Re: [Xouvert-general] Network transparentcy and modules

[Jonathan Walther]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 05:55:54AM -0400, James Best wrote:
> On a different note, I don't think that X's sluggish response is from 
> the protocol or the network.  From my measurements and experience, it's 
> from task switching.  When I click on a button on the application, X 
> gets the event, sends it to the client.  The client does something with 
> it, and usually responds with some kind of redraw of the widget to 
> indicate the button was pressed.  Then, the user releases the button, 
> causing another event, another draw, and a number of other actions.  
> This communication causes the computer to switch tasks many times for 
> even the most basic button click.  At this point, other than kernel 
> tuning, I don't know how to reduce this.  This is where I am most 
> curious to help.

Linus recently tried a scheduler hack which made X much smoother... but
then in the next release he removed it again.  Wish he'd bring it back.
It made X unbelievably smooth and silky.  LWN.net discussed it. This was
several months ago.

Jonathan

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