This sounds to me like it could be an issue with the efficiency of some bit of an X driver. Hence other people not seeing the same problem.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karel Kulhavy > Sent: 09 October 2005 00:10 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: PCB is extremely slow > > On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 12:48:47PM -0700, Steve Meier wrote: > > How is the response if you start turning off layers with polygons? > > Gets better. > > CL< > > > > > Steve Meier > > > > > > On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 19:30 +0200, Karel Kulhavy wrote: > > > I am editing Ronja Twister > > > http://ronja.twibright.com/schematics/twister.pcb > > > And it sometimes takes 30 seconds to redraw (during which PCB > > > doesn't react). My machine has 1500MHz CPU and 0.5GB of RAM and > > > nothing CPU intensive is running there besides. > > > > > > Do you have also this problem? Is it possible to optimize PCB > > > somehow to not grind down this way? I can't imagine > making a 8-layer > > > motherboard in this, it would take like 1 year to redraw... > > > > > > CL< >
