Re: [wmii] can't start firefox

On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 10:57:10PM +0800, phyrster wrote:
> On 16:27 Tue 06 Jun 2006, Steffen Liebergeld wrote:
> > On 6/6/06, Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam_AT_wmii.de> wrote:
> > >On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 11:23:04PM +0800, phyrster wrote:
> > >> I am thinking of quitting wmii. This program is really speed deficient.
> > >> Everything comes up much slower than those in fluxbox.
> > >
> > >Any details about this?
>
> No details. Just a feel. I read about about release notes of wmii-3 which
> says that it got speed improvement over wmii-2 and I can tell the difference.
>
> But with wimii-3, when I launch firefox and run several programs at the same
> time, I can feel it is not as responsive as fluxbox.
>
> I am not a technical guy but perhaps you can compare yourself. I am using the
> debian package that wmii site points to.

Are you using firefox 1.5*? I just came to this from another list, and
it made a difference to me: try launching firefox with

$ MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1 firefox &

Well, you said you get better responses in fluxbox, so this might not
help. But perhaps....

> > We already identified him as a troll ;-)
>
> label me as you want. Just as you label other programs being moronic, not
> working, broken etc. One advantage of using wmii is that you can simply
> dismiss everything as bad and claim you are a saint.
>
>
> --
> regards
> phyrster

regards,
Matias
Received on Tue Jun 06 2006 - 17:07:14 UTC