One way to help speed up full screen flash a little is to disable compiz. Everything else I hear about that is just that adobe didn't optimize the software well and since it's closed source *shrug*
//_ Patrick Kilgore | Truman State University | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 314.803.0842 On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:47 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Patrick, > > Thanks a lot, your solution worked! Firefox is still a little bit jerky > compared to Windows one, but much better. I don't think the > DISABLE_PANGO could make a difference, but the two lines of xorg.conf > definitely helped. I haven't checked Flash Video recently, but seems > like youtube videos are smoother right now. > > I'm using Adobe's one, V10 normally on a brand-new Ubuntu 8.10 > installation. I don't think the atom 1.6Ghz was unable handle flash > video because it can handle 720p without any problems at all. The > celeron on 1000H might be a little bit less powerful though. > > > - Huan. > > > On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:33:59 -0600, "Patrick Kilgore" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Curious, which flash plug in are you using? > > > > As for the scrolling, try adding > > > > -- > > Option "AccelMethod" "exa" > > Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy" > > -- > > > > to the device section of your xorg.conf and see if it helps. > > > > Another fix that really sped up firefox for me was adding > > -- > > export MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1 > > -- > > to my .bashrc file > > supposedly it messes with the text rendering for international > > fonts/glyphs but for the speed increase I think it's worth it. Also, > > the only languages I know use Latin glyphs. > > > > Good Luck > > //_ > > Patrick Kilgore | Truman State University | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 314.803.0842 > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Isaac Angert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Huan, > > > > > > I got an eee 1000H (the 10 inch model) about two months ago, and I love > > > it. I also have ubuntu installed and I think I have encountered the > > > same behavior with firefox. Sometimes firefox hangs for about a second > > > while loading a page or scrolling, etc. Flash videos (Flash player) > > > often seem to overload the eee's ability to process/render, and appear > > > choppy. I haven't spent any time researching this yet since it hasn't > > > aggravated me a whole lot, but videos would be nice, and the eee should > > > be able to handle them easily. My system is running vanilla ubuntu 8.10 > > > with the custom kernel for the eee. I'll have to spend some time on > > > this (after finals of course!) since it seems others are having the > > > same problem. > > > > > > Isaac > > > > > > > > > Huan Truong wrote: > > > > > > > > > >Hi all, > > > > > > > >So now I finally got my hands on my eee PC, which is a decent machine > > > >after all. Ubuntu runs great on this little thing, with an exception > > > >for two guys: Browser and flash player - they are slow compared to > > > >which on Windows. It takes Firefox a while to redraw each time I > > > >scroll the page up or down, or playing Youtube in fullscreen. I don't > > > >know if anyone suffered the same problems on your computer but it > > > >doesn't seem to be very logical because the same thing runs great on > > > >Windows even on 'powersave' governor (800Mhz), and the GMA950 graphics > > > >accelerator chip which is known to be very well supported by Linux. I > > > >have another older laptop which uses a NVidia 6100 Go chip and it > > > >handled Flash and Firefox pretty well (with the same governor for CPU > > > >@800Mhz). > > > > > > > >Any ideas why it happens, and more importantly, how to fix it? Thanks > a > > > lot. > > > > > > > >-- > > > >Huan Truong > > > > > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >with Subject: unsubscribe > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with Subject: unsubscribe > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with Subject: unsubscribe > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with Subject: unsubscribe > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >
