Re: Really slow xterm
On 2007-05-16 15:59:10 -0500, cothrige wrote:
> I have installed xterm via apt, running etch, and have noticed that it
> scrolls really slowly. I compared it to rxvt by running `time ls` in
> /usr/bin with rxvt taking 0.572s and xterm running at 4.633s. Earlier
> it was even worse taking over 10 seconds. It is a very big difference
> in usage, and if I am compiling something it can have very significant
> impact.
>
> Has anybody else had this experience?
xterm has always been very fast here.
> Is there anything I can change which may help this?
This may come from your fonts. Could you try with "xterm -fn fixed"
for instance?
I don't know if this is important, but does "stty -a" return the same
thing in rxvt and xterm?
A strace (on xterm) may also be helpful...
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