On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:28:33 -0800, Troy Engel wrote:
> Motor wrote:
>>
>> I just upgraded my machine from FC4 (where I was
using your 1.5.0.1
>> RPM) to FC5... and afterwards everything felt
subtly sluggish.
>> Eventually I realised that part of it was Firefox,
and I was now using
>> Red Hat's version of 1.5.0.1. I removed it and
reinstalled your rpm
>> (even though is for FC4)... and now things are more
like they were in
>> terms of speed. Otherwise it looks and works the
same as the RH
>> version.
>
> Wow, that's really interesting to know, thanks. I just
ordered a new
> laptop (yay! first one in 6 years) and will be going
with FC5 on it; I
> haven't had a chance to see what's in the distro.
When I used FC4 I was using Red Hat's older Firefox... and
tried your RPM.
I noticed at the time that it was faster, but wasn't sure
whether it was
improvements in 1.5 or something about the way it was
compiled.
Now I'm used FC5 Firefox 1.5 and have found the same
sluggish performance,
I'm pretty sure it something to do with how Firefox was
compiled.
Just for reference: I'm using an AMD XP 2000+ with a Matrox
G550 card.
> An interesting experiment which maybe I'll try -- grab
the FC5 srpm,
> install it and comment out the pango/cairo compiles,
then rebuild it. I
> honestly don't even know what those two things do.
If it's either of those things, it's not good news. I
though GNOME 2.14
was bringing improvements in pango... but it doesn't seem
like it from
what I've seen (assuming it is to blame). The difference
really is very
noticeable. It goes from annoying delays and sluggish
scrolling with RH's
Firefox to fairly snappy with your RPM.
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