Re: Bug#197797: gnome-terminal v2 is horribly slow to display
Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org> writes:
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 10:54:21PM +0200, Christian Marillat wrote:
>> Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org> writes:
[...]
>> Read fontconfig documentation ?
>> Search with Google why AA are slow ?
>
> AA ? Ascii Art ?!
Are you living on another planet ?
> What would that to do with fontconfig ? I had a terminal emulator
See the gnome-terminal dependency, why I'm talking about fontconfig and
and think the package name fontconfig is explicit.
> that worked correctly, now it does not any more, and I'm apparently
> not using any strange font... How is it that most developpers happen
> to help people to track problems, when some others mostly answer "read
> all the internet, you'll find the answer" ?
I'm just saying that this is not a bug but a configuration issue.
> And did you yourself try to run some command like "ldd
> /usr/bin/gnome-terminal" in screen in a gnome-terminal ? And compare
> that to the same within screen within an xterm ? The former takes
> more than 3 seconds of wallclock ("time" is not taking the display
> time into account, don't bother using it). Reminds me of the 8086
> preformance when running "DIR" on a floppy disk.
Again no, I did a "tree /var" under a normal gnome-tterminal and under
screen; and I do'n t see any difference.
[...]
>> Try to changes the gnome-terminal font ?
>
> Now that's something a bit more constructive. After one hour of
> otherwise sterile debates :(
Since the beginning I said that.
[...]
> Guess what ? 99% of them are proportional, which makes them totally
> useless on a terminal emulator. Should I file a new bug ? Or would
> it closed directly for any obscure reason ?
Should I add font packages for you ?
[...]
>> try to disable font paths in fontconfig configuration ?
>
> Disable what ?
>
> $ cat /etc/fonts/local.conf
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
> <!-- /etc/fonts/local.conf file for local customizations -->
> <fontconfig>
> </fontconfig>
Wrong file.
> After running "dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig" I now have a single line.
> Not sure that will help however.
May be you need to do a ls /etc/fonts ?
$ ls /etc/fonts
fonts.conf fonts.dtd local.conf local.conf.old
and read other files ?
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>> > It looks like many people are being pissed off by such an aggressive
>> > behaviour. This is going against the quality of the distribution.
>> > Hence the CC of this mail.
>>
>> Who is exactly agressive ? you ?
>
> The one who is so convinced there is no bug in _HIS_ package that he
> pisses off bug reporters without an explanation ? The one who has to
> be asked 4 times by different packages before starting to enlighten
> the lowly users about why their bug was closed ? Just guess...
I've already saying 4 times that this bug is a configuration issue. Your
attitude is also unacceptable, you have reopened this bug without any
search on your configuration what wrong.
Christian
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