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From: daved@physiol.su.oz.au (Dave Davey)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: X11R4 xrdb slow?
Message-ID: <1101@physiol.su.oz.au>
Date: 4 May 90 02:06:04 GMT
Organization: Physiology Dept., Univ. of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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I find xrdb slow.  Logging into an otherwise unloaded BSD4.3 uVax from 
an NCD16 takes _minutes_ between typing the password and getting the 
first window.  Removing most of the files from 
/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults eliminates the problem (or at least 
minimises it).  I also know xrdb is the time-consumer through watching 
processes from another terminal.  This slow login only became evident 
when we installed R4, but of course the difference could be in the 
app-defaults files, or their number, rather than in xrdb.  Is xrdb 
inherently slow, or do we have some other problem?