On Jul 27, 2005, at 1:07 AM, Jimen Ching wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Eric Hattemer wrote:
What I'd say sucks more than applications, more than vague issues
with
low level protocol stuff and how XYZ is missing, is that X11 seems
slow. Really slow.
*Groan*
I've seen these complaint threads a thousand times. And those threads
usually mention just as many causes for the slowness. My
recommendation
is to do a search on google to see if someone else has the same
problem.
In many cases (not all cases), the cause isn't the X server, or the X
protocol, or even the video card. And before Jim responds with a
50 page
lecture of X performance; yes I am aware of cases where some
operations in
the X server are slow, and the X protocol may be part of the problem.
50 pages? Thats my writing assignment? *Groan*! :-)
Turns out, Mr. Packard has already written it. http://keithp.com/
~keithp/talks/usenix2003/html/net.html
This is a nice summary of whats up in the world of X11: http://
www.alkemio.org/wordpress/x-terminology/
jim
