From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Krishnakumar B Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: remote X11/GNU emacs/ssh: Incredible slowness loading libs Date: 30 Sep 2002 18:08:07 -0500 Organization: Washington University in St. Louis Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033427760 31020 127.0.0.1 (30 Sep 2002 23:16:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 23:16:00 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17w9ld-00084B-00 for ; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 01:15:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17w9lj-0004r3-00; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 19:16:03 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.nuthinbutnews.com!propagator2-sterling!news-in-sterling.newsfeed.com!dfw-feed.news.verio.net!stl-feed.news.verio.net!newsreader.wustl.edu!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 60 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: samba.doc.wustl.edu Original-X-Trace: newsreader.wustl.edu 1033427263 252 128.252.160.42 (30 Sep 2002 23:07:43 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@newsreader.wustl.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 23:07:43 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-Xref: nntp.stanford.edu comp.emacs:74946 gnu.emacs.help:105564 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:2108 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:2108 On Monday, 30 September 2002, "David Abrahams" wrote: > > No need to get nasty. It's hard to know what information people will find > relevant. Sorry if I sounded rude. Running an X application on a non-native X server like Exceed always has problems related to fonts. > > I have also had slowdowns with running Emacs 21 when X is enabled. This > > happens when I try connecting to the remote machine using rxvt (shipped > > with Cygwin). > > I'm not using rxvt, to my knowledge. What terminal are you using ? > > Try switching your SSH client (for example use PUTTY's terminal > > window). > > Do you really think that's the culprit, considering that I have no > problems with "emacs -nw" run in an xterm window? Since I have exact symptoms that you posted and it works for me when I do this, I suggested this. It's up to you. > I also have no problems running emacs over ssh outside X11, in a regular > cygwin window. What does "outside" mean ? > > I don't know what is causing the slowdowns in the case when I login > > using plink -ssh > > plink? It's the command-line utility that ships with Putty. > > and then start Emacs as to using a separate terminal window. Maybe > > something to do with tty initialization. FWIW, I tried using the > > Windows command shell and it works like a charm. > > The windows command shell always works, but usually not like a charm. What > were you using it for? To login to a remote machine and start Emacs on the remote machine and have it display using an X server running on the local windows machine. > > > 2. Wouldn't know how to use it if I could find it > > > 3. Wouldn't know how to interpret the results > > > > tcpdump is too much for this unless you want to get to the root of the > > problem. > > I wouldn't mind, if it resulted in a useful bug report to the GNU emacs > developers. Again it's up to you. If you have the time, I am sure that the GNU Emacs developers will appreciate the extra information. -kitty.