[RANT] Installed F10 - X performance went into the crapper

[john wendel]

<Rant mode>

I recently "upgraded" my computer at work from FC6 to F10 and 
performance went from OK to barely usable. The box is an ancient PIII 
900 MHz with 512 MB memory, a PCI Nvidia graphics card with the free nv 
driver, a 1600x1200 monitor, and a slow 13 GB disk (your US tax dollars 
at work).

With FC6, I ran KDE 3.5 without any problems. I could drag and resize 
windows without glitches, scrolling was slow but basically usable, and 
Vim in a console (where I spend most of my time) was pleasant to use.

Now with F10 I'm using XFCE, and the box is a total P.O.S.  Resizing or 
moving a window is a nightmare, the screen redraw is too slow to keep up 
with the cursor, and I see lots of screen glitches. When I open an app 
like Firefox with a complicated screen, I see the screen being drawn in 
individual pieces. Scrolling text in a Vim console is much too slow to 
be usable.

Non-X applications run fine, so I've concluded that X is the problem. I 
could submit a bugzilla, "X performance went to hell", but I doubt that 
it would be taken seriously. I don't really expect any help here, but 
I'll be happy to try any suggestions.

There, now I feel better. Thanks for listening.

Regards,

John