RE: kde 1.1.2 under win95

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

> relating to the previous mail I have some new details.
> 
> So identify, where the win 95 problems belongs to, I have installed an
> exceed X-Server (V5.1.1) and tried to run kde with the xlibs taken
> from xfree 4.1.0.
> 
> 1. Starting kde is about 3 times faster as with the xfree86 4.1.0
> server
>    and the apps have good performance.
> 
> 2. The KDE window Manager (kwm) hangs too when using exceed in single
> window
> mode.
>    Because this happens although with the xfree server, this might be
> a kwm or
>    cygwin problem.
> 
> 3. In exceed multiple window mode mostly apps runs, that means the
> xlib works.
> 
> As summary I think the problems are related to the xfree x-server (1)
> and
> in kwm or cygwin (2).
> 

I had experiences that Cygwin is often too slow on 95/98/ME.  I used Cygwin
very rarely on ME/98/95. and was often frustrated because typing for example
ls in shell types sl.  The problem, which you are seeing, is related to
Cygwin on Windows 95.

> BTW: While testing kde with exceed on Win2K I recognized that the
> exceed server
> seems to be more than 2 times faster as xfree. (x11perf say it)
> Application starting is although faster. Any ideas ?
> If somebody like to get the logs, please write me.


Because of underlying Cygwin emulation layer.

Suhaib

> 
> Ralf
> 
> 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]Im Auftrag von Ralf
> > Habacker
> > Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 16. August 2001 23:06
> > An: Cygwin-Xfree
> > Betreff: kde 1.1.2 under win95
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > currently I have the chance to check kde 1.1.2 under win 95.
> >
> > I have downloaded the xfree 4.1.0 archives on August 1 and tried to
> install it
> > with Xinstall.sh like described in the cygwin-xfree user guide.
> >
> > On installation and later running I have found some problems:
> >
> > 1. Installing
> > 	XInstall.sh breaks with a
> > 		syntax error in line 1246 near then
> > 		if [ X"$VARDIST" != X ]; then
> > 	Editing this file with vi and reentering a new line makes in
> working.
> > 	After dowloading the newest Xinstall.sh the problem stays.
> >
> > 1. Starting xfree with startxwin95.bat opens for any started app
> like Xwin,
> > xterm and twm an additional dos box. Is it normal ?
> >
> > 4. Very slow performance
> >    - Starting xfree with startxwin9x.bat needs several minutes to
> get running
> > xterm.
> >    - Doing a ls -l /bin with a full installed cygwin needs one
> minutes to show
> > all the files.
> >    - Starting kde needs about 5 minutes and at least kwm hangs.
> >
> > 5. XWin hangs
> >    Sometimes Xwin crashes.
> >    After some tries startxwin9x.bat hangs immediately.
> >
> > 6. Clicking on the server background shows no text (perhaps a font
> missing, I
> > have installed  only the basic font archive with Xinstall.sh)
> >
> > After the first tests I tried a xfree 4.0.3 release which I have
> used for with
> > kde 1.1.2 under Windows 2000/NT with the same results.
> >
> > This problems seems undepended from the cygwin release, because I
> have tried
> > this under cygwin 1.1.8 and a patched cygwin 1.3.2 release (relating
> socket
> > problems).
> >
> > My configuration is:
> > Pentium II 233 MHz
> > 64 MB RAM
> > Riva TNT2 Graphiccard
> > Windows95 C Release
> >
> > Has anyone some hints for this ?
> >
> > Thank you for answering
> >
> > Ralf
> >
> >