Hi all,
My distro (Arch) upgraded me to Awesome 3.5 about a month ago, and
unfortunately it is performing really badly compared to the 3.4 branch. It
has gotten to the point where I am going to have to go back to 3.4 because it
is really slowing me down.
I am wondering why Arch upgraded to 3.5 if it is not ready for production use
yet? Or is there some configuration option I am missing to get the
performance of the 3.4 branch?
Some of the issues I am experiencing are:
- Switching focus between monitors with keyboard shortcuts takes 1-2
seconds. If I press the hotkey and start typing, the first three or so
characters go into the old window, then the rest of them appear in the new
window. So I have to delete the characters, go back to the old window, wait
for a second, delete the other characters, then change back to the new window,
wait for a second, then retype...
- When new windows appear, such as the Firefox open/save popup when you
download a file, the windows on my other screen resize larger and smaller by
10 pixels or so about five times before the window appears. This takes 2-3
seconds to complete. If I choose 'open' and it's a PDF, the other windows all
resize larger and smaller another five times (with a 2-3 second delay) before
the PDF window appears.
- Switching between terminals uses 100% CPU for a couple of seconds while
they all resize larger and smaller again. I can't type or use the mouse while
this happens.
- Once I have a number of programs open, my mouse cursor freezes for a few
milliseconds every 10 seconds or so. If I'm watching a video it also glitches
every few seconds.
I'm not sure what the cause of these issues are, as everything worked fine
before I upgraded to 3.5, so am I missing some sort of compatibility option?
Thanks,
Adam.
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