[ltp] X11 is slugish

[Rob Mayoff]

| HEY!  I can too!  I had tried this before, thinking that /proc/cpuinfo
| would give me the correct info, but it apparently does not (hence my
| assumption that once set at boot, it's set).  However, how do you tell what
| speed it's running at (without running a series of benchmarks to decide?) 
| It's certainly possible to write a little script to do this, but it MUST be
| noted somewhere in the system...

I always end up typing "time perl -e 'for($i=0;$i<100000;$i++){}'".

| > I solved this problem on my 770Z by enabling the frame buffer console
| > support in the kernel.  I still use XF86_SVGA as my X server, but the
| > screen never goes 'modern-art' when I close the lid.
| 
| I'll check this out.  Which kernel?

I'm using 2.2.13.  If you have the 1280x1024 screen, you'll need to use
VGA mode 775 (hex 307).  I have "vga=775" in my /etc/lilo.conf.  I also
run my X server in 16-bit mode.  I don't recall whether that matters.

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