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On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> On 08/12/2010 07:24 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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>> [...] |
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>> In X the UI responsiveness randomly goes bad, keyboard especially. At |
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>> first it'll be fine, then simply using Konsole and typing will begin |
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>> to slow down. Also, screen output in general seems to freeze until I |
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>> touch the mouse or keyboard. Even something like listing a directory. |
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>> It's really weird... It gets so bad that it becomes completely |
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>> unresponsive, freezing for minutes at a tie. It eventually un-freezes |
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>> momentarily, long enough to logout and back in at least. I disabled |
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>> desktop effects but it still had the same problem. I tried Gnome |
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>> briefly last night before going to sleep and didn't experience this |
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>> slowdown problem. |
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>> Anyone else had those same problems or know what I might try? I'm |
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>> using nvidia-drivers and tried 3 different versions with no success. I |
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>> have not yet tried downgrading my kernel or KDE installation, but |
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>> that's next on the list of things to try tonight. |
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> I suppose you're running a complete ~arch system, not just some packages? |
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Yep |
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> Also, I had a somewhat similar problem with GUI slowness. It was a matter |
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> of disabling the "Use VSync" checkbox in System Settings->Desktop |
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> Effects->Advanced tab and enabling the "Disable functionality checks" box in |
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> the same tab. Note that the desktop and all apps will keep being tear-free |
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> and VSynced even if making those changes in System Settings. |
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> Furthermore, I've set: |
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> CheckIsSafe=false |
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> in my ~/.kde4/share/config/kwinrc |
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> After all that, KDE 4.5.0 runs perfectly for me using |
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> gentoo-sources-2.6.35-r1, xorg-server-1.8.99.905, and the following live |
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> (9999) packages: |
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> media-libs/mesa |
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> x11-proto/glproto |
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> x11-proto/dri2proto |
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> x11-libs/libdrm |
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> x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati |
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> |
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> Using KMS. |
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Thanks for the tips, I'll experiment tonight and see what I can make it do. |