Re: gnome-terminal

[Mariano Suárez-Alvarez <msuarezalvarez arnet com ar>]

On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 01:08 +0530, Ritesh Khadgaray wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 12:54 -0400, Ron Salyers wrote:
> > I am connecting to a Red Hat server using X-Win32.  Sometimes when I run 
> > gnome-terminal I have a latency problem.  I type a command like 'ls' and 
> > there is a pause before it actually lists the files.  If I run xterm at 
> > the same time the response to 'ls' is instantaneous.
> > 
> > It's not a problem with the load on the server.  It's a new dual-core 
> > with 8 GB of RAM and I'm the only one logged in.  Any other X 
> > application I run doesn't have a problem.
> 
> sorry for late reply, as i had lost this mail.
> 
> Ditch gnome-terminal on RHEL4. It is slow ( redraw issues) and is a bit
> buggy. xterm is way better, and lot less buggy.
> 
> gnome-terminal on FC6/RHEL5 beta is much better and have faster
> response.

If you are not using an X display which provides the XRENDER extension
(from reading its web page, I gather X-Win32 only has supported XRENDER
since the last release, the 8th) things are going to be slow.
If you are using an XRENDER-less X display, then (assuming you are using
relatively current versions of vte/g-t; I do not know what versions
RHEL4 provides...) you should try toggling the gconf
key /schemas/apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/no_aa_without_render

HTH,

-- m