Just as a 'case'
I have used netscape on Cygwin Xfree - over a 33.6k MODEM :P
yes it was dog slow ... (300ms latency i think...)
but it Did work ...
ssh X compression helped ALOT - i managed to get my marks from a university
server which includes filling out 4-5 forms - a few dialog boxes poping u
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Brian Genisio wrote:
> Almost all Motif widgets use XSync calls, as well as calls that are not
> streamlined for latency. I would make a gross assumption that Netscape uses
> Motif,
Yes, it uses Motif. There is (was) always a version linked staticly and
one linked dynamic
Yeah... I didnt know for sure which ones did, and which ones didnt cause round
trip... I was simply giving examples Regardless, there are PLENTY of
round-trip messages in Netscape. (xmond will show them.)
Pixmaps cause high net traffic, but arent effected as much by latency as they
are bandw
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Brian Genisio wrote:
> OpenDisplay
> CreateWindow
CreateWindow does not need Serverresponse. But the pixmap's needed for
Netscape cause the high traffic
> GetGC
> GetFont
bye
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Yeah, with 100ms - 350ms, I know for a fact that Netscape is very slow. I am
not sure if you know much about the X protocol, but a simple X program, such as
xterm will send about 20 protocol messages out... Many of the X protocol
messages are roundtrip and serial... Because of this, if you have (
>
> Yes, but did you try it anyways? Most Linux
distributions
> set XDMCP up as
> default when it sets up X. I would simply try it,
before you
> worry about
> setting it up on the Linux system.
I did try it. I got "too many retransmissions" errors.
>
> Another thought about the Netscape pr
