Re: Really slow xterm

[cothrige <cothrige@bellsouth.net>]

* Michelle Konzack (linux4michelle@freenet.de) wrote:
> Am 2007-05-16 15:59:10, schrieb cothrige:
> > 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
> 
> It seems, there is somethong wrong with WOUR XTerm.

Actually, it has been worse at times than even above.  Yesterday, I
ran the same test and it took 20 seconds.  I thought that was pretty
awful.

> Maybe YOUR "rxvt" (Reduced X VirtualTerminal) load only
> "dash" and xterm the "bash" (Blown Advanced SHell)?

Nope, both are bash.
 
> :-)
> 
> Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
>     Michelle Konzack
>     Systemadministrator
>     Tamay Dogan Network
>     Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
> 

Thanks,

Patrick