Description of problem: The xcb component of libX11 cripples x11 performance over network. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): libX11-1.1.3-4 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. With a remote X11 server: xwd >test; xwud <test 2. Recompile libX11 with "configure --without-xcb" and install 3. Repeat 1. Actual results: With xcb performance is about 28 times worse than without. Real times of 0.808 secs vs 0.028 secs over 1Gb network. Expected results: Xcb should not degrade performance so dramatically. Additional info: The libX11 rpm needs modification for build without xcb. With xcb every write (in _XFlush) is followed by a read (_XEventsQueued) which is the cause of the very poor performance. The read usually returns EAGAIN because there is nothing to be read, but it is a severe performace hit anyhow. And why _XEvenetsQueued/read is being called when select/poll has previously returned indicating only a single file descriptor was ready is anybody's guess. Was xcb funded by MS? I suggest that Fedora not include xcb in default distributions until xcb demonstrates some tangible benefit, and not retrograde performance.
*** Bug 433263 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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upstream fix released: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17868 Nagle's algorithm was mistakenly on.
http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/libxcb/1.1.91/7.fc10/ http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/libxcb/1.2/4.fc11/ Please test these builds. I am not sure which side you need to upgrade, so upgrade both to be sure.
Warren, Before installing your RPM, typing 'ssh -Y localhost' in a terminal and then opening Firefox, produced a browser that was very slow. Right-click menu took 3 seconds to appear. I can confirm that your libxcb-1.2-4.fc11.x86_64.rpm solves this issue on Fedora 11 64-bit. After installing the RPM the right-click menu appears instantly. Thanks a bunch!
libxcb-1.1.91-7.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libxcb-1.1.91-7.fc10
libxcb-1.2-4.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libxcb-1.2-4.fc11
libxcb-1.1.91-7.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
libxcb-1.2-4.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.