On Nov 29, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Arturo Zambrano wrote:

> Ok, I tried without compiz and both Pharo and X11 using 16 bpp: It works 
> better (still slow if compared to VW). For example: when pressing right 
> button on the world, it takes almost a second  for the popup menu to show up. 
> Is that normal?

normally not

> I didn't used it in another platform, I will try to give it a try under 
> Windows to see if speed is the same.

Thanks
> 
> Is there a particular reason for Pharo not supporting 24bpp?

time and money.

> I think all nvidia drivers for linux works up to 24bpp, but this depth is not 
> listed
> in Pharo (using 16 bits looks a bit ugly)


normally displayScreen only supports ... 8, 16 or 32 bits
> 
> 
> regards.
> art
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Arturo Zambrano 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Sorry, I was busy and I could not respond before.
> 
> I found it really slow while using compiz at 24bpp, on top a of Gentoo 64 bit 
> box (turion 2dual core 2Ghz).
> 
> I will use it now without compiz and let you know if it behaves better.
> 
> Do you have any performance test that I can run so  that I have "numbers" to 
> report? Because
> the slowness could be a subjective impression as I usually run VisualWorks. 
> 
> regards
> art
> 
> 
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Damien Cassou <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> Hi Arturo,
> 
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Stéphane Ducasse
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Arturo told me that pharo was looking slow on his machine.
> 
> I'm using Pharo on Ubuntu 9.10 and experience no problem. Could you
> please try by turning off Compiz?
> 
> --
> Damien Cassou
> http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st
> 
> "Lambdas are relegated to relative obscurity until Java makes them
> popular by not having them." James Iry
> 
> 


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