I don't know if this is the problem, but I've noticed that the gnome-terminal is very slow starting up if effects are turned on (e.g. background image or transparency). On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 18:29, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 11:19, Jean Francois Martinez wrote: > > Gnome-terminal like shipped in RedHat 8.0 is very, very, very slow. > > The funny thing is that Mandrake 9 cames with exactly the same version > > and it is about ten times faster (not an exaggeration). > > I'd guess that Mandrakes uses the Zvt widget, while Red Hat's version > uses the newer VTE (which supports i18n, accessibility, Xft2...) > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2002-July/msg00426.html > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list