sluggish screen refresh

[Eddy De Greef]

Joor Loohuis wrote:
> I've just installed the precompiled NEdit 5.5 binary on a freshly
> installed FC6 Linux box, and I notice screen refresh while scrolling is
> very sluggish, even with syntax highlighting turned off. I don't have
> this problem with other apps on the same system, or with other systems
> where I use NEdit on FC6. It looks like I might have some weird
> hardware/X11/Motif interaction.
> 
> NEdit 5.5
> Sep 30, 2004
> 
>      Built on: Linux, 386, GNU C
>      Built at: Oct  1 2004, 15:55:40
>    With Motif: 2.1.30 [@(#)Motif Version 2.1.30]
> Running Motif: 2.1 [unknown]
>        Server: The X.Org Foundation 70101000
>        Visual: 32-bit TrueColor (ID 0x23)
>        Locale: nl_NL.UTF-8
> 
> The system is a 64bit AthlonX2 with an nVidia 6150 adapter, running
> 32bits FC6 with the binary nVidia drivers installed.
> 
> Any clues?
> 

XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 nedit ?

It's a 32-bit visual, so it probably has transparency. I've seen all 
kinds of weird behavior with 32-bit visuals.

Eddy