X windows performance problem

Thomas Pedersen linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Thu, 22 Jul 1999 11:31:23 -0400 (EDT)


Add the accel option in the device section..

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Mike Heroux wrote:

> Although X runs on my Thinkpad 770Z, it is very slow at repainting the
> screen when doing various things.  For example if I try to move an xterm
> window to a different location on the screen, the window repaints very
> slowly as it is being moved.  In addition, scrolling large amounts of text
> in an xterm is very slow.  I am guessing it is something simple that I need
> to fix, but would appreciate any advice.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Mike
> Michael A. Heroux, Ph.D.
> Applied and Numerical Mathematics Department
> Massively Parallel Computing Research Lab
> Sandia National Laboratories
> ph: 320-845-7695
> fx: 320-845-7846
> mheroux@cs.sandia.gov
>