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Re: Bad performance a common problem?
- To: grey_hat at lycos dot com
- Subject: Re: Bad performance a common problem?
- From: Rasjid <rasjidw at bigpond dot com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 18:55:20 +1000
- CC: Cygwin XFree86 list <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
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Tim Koenig wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm currently testing a 'minimal' installation of XFree86/Cygwin, using only cygwin1.dll, cygz.dll and Xwin.exe, getting everything (including fonts) from a Linux server.
>
> It works as expected, but it's _unusable_ slow.
>
> Does anyone know the reason and a possible solution [OS is Windows 95]?
>
> I can rule out the server side issue, since performance is adequately fast when I use a Linux client with the same settings.
>
> TIA, Tim
>
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I would also include `rdb.txt' and `SecurityPolicy' in your minimal
install, and use -co and -sp options to reference them. Although
XWin.exe will work without the above files, it may help if you have
them. (It may not too.)
Rasjid.