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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:21:43 +0100, Sven Esbjerg <esbjerg at xbsd.net> wrote:

> NB! This is not a bug report just a general feeling after some hours 
> using
> gnome-2.5.
> Machine is:
> FreeBSD enzo.home.xbsd.net 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #1: Fri Dec 26
> 08:43:18 CET 2003     root at enzo.home.xbsd.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ENZO  
> i386
>
> Dual P-III 800MHz. 1GB RAM. 1 UDMA 100 IDE Seagate IV.
> Matrox G550. Plextor SCSI CD-ROM and CD-RW. Creative IDE DVD drive.
>
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 01:30:10AM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
>> If you like GNOME and like seeing it on FreeBSD, and you're interested
>> in lending a hand, there are a few TODO items you can help out with.
>>
>> set the following in /etc/make.conf to aid with debugging:
>>
>> CFLAGS=	"-O -g pipe"
>> STRIP=
>
> I started from scratch.
>
> Hmmm... weird. Ports like python complains that -g is not understood and 
> then
> fails...
> Removed the line and everything installed fine.

Strange, it doesn't happen to in here. I have everything compiled with -g, 
but not mplayer, libxine, xvid and sdl.

>> * gstreamer[-plugins]: Make sure your favorite plug-in works.  Try
>> testing out gst-capable apps such as rhythmbox, gst-mixer,
>> nautilus-media, etc.
>
> In rythmbox when I try to use one of the radio stations it reports 
> loading
> forever and uses a lot of cpu time.
> Screenshot: http://xbsd.net/~esbjerg/gnome25/rythmbox-radio.png
> Radio stations work fine from xmms.
> Rhythmbox seems like a slow monster but is able to play mp3 with/without 
> esd
> running.
>
>> * gnome-network: This is a new suite in GNOME 2.5.  It allows you to
>> launch remote RSH and SSH sessions as well as offers a MacOS X
>> netinfo-like app that lets you run ping, traceroute, whois, etc.  While
>> the interface info is not complete yet, all of the various network tests
>> should work.
>
> Devices-Information: Hardware address not showing and Links speed not
> showing.
> Devices-Statistics: not showing
> Most of it works. The ssh thingy which starts a terminal with ssh is 
> quite
> slow - I would never use it.
> Also the gnome-terminal is something of a cpu hog compared to xterm. When
> gnome-terminal is showing top it uses 5-7% cpu time. When xterm is doing 
> the
> same it uses around 1.2% cpu time.

It's normal and known issue. You should compare from 2.0 to 2.4.x or 
2.5.x, you will see the improvement a lot (big time!).

633 mezz      76    0 22668K 11520K select   4:18  0.78%  0.78% 
gnome-terminal

The CPU will go higher and higher if you move the mouse on it and keep 
move around.

Cheers,
Mezz

>> * Evolution 1.5: This is a biggie.  Besides general functionality, you
>> should be checking to make sure pops and imaps work correctly.  Note:
>> Evo bugs can be filed using bug-buddy, but the Bugzilla tool can be
>> found at http://bugzilla.ximian.com.
>
> Unstable... It starts but cannot be closed on my machine. Had to do a 
> kill -9
> on it. Also the calendar is not working. Clicking on the calendar button
> doesn't give a new view.
>
> Other findings. Font rendering not quite good. Some fonts are smacked 
> halfway
> onto each other in the terminal using system font. In xterms I get 
> artifacts
> from text.
> Screenshot: http://xbsd.net/~esbjerg/gnome25/font-artifacts.png
> 	notice the xterm bottom to the left. In the bottom there are some lines
> 	underscores. Also notice some of the filenames which are missing
> 	underscores. This is with xterm -fa monospace -fs 8 (1280x1024)
> Screenshot: http://xbsd.net/~esbjerg/gnome25/gnome-term-sys-font.png
> 	showing crammed together fonts
> Screenshot: http://xbsd.net/~esbjerg/gnome25/gnome-term-monospace-8.png
> 	showing nice fonts with monospace 8
>
> Cdplayer still defaults to /dev/acd0c which is not used on 5.x anymore.
> Changing this to /dev/acd0 works - for my IDE dvd drive.
> Cdplayer still doesn't work with my SCSI drives...
>
> Nautilus cd-burn works as far as creating an image. It starts a dialog 
> which
> states it's going to burn the CD but nothing happens. My cd-writer is 
> plextor
> SCSI drive which might explain this.
> Using cdrecord to burn the created image works fine.
> Screenshot: http://xbsd.net/~esbjerg/gnome25/cd-NOT-burn.png
>
> Menu Accessebility-Dasher is missing an icon.
>
> Not sure I like the new nautilus look... 8{
>
> Anyway thanx for all the hard work creating the ports.
>
> Sven Esbjerg


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