cygwin-x-doc/faq trouble.xml,1.10,1.11

Alexander Gottwald xserver-commit at pdx.freedesktop.org
Thu Sep 30 21:05:16 UTC 2004


Committed by: ago

Update of /cvs/xserver/cygwin-x-doc/faq
In directory gabe:/tmp/cvs-serv19831

Modified Files:
	trouble.xml 
Log Message:
Updated poor performance section with entry on online virus scanners


Index: trouble.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/xserver/cygwin-x-doc/faq/trouble.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.10
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -d -r1.10 -r1.11
--- trouble.xml	24 Sep 2004 12:37:25 -0000	1.10
+++ trouble.xml	30 Sep 2004 21:05:14 -0000	1.11
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@
 </answer>
 
 <answer>
+<para>Some online virus scanners like Symantec Antivirus do slowdown &project;
+a lot. They scan every file access and network traffic which causes serious 
+processing overhead beyond that from the X11 protocol and the unix emulation
+layer.</para>
+<para>So far there is no know solution but to disable the virus scanner 
+completely.</para> 
+</answer>
+
+<answer>
 <para>[Dr. Edward Wornar] Certain programs that are installed by various 
 drivers and software packages can consume an incredible amount of system
 resources and processing time.  One known example of such a program is



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