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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!netnews.cc.wwu.edu!netnews1.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!news.alt.net!news1.alt.net!news.exodus.net!news.aimnet.com!netserv.com!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!not-for-mail From: erik@fenris.campus.vt.edu () Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Sometimes you need X server source (Was: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium) Followup-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Date: 29 Mar 1996 06:51:44 GMT Organization: A random machine somewhere Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4jg1a1$4b8@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <4j36ev$prl@news.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> <4ja099$r8k@ceylon.gte.com> <ragnaroek1996Mar28.063723.8733@news2.compulink.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fenris.campus.vt.edu NNTP-Posting-User: erik X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:13728 comp.os.linux.development.system:20107 comp.os.linux.hardware:34521 comp.os.linux.setup:47473 comp.os.linux.x:27757 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:309 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2807 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16097 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2585 Jonathan Walters (jwalters@idirect.com) wrote: : >I sometimes run my X connection over a modem, and it's slower than I'd : >like. What does this have to do with whether or not to buy a Matrox : >Millennium card? Someday soon, I plan on rebuilding my X server to : >include the LBX (low bandwidth X) extension. Can I do this without : >source code to the server? I don't think so. Even if I didn't have : : Is it a figment of my imagination or do most modems already compress : any data being transfered. That would make LBX a waste of time. : Yes, most modems do compress data being sent. In some cases, yu might want to disable this for quicker response. LBX works by reducing the protocol, NOT by compressing. As such, you send less data over your modem link.