Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:11:18 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Performance problems after upgrade from xorg 7.2 -> 7.3 Message-ID: <20071126161118.842e05bb.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <200711262146.55451.pieter@degoeje.nl> References: <20071126153809.98ff55b4.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <200711262146.55451.pieter@degoeje.nl>
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In response to Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl>: > On Monday 26 November 2007, Bill Moran wrote: > > I upgraded my ports over the holiday, and I'm having a number > > of problems with xorg. I'll address them one at a time, in > > order of most problematic ... > > > > Right now, the worst is the lousy performance. Using the exact > > same xorg.conf that I had in 7.2, the performance of window > > resizes is terrible. I had no problems with this in 7.2. > > > > For example, if I open a terminal window, then hit the maximize > > button, it takes almost 3 seconds to maximize it. Again xorg > > 7.2 didn't have this problem. Is there some new config option > > in 7.3 that I need to enable? I'm not seeing performance > > problems anywhere else that I can find (moving windows around, > > for example, seems to work fine). > > > > Could it be my wm (xfce4) ... as I upgraded it at the same time? [snip] > Some components of xfce have trouble with the composite extension, which is > enabled by default in 7.3. > Add the following section to xorg.conf to fix: > > Section "Extensions" > Option "Composite" "Disable" > EndSection > > Hope this helps, It absolutely solved the problem. Thanks! -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/ wmoran@collaborativefusion.com Phone: 412-422-3463x4023
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