We are having exactly the same problem which prevents us from switching to Firefox 3. Something which in our opinion is getting quite critical since Mozilla dropped support for Firefox 2 in December.
Do you know if there is any solution for this? Regards Truls Asheim On 09/03/09 09:17, Sammy Atmadja wrote: > Hi, > > A lot of newer software (for example firefox 3) relies on having the > RENDER extension available on the X-server. When it's not available it > tries it tries to compensate for it which results in high network > traffic, as it copies a lot of data back and forth. When running the > software locally you don't really notice this, but you sure do when > running it over remote X. > > What i understand is that this behaviour is dependent on the underlying > graphical library used (firefox 3 uses libcairo). Maybe some older > libraries don't need RENDER, and are still quite efficient over remote X. > > Sammy > > cedric briner wrote: > > sun box: Solaris10 Sunray4.0 > > linux box: ubuntu 8.04 > > ssh: OpenSSH_4.7p1 > > xorg: 1.4.0.90 > > > > Hello, > > > > we have a mix of Solaris and Linux boxs. But when a solaris sunray > > station do a > > ssh -X u...@linux_box kate > > ssh -X u...@linux_box gedit > > or > > whatever else commands which uses a X client, we get a slow refresh of > > the client on the X server of the sunray. > > > > Trying to analyze this, we've seen that the eth0 of the linux box goes > > very very high loaded on such situation. > > > > This is quite surprising, when we are used to do X forwarding with ssh > > since age and that our network is a Gigabit one with powerfull router. > > > > When we try to do the same between two linux box, we get a very > > responsive gui interface with a low load on the network. And we get also > > very good response between the sunray servers. > > > > Since we do not have any idea of where to start, we'd like to know what > > could provides such issue. > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > cEd > > > > This is a message from the E-MAIL server of Transtrend B.V. > > The information contained in this communication is confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is > addressed. You should not copy, disclose, or distribute this communication > without the authority of Transtrend B.V. Transtrend B.V. is neither liable > for the proper and complete transmission of the information contained in > this communication nor for any delay in its receipt. Transtrend B.V. does > not guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been maintained > nor that the communication is free of viruses, interceptions or > interference. > > If you are not the intended recipient of this communication please return > the communication to the sender and delete and destroy all copies. > > De informatie verzonden in dit e-mailbericht is vertrouwelijk en > uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Openbaarmaking, > vermenigvuldiging, verspreiding en/of verstrekking van deze informatie aan > derden is, behoudens voorafgaande schriftelijke toestemming van Transtrend > B.V. niet toegestaan. Transtrend B.V. staat niet in voor de juiste en > volledige overbrenging van de inhoud van een verzonden e-mailbericht, noch > voor tijdige ontvangst daarvan. Transtrend B.V. kan niet garanderen dat een > verzonden e-mailbericht vrij is van virussen, noch dat e-mailberichten > worden overgebracht zonder inbreuk of tussenkomst van onbevoegde derden. > > Indien bovenstaand e-mailbericht niet aan u is gericht, verzoeken wij u. > vriendelijk doch dringend het e-mailbericht te retourneren aan de afzender > en het origineel en eventuele kopieen te verwijderen en te vernietigen. > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
