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  • From: qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] More on Sylpheed: new xserver
  • Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 16:24:55 +0000

James Miller wrote:
>
> I tried the xserver you recommended, Steven (svga.tgz),
> and it's made quite a difference in the performance of
> Sylpheed on this machine. There's no comparison in the
> graphics of the program's gui: it's 100% better with this
> xserver (I'm using that server on this machine now).
> Turns out it makes quite a performance difference as well.
> the CPU meter remains below the halfway point. I'd say it
> stays below the lower quarter of it's little box

That's very interesting. flwriter also performs badly on
the VGA16 Xserver, but is better on a hi-res Xserver.

> I just could not have guessed that the xserver could have
> such an effect on the way a program runs.

Same here. I had assumed that 16 color, 640x480 resolution
would be faster than 256 color, 800x600 resolution. Seems
like something funny (bad) is going on inside the VGA16
Xserver.

Cheers,
Steven





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