Very slow screen refresh

[Ian Burrell]

On 2/4/06, Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron at camerontech.com> wrote:
> All -
>
> I am running FC5t2 x86_64 on an Intel D945PVS motherboard with an Intel
> 3.0GHz HT processor and 512MB memory.  My video card is an nVidia
> GeForce FX 5200 with 128MB memory.  My monitor is a Viewsonic VA201wb
> 19" LCD monitor.  I am running at 1600x1200 resolution, thousands of
> colors.
>
> When I minimize an application window, say Firefox or Evolution, it
> takes a few seconds for my desktop to refresh.  It is very odd.  I
> didn't see this on the exact same hardware running RHEL.
>
> I've added myself to BZ 178518.  Anyone else seeing this?
>

Are you using an image as your background?  There was some talk on the
Gnome blogs about background redrawing being slow.  The root cause is
slowness in Cairo with image backgrounds.  Contributing factors seem
to be using nautilus for the root window and themes drawn by Cairo
(like Clearlooks).

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=314616
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4320

 - Ian