Not sure how helpful this is but I tried 3.5 build on gentoo and it was very slow, used way more processing than 3.4 did, so I just switched back to 3.4 now everything is fine..
I believe the source of my issue may have been an incorrect version of lua.. but i'm not positive Gino On 03/08/2013 04:21 AM, Adam Nielsen wrote: > 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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