On Sun, Dec 20, 2020, Nick Holland wrote: > In fact, that machine is loaded with nvidia hw. If you fixed > the video, I suspect you will slam into other walls shortly after.
I know it's a "slow" computer (1) by todays standards, but the only annoying thing is the slow scrolling (hit return, and watch as the entire xterm content moves up one line before it displays the next line). Everything else is "good enough" for software development (it might take longer to compile stuff, but that doesn't matter much to me - running the regression test suite takes the largest amount of time). > If you really want a dab of perfume on this pig, try a cheap ATI > video card in whatever slots you have available in it. However, once Ok, I'll take a look at my other "collector items" to see if I can find something that fits. > I'm a tad bit curious about your implying the X performance got bad > after 6.6...did this thing really not suck in 6.6 and before? Maybe Scrolling was just fine "back then": no visible delays - from probably 5.3 up to 6.6 (AFAIR). > there was regression in old nvidia hw with newer nvidia support? I looked at the 6.7 release notes, but couldn't find anything obvious. Maybe it is "hidden" in the "upgrade some X SW" entries? Footnote: (1) before 6.7 it was much faster/nicer to work with than the "fancy" high-end Mac laptop that I have to use for work. -- Address is valid for this mailing list only, please do not reply to it direcly, but to the list.
