Re: very slow drawing

From: Thomas Walter (twalter@physik.unizh.ch)
Date: Sat Feb 06 1999 - 11:12:07 MET


Rene,

> > 
> > If I remember me correctly, this discrepancy already existed in Zuerich.
> > I displayed the histograms over the ethernet-lan from one computer to
> > another. So I guess, the problem isn't a slow link between Hamburg and
> > Zuerich.
> > 
> Thomas,
> As I was expecting, your problem has nothing to do with Postscript.
> it is a pure X11 problem. I am aware of performance problems in case
> you run on a Solaris 2.6 machine and your X server is another machine
> even on the same LAN. Are you running on a Solaris machine?

No, the aren't. All three are intel linux boxes. In Zuerich we run KDE and 
in Hamburg Fvwm95 as window manager.

> If yes, this problem should be investigated. It is not a Root problem.
> Ian Bird from Jefferson Lab raised this problem some time ago.
> I do not know if they found a solution.
> As a simple test, could you try to run Netscape on your machine in
> Zuerich
> and try to use it from your display in Hamburg?

Yes I did it. Both, netscape 3 and communicator 4.5, are really usable,
even though not especial fast.

Thomas Walter



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