Re: Firefox 1.5.0.1 RPM

On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:28:33 -0800, Troy Engel wrote:

> Motor wrote:
>> 
>> I just upgraded my machine from FC4 (where I was using your 1.5.0.1
>> RPM) to FC5... and afterwards everything felt subtly sluggish.
>> Eventually I realised that part of it was Firefox, and I was now using
>> Red Hat's version of 1.5.0.1. I removed it and reinstalled your rpm
>> (even though is for FC4)... and now things are more like they were in
>> terms of speed. Otherwise it looks and works the same as the RH
>> version.
> 
> Wow, that's really interesting to know, thanks. I just ordered a new
> laptop (yay! first one in 6 years) and will be going with FC5 on it; I
> haven't had a chance to see what's in the distro.

When I used FC4 I was using Red Hat's older Firefox... and tried your RPM.
I noticed at the time that it was faster, but wasn't sure whether it was
improvements in 1.5 or something about the way it was compiled.

Now I'm used FC5 Firefox 1.5 and have found the same sluggish performance,
I'm pretty sure it something to do with how Firefox was compiled.

Just for reference: I'm using an AMD XP 2000+ with a Matrox G550 card.

> An interesting experiment which maybe I'll try -- grab the FC5 srpm,
> install it and comment out the pango/cairo compiles, then rebuild it. I
> honestly don't even know what those two things do.

If it's either of those things, it's not good news. I though GNOME 2.14
was bringing improvements in pango... but it doesn't seem like it from
what I've seen (assuming it is to blame). The difference really is very
noticeable. It goes from annoying delays and sluggish scrolling with RH's
Firefox to fairly snappy with your RPM.