[gentoo-user] Re: Gtk+ update results in slow Firefox
Peter Humphrey wrote: On Wednesday 04 November 2009 02:55:55 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: NVidia updated their drivers at about the time you started having problems. Their latest driver update changed the permissions on /dev/nvidia0 nvidiactl ; resulting in VERY slow scrolling response on my box (amd64) using googleearth. Changing the permissions to crwxrw-rw- resulted in instant speed up; you may get by with r--r-- (?). I don't have that device on either of my systems using a GeForce 7300 GS. Nor can I find an nvidiactl. That device appears when you use the NV proprietary driver. There are basically three options with an NV card: - use the generic built-in driver additionally, - use the additional, open-source NV drivers. or - alternatively use the proprietary NV driver. This may be useful: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Nvidia FWIW, the NV drivers are blocked in portage for my hardened AMD64, so I get the drivers here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html HTH
[gentoo-user] Re: Gtk+ update results in slow Firefox
On 11/04/2009 04:55 AM, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: [...] Gah, the Flash plugin is very buggy with 3.6 (rendering corruption). I reverted to 3.5.4 and downgraded to Gtk+ 2.16.6 and gtkmm 2.16.0 instead. Any pointers at to what might be wrong are still welcome. Shot in the dark here. NVidia updated their drivers at about the time you started having problems. Their latest driver update changed the permissions on /dev/nvidia0 nvidiactl ; resulting in VERY slow scrolling response on my box (amd64) using googleearth. Changing the permissions to crwxrw-rw- resulted in instant speed up; you may get by with r--r-- (?). Thanks, but that's not it. I'm on ATI and /dev/ati/card0 has the right permissions. And it works just fine with older Gtk+, just not with newer.
[gentoo-user] Re: Gtk+ update results in slow Firefox
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 10/30/2009 10:06 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 10/30/2009 09:39 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Freitag 30 Oktober 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: do you have a bigger page with more scrolling showing the problem? because it seems to be fine here. http://www.kamenos.gr scrolls without any lag. Instant response. No lag at all. Even with effects turned on there is no lag. Then I wonder what's wrong here. It's so slow, that if I scroll the mouse wheel up/down quickly a few times, Firefox is still scrolling for several seconds after I stopped using the wheel, trying to catch up. Starting with a clean profile didn't help either. I've updated to Firefox 3.6 Beta (mozilla overlay) and this version restores the speed again. I guess I'll stay with this beta since (fortunately) the add-ons I use work with it. So I guess problem solved. :P Gah, the Flash plugin is very buggy with 3.6 (rendering corruption). I reverted to 3.5.4 and downgraded to Gtk+ 2.16.6 and gtkmm 2.16.0 instead. Any pointers at to what might be wrong are still welcome. Shot in the dark here. NVidia updated their drivers at about the time you started having problems. Their latest driver update changed the permissions on /dev/nvidia0 nvidiactl ; resulting in VERY slow scrolling response on my box (amd64) using googleearth. Changing the permissions to crwxrw-rw- resulted in instant speed up; you may get by with r--r-- (?). HTH
[gentoo-user] Re: Gtk+ update results in slow Firefox
On 10/30/2009 10:06 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 10/30/2009 09:39 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Freitag 30 Oktober 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: do you have a bigger page with more scrolling showing the problem? because it seems to be fine here. http://www.kamenos.gr scrolls without any lag. Instant response. No lag at all. Even with effects turned on there is no lag. Then I wonder what's wrong here. It's so slow, that if I scroll the mouse wheel up/down quickly a few times, Firefox is still scrolling for several seconds after I stopped using the wheel, trying to catch up. Starting with a clean profile didn't help either. I've updated to Firefox 3.6 Beta (mozilla overlay) and this version restores the speed again. I guess I'll stay with this beta since (fortunately) the add-ons I use work with it. So I guess problem solved. :P Gah, the Flash plugin is very buggy with 3.6 (rendering corruption). I reverted to 3.5.4 and downgraded to Gtk+ 2.16.6 and gtkmm 2.16.0 instead. Any pointers at to what might be wrong are still welcome.
[gentoo-user] Re: Gtk+ update results in slow Firefox
On 10/30/2009 09:23 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Freitag 30 Oktober 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: There was an update to Gtk+ today (from 2.16.6 to 2.18.3). After performing the update, Firefox (3.5.4) is slow as molasses when scrolling in some pages. Example: http://www.simplemachines.org (Try to scroll up/down). Anyone else noticing this or is it just me? I'm on AMD64. I've rebuilt xulrunner and Firefox after the Gtk+ update just in case, but it didn't make any difference. do you have a bigger page with more scrolling showing the problem? because it seems to be fine here. http://www.kamenos.gr
[gentoo-user] Re: Gtk+ update results in slow Firefox
On 10/30/2009 09:23 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Freitag 30 Oktober 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: There was an update to Gtk+ today (from 2.16.6 to 2.18.3). After performing the update, Firefox (3.5.4) is slow as molasses when scrolling in some pages. Example: http://www.simplemachines.org (Try to scroll up/down). Anyone else noticing this or is it just me? I'm on AMD64. I've rebuilt xulrunner and Firefox after the Gtk+ update just in case, but it didn't make any difference. do you have a bigger page with more scrolling showing the problem? because it seems to be fine here. I forgot to mention that the problem is only really apparent with smooth scrolling enabled (Preferences-Advanced-Use smooth scrolling). It was a bit slow before the update too, but nothing serious, but now it's *extremely* slow.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gtk+ update results in slow Firefox
On Freitag 30 Oktober 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: do you have a bigger page with more scrolling showing the problem? because it seems to be fine here. http://www.kamenos.gr scrolls without any lag. Instant response. No lag at all. Even with effects turned on there is no lag.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gtk+ update results in slow Firefox
On Freitag 30 Oktober 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 10/30/2009 09:23 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Freitag 30 Oktober 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: There was an update to Gtk+ today (from 2.16.6 to 2.18.3). After performing the update, Firefox (3.5.4) is slow as molasses when scrolling in some pages. Example: http://www.simplemachines.org (Try to scroll up/down). Anyone else noticing this or is it just me? I'm on AMD64. I've rebuilt xulrunner and Firefox after the Gtk+ update just in case, but it didn't make any difference. do you have a bigger page with more scrolling showing the problem? because it seems to be fine here. I forgot to mention that the problem is only really apparent with smooth scrolling enabled (Preferences-Advanced-Use smooth scrolling). It was a bit slow before the update too, but nothing serious, but now it's *extremely* slow. 'sanften Bildlauf aktivieren'? Turned it on, restarted firefox. There is a short jerk when scrolling the page for the first time but after that everything is quick.
[gentoo-user] Re: Gtk+ update results in slow Firefox
On 10/30/2009 09:39 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Freitag 30 Oktober 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: do you have a bigger page with more scrolling showing the problem? because it seems to be fine here. http://www.kamenos.gr scrolls without any lag. Instant response. No lag at all. Even with effects turned on there is no lag. Then I wonder what's wrong here. It's so slow, that if I scroll the mouse wheel up/down quickly a few times, Firefox is still scrolling for several seconds after I stopped using the wheel, trying to catch up. Starting with a clean profile didn't help either. I've updated to Firefox 3.6 Beta (mozilla overlay) and this version restores the speed again. I guess I'll stay with this beta since (fortunately) the add-ons I use work with it. So I guess problem solved. :P
