Re: GTK apps over XDMCP - Anyone else find lists slow?
On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 21:40 +0100, Seb James wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I'm having trouble with GTK lists (for example a list of emails in
> evolution) being very slow to scroll in Debian Lenny when using a remote
> login via XDMCP. Scrolling is fine when using a local session.
>
> Has anyone else noticed this issue? I've tried a couple of different
> client computers (one Nvidia, one ATI, both with RENDER extension) and
> compared a couple of different installs of Debian Lenny with Ubuntu 8.04
> and Debian Etch. GTK lists really do seem to be slow in Lenny. Comments?
>
> Seb James
>
The problem I am experiencing is Bug 487635:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487635
It's an Xlib/libxcb problem, not a GTK problem, though it doesn't seem
to show up for KDE apps.
I've applied a fix submitted to Ubuntu by Stephane Graber (I think he's
one of the LTSP guys).
best,
Seb James
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