can't use windows with GoBack?

Harold L Hunt II huntharo@msu.edu
Sat Dec 13 07:16:00 GMT 2003


Lester,

Dan Nelson wrote:

> Lester Ingber wrote:
> 
>> I just installed Symantec GoBack (to compensate for known problems 
>> with XP
>> Pro Systrem Restore).  Most everything runs fine under Cygwin.  However,
>> anything under XWin (including brining up XWin), runs unbearably slow,
>> about a factor of at least 100-1000 or more slower.  The System just
>> consumes all CPU?
>>
>> I just paid $30 to Symantec to hear that they do have some problems with
>> GoBack with some applications running much too slow to use.  They're
>> "working in it."
> 
> 
> I have no problems using cygwin/X and Goback on my XP machine.  I also 
> have it installed on 98 and w2k machines, but haven't used X on them.  I 
> know regular cygwin stuff runs fine.  Maybe some IPC operation is going 
> through the filesystem code and causing goback to process it?  If you 
> open up goback's advanced features window, does it log any activity?

That reminds me... do you have an ATI graphics card?

Harold



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