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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:56:52 +0200
Benjamin Walkenhorst <krylon@gmx.net> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:40:30 +0530
> Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > cat /etc/make.conf
> 
> ------------------------
> PERL_VER=5.8.2
> PERL_VERSION=5.8.2
> PERL_ARCH=mach
> NOPERL=yo
> NO_PERL=yo
> NO_PERL_WRAPPER=yo
> 
> CPUTYPE=athlon-mp
> 
> CFLAGS+= -O2 -pipe
> X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xorg
> ------------------------
> 
> But like I said, I think I chose the wrong words - 
> X.org does not perform poorly, it's just that it sometimes will
> use lots of CPU, and I am under the impression it does even more so
> than XFree did.
> Or is it just my perception kidding me?

Try reworking a lot of thinks with out the -O2 flag. I've seen massive
breakage caused by them, with little or no noticeable speed gain.