On 29/11/14 11:44, m...@beta-centauri.de wrote: > Hi, > > I am using xrdp with X11rdp quite often over slow connections (long > distance internet connections). In doing so, I noticed that some > programs (e.g. gedit, gnome-terminal - probably any gtk and qt based > program) seem to have a quite slow font rendering. Other programs (e.g. > nedit, xterm - more simple programs, probably those using the > fontserver) are very fast - more or less same speed as a text-only ssh > connection. My impression is that the slower programs result in bitmap > screen updates to be send to the client, while the fast programs render > the fonts differently so high-level updates can be sent and the fonts > are rendered on the client. > > Is this correct?
Yes If yes, is there any way to enable the more modern > programs not using the fontserver (but probably xrender) to also use > client-side font rendering? No > > Btw: I am using a very recent git version of xrdp (pulled from the > master branch), but I observed this problem also with a much much older > version 0.6.0 with a separate X11rdp package. Maybe I am installing or > configuring it wrong? > No. Font handling in X11 is stone age. Anything modern it is all rendered in the widget set (aka gtk/qt) and sent as a bitmap. For the older programs it is done in the Xserver and hence it is much more efficient. It is one of the issues as to why things like Wayland are being pushed. JAB. -- Jonathan A. Buzzard Email: jonathan (at) buzzard.me.uk Fife, United Kingdom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ xrdp-devel mailing list xrdp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xrdp-devel
