Re: Embedded Gtk+ system moving to 2.14

[Chris Vine <chris cvine freeserve co uk>]

On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:09:05 -0800 (PST)
John Boncek <jboncek Hunter COM> wrote:
> Attempting to move several large (multi-hundred compile units) C++
> application programs of an embedded ARM / Linux 2.4 system from Gtk+
> 2.2.4 to Gtk+ 2.14.  We are noting severe performance degradation
> (2-3 times) in screen transitions and a definite overall sluggishness
> to the systems. There are no profiling tools available on ARM / Linux
> 2.4 that we have been able to find despite a lot of online
> investigation.
> 
> Does anyone know of particular parts of Gtk+ that have become
> significantly slower across this rather large jump in versions?  Any
> pointers on where to look in our systems would be appreciated.

It might be the adoption of cairo.

Chris