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Date:      Sun, 15 Dec 2002 22:30:08 -0800
From:      Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rapha=EBl_Ding=E9?= <raphael.dinge@ohmforce.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X over ethernet is too much slow...
Message-ID:  <D216B8F8-10BF-11D7-86CE-003065715DA8@pursued-with.net>
In-Reply-To: <27AF90DA-10BA-11D7-961E-00039312D14E@ohmforce.com>

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On Sunday, Dec 15, 2002, at 21:49 US/Pacific, Raphaël Dingé wrote:
> I've been using another configuration where I switched from ssh to a 
> complete xdcmp system.
> Loading of pictures is very faster now, in rt2_demo it is quick, so in 
> normal desktop environment it is quite perfect.
>
> I found that increasing sendspace & rscvspace for tcp in sysctl.conf 
> did not change anything, and my thought is that it's got something to 
> be with udp/tcp.
>
> Any thoughts on what could affect X performance so much with tcp ?
> Did I misconfigured something ?

X is subject to bad coding.  If one of the elements on your desktop is 
set to update, say, 100 times/second, it can seriously affect overall 
refresh rates.

You may need to take a protocol analyzer to the link to establish 
what's really going on in the conversation.  Hacking around in the 
ethernet settings isn't liable to buy you much in your scenario.

KeS


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