Brian, No problem. Hey, the funny thing is that I didn't know what OS he was running either. As I was writing, I glanced back to his original message and saw W2K... kinda weird that we both missed that on our first read.
Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Genisio > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 12:18 PM > To: Harold Hunt; Jean-Marc Paulin; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Q: Cygwin/Xfree is running very slow... any hints ? > > > Appologies... This is something I knew, but worded my statement > wrong. At the > time, I did not know the OS, or how he was starting the X server > (could have > been command line)... My statement was more to explain that the -engine 1 > option should not have been used.... One of those "I knew what I meant" > statements... > > Anyways, sorry... not good at getting my point across. > B > > > --- Harold Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brian, > > > > > Make sure you are running engine 4. > > > > That is somewhat misleading advice. There is code in the server that > > detects which engines types are supported. Engine 4, the best > performing > > engine, is used whenever it is supported. Thus, to tell the user to use > > engine 4 is likely to just send them on a wild goose chase. > Jean-Marc has > > Windows 2000 which means that DirectX 4+ is installed, so XWin > will always > > use engine 4 on his system. > > > > Harold > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! > http://auctions.yahoo.com
