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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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