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- From: token@ernohb.UUCP (thomas kendelbacher)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
- Subject: Re: Why is initial screen I/O so slow? (=NeWS!)
- Keywords: OpenWin slowness, NeWS
- Message-ID: <1734@ernohb.UUCP>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 12:02:00 GMT
- References: <1992Aug10.123858.15682@fel.tno.nl> <1992Aug10.170900.6655@nenufar.saclay.cea.fr> <13973@auspex-gw.auspex.com>
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- In article <13973@auspex-gw.auspex.com>, guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris) writes:
- |> >I suppose Maarten is talking about the (lot of) time it takes to start
- |> >an OpenWindow session
- |>
- |> Not necessarily; he could be talking about the fact that output to
- |> "/dev/console", before a window system is started up, is slow; I've
- |> already posted an explanation of why that's the case.
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- I think that's exactly what he means. Guy, could you please repeat
- the explanation for all of us curious people who haven't read your
- first posting about it? Thank you.
-
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