Re: [gentoo-user] why firefox is so slow?

[Andrea Barisani]

On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 01:35:18PM +0000, wu chuanwen wrote:
> >
> >Try using this:
> >
> >$ MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1 firefox
>
>
> It seems better now, but i am not sure.
> I will be very appreciated if you can tell me what the command means!
> Thanks!
>

It disables pango library usage, there's a known bug about it that makes
firefox scrolling and stuff very slow. Google for it and you'll find lots of
reports about it.

Cheers

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