Problem with X11 and openwindow when using mail
Wolfgang Moll [moll@cs.bonn.edu]
moll at olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de
Wed Mar 20 04:33:00 AEST 1991
I`m observing a very strange behaviour when using mail from a MIT X11
window on a machine which runs the OpenWindows X manager.
To clarify the sitatuation:
I've a client (Sun SLC) which runs OpenWindows. Now I'm starting a X11
window at another machine B which runs MIT X11 R4. On the client A this
is done with: rsh B exec xterm -display A:0 I've now a MIT X11 window on
my screen which runs on machine B. Both machines operate under SunOS
4.0.3.
This works almost fine except when I call mail. Every time I'm reading or
sending mail the OpenWindows Xnews server on client A consumes a lot of
CPU time -- about 30 seconds for reading a 10 lines mail. This means that
I`ve have to wait 30 seconds until the mail is displayed. On machine B
the mail command uses less then 1 CPU second.
And now the funny thing: If a run mail on the same window under a new
remote shell which is started on machine B (e.g. rlogin B; mail) all works
fine.
Since I've no idea what is going wrong any hints are welcome.
Thanks in advance
Wolfgang Moll
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