Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 23:31:42 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@secnetix.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 faster!? Message-ID: <200206272131.g5RLVgj93332@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <1025209865.47815.5.camel@owen1492.it.oot>
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Craig Boston <craig@meoqu.gank.org> wrote: > On Thu, 2002-06-27 at 14:44, Johannes Hofmann wrote: > > I just upgraded from 4.6 Release to -STABLE (Jun 27 21:42:28). > > My X feels much snappier now. Any ideas what might cause that? > > Have you filed a PR on this? I'm sure this is an issue that we would > like to get resolved by 4.7-RELEASE if at all possible. First of all -- yes, I noticed the sarcasm. While the speed improvement that Johannes experienced is certainly desirable and should not be reversed, it _is_ somewhat important to find out what caused it. Because if the cause is unknown, then it could disappear one day (maybe at the next update), rendering the system slower again, and you wouldn't be able to do anything about it because you have no clue what it is. For what it's worth, I have no clue what it is, either. For the above reason, it is always preferable to know the causes for any changes in system behaviour, no matter if it changes in a positive or negative way. Computers are not magic, and software is not voodoo. Everything has a cause. Regards Oliver PS: "Every sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." (Unfortunately I don't remember who said that.) -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "All that we see or seem is just a dream within a dream" (E. A. Poe) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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