Log-off screen painting noticeably slower

[Pavel Rosenboim]

Alexander Larsson wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 03:38, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> 
>>We now return to our regularly scheduled beta testing in progress...
>>
>>I keep my Severn system regularly up2dated. Lately I've noticed when I
>>select "Log out" the display no longer darkens smoothly. Now it makes
>>three distinct passes -- each a little darker than before and separated
>>by a half beat -- as it displays "Are you sure you want to log off?"
>>
>>My X configuration is:
>>ATI Rage 128 Mobility
>>LCD Panel 1600x1200
>>DefaultDepth 24
>>XFree86 4.3.0-32
>>
>>Is anyone else noticing this behavior? Mike Harris?
> 
> 
> I think this is due to a change in gnome-session. Previously it always
> did N steps, while now it does the animation in M seconds, with as many
> steps there is time for. So, the amount of steps depends on hw
> performance to avoid being really really slow on slow systems.

Well, it's really really slow on my remote session. Is there any way to
change this behavior?

Pavel.