On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:25:36PM +0200, Jan Stary wrote: > Since some time ago, the text console seems to be very slow.
Since the change to KMS. Linux has the same problem. > > For example, a compilation of a TeX file takes very long if run > just like `tex file.tex'; but when run as 'tex file.tex > /dev/null', > it gets much faster, presumably by not having to do the textual output. > Similarly for a lengthy ./configure. > > Another manifestation of the difference is when I launch > a TeX compilation and switch to another X window, > completely obscuring the xterm where the compilation is happening. > If I switch right back, I see the compilation has already finished; > if I stay in the xterm window, it takes forever. > > This is happening in both the text console and an xterm, > with or without running tmux (so I don't think it's tmux's fault). > > Why is this and what can I do about it? > I use tmux inside of terminator (vte terminal). It's pretty fast. Try with some vte terminal like terminator, gnome-terminal, xfce4-terminal... -- Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado http://juanfra.info
