On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 14:33 +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote: > > I have noticed that with xserver-xorg 6.8.99.900.dfsg.1-0pre1 windows > are really slow to map (initial mapping and virtual desktop switch), > with and without DRI, with and without Composite, with and without > xcompmgr -a or -c.
Interesting, I sometimes notice this too, but I thought it was due to running xcompmgr... > For example, Evolution full-screen (1920x1200) takes 2 seconds to map > completely after a virtual desktop switch, a gnome terminal displays a > black window after 1 second, and another 1 second later windows > decorations and bash prompt appear. Afterwards things are as fast as > usual (i.e. 6.8.2.dfsg.1-*). So you're saying that mapping windows was significantly faster in 6.8? Does this also manifest in x11perf tests such as -create or -map? > Is that some known shortcoming in experimental, or should I report that > in debian or upstream ? As I'm currently running a local build from CVS, I don't see how it could be Debian specific. Please report your findings on the xorg mailing list and/or on bugs.freedesktop.org. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
