for all X apps, or just Firefox.  If it's just text-rendering,
> try compiling Firefox with "moznopango" flag , either in /etc/make.conf
> or /etc/package.use.  Note that this may disable non-English fonts.
> 
> > I have a radeon 7500 , 512MB of RAM, 1,5GHz AMD
> > and fluxbox, 1.6.5-r1 x server.
> 
>   Is that 512MB the video card or your system ram?  If it's 512MB system
> ram, that's probably your problem right there.  Firefox will strain your
> system just by itself.  Firefox is getting too bloated for its own good.
> SQL database and spell-check built in... what was the old joke about
> Mozilla 0.9... about:kitchen sink.  Firefox is a mediocre operating
> system that lacks a lightweight web-browser.
> 
> -- 
> Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
> 

:)
I don't use firefox.
512MB is my system RAM, but I'm sure it's not the problem.
I have this problem with different applications, even with
epdfview. 
I'm using webkit-gtk based browsers (midori, surf, uzbl).
The only app. which is drawn back instantly is xterm:)

So, it must be some configuration or build issue, because
of ubuntu livecd (it is working fast). I guess if it's
working fine from cd, it should work as well from hard drive.

Thanks,
bendeguz