Log-off screen painting noticeably slower

[Alexander Larsson]

On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 03:38, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> We now return to our regularly scheduled beta testing in progress...
> 
> I keep my Severn system regularly up2dated. Lately I've noticed when I
> select "Log out" the display no longer darkens smoothly. Now it makes
> three distinct passes -- each a little darker than before and separated
> by a half beat -- as it displays "Are you sure you want to log off?"
> 
> My X configuration is:
> ATI Rage 128 Mobility
> LCD Panel 1600x1200
> DefaultDepth 24
> XFree86 4.3.0-32
> 
> Is anyone else noticing this behavior? Mike Harris?

I think this is due to a change in gnome-session. Previously it always
did N steps, while now it does the animation in M seconds, with as many
steps there is time for. So, the amount of steps depends on hw
performance to avoid being really really slow on slow systems.

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