Before applying the patch top would show awesome consuming 0-1% when
visible=true, and 18-20% with visible=false.
After applying the patch awesome consumes 0-1% with visible={true,false}.
Hence, at least on my system the patch Julien applied DID fix the problem.
Cheers,
Alex
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Frank Blendinger
<[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Mon 2009-01-26 01:46, Frank Blendinger <[email protected]>
> proclaimed:
> > > I have a keybinding to toggle my statusbar:
> > >
> > > keybinding({ modkey, }, "b", function ()
> > > mywibox[mouse.screen].visible = not mywibox[mouse.screen].visible
> > > end):add()
> > >
> > > It works as expected, but when the wibox is hidden, both Xorg and
> > > awesome consume all the available CPU power. This behavior does not
> stop
> > > until I toggle the wibox back to be visible.
> > >
> > > Tested with version 3.1.
> >
> > The bug is also present in git-master.
>
> I just tried it on my notebook (64 bit, single screen) and the problem
> is just the same as on my desktop machine (32 bit, dual screen in Zaphod
> mode). Both are running the latest git version.
>
> Sorry to be picky about this one, can't anyone reproduce this? I guess
> I'm the only one that wants to hide his statusbar from time to time
> (when I'm really trying to concentrate on something and stay on the same
> tag for a long time, to have minimal distraction), but if at least
> someone could try this out and report his results would be very helpful.
>
> All you have to do is (adapt if you have changed the name of your
> statusbar from the default config):
>
> echo 'mywibox[1].visible = false' | awesome-client
>
> and keep an eye on top. Restore your statusbar with:
>
> echo 'mywibox[1].visible = true' | awesome-client
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Greetings,
> Frank
>
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