Re: Poor Xorg performance in Etch

[Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com>]

Marty wrote:

> I have removed all plugins, and disabled java, javascript and cookies.
> I have also disabled images and link prefetching.  None of these changes fix the 
> problem.
>
> On the same site I found a page that scrolls even more slowly:
> http://www.dailytech.com/German+Scientists+Declare+Speed+of+Light+Broken/article8487.htm
>
> New observations after further testing: First, I think I was mistaken, and this 
> problem does not occur in my other Etch system.  Secondly, top shows only one 
> CPU pegged at 100%, while the overall CPU  utilization is 50%, suggesting that 
> the other CPU is idle.  Taken together these seem to suggest a possible SMP or 
> motherboard issue (MSI K9MM-V).

I posted too soon. Apparently the image setting had not taken hold, and when I 
did disable it the problem went away, both in Iceape and Konqueror. This seems 
odd because the page is mostly text, with only a few small images.  Now I am 
guessing there is some kind of image library issue.