I can report the same performance issues on Gentoo Emerge packages and current svn. Turn of Compiz and run as root, that seems to work for me. There was a ubuntu kludge that involves downgrading LibX11 recently posted on this list but I can't find it . Daniel
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Bhikkhu Mettavihari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hello > > I run Ubuntu 8.04.1 > > I have run Cinelerra now for some years. > I started by building and installing my own version > Next I found Rafaels Pre build version for Slackware which I used. > After that I tried shifting over to Ubunto which had pre-build versions, > and they work quite well for me even today. > > I resently installed cinelerra in a friends machine and I had some > problems with it freezing up > I thought this must be a machine related problem, so I did not take it > so seriously > > 2 days ago I also installed cinelerra in my Laptop and found the same > problem. > > I first installed the Version of Cinelerra from > http://akirad.cinelerra.org and that had the same problem. > > after that I tested with the version from: > http://giss.tv/~vale/ubuntu32/hardy<http://giss.tv/%7Evale/ubuntu32/hardy> > Cenelerra 2.1CV > Build date Mon Jul 28 21:34:02 > quicktime version 2.2.0 internal ffmpeg > Libmpeg3 version 1.7.9 > > Both version seems to have the same problem. > > After working for some time the interface will freeze and I would not > be able to use the program > To explain some of the things I could not do. > the 'Arm' buttons cannot be changed. > all the buttons on that panel where the arm button is situated could > not be activated > but the play button would work and I could play back the track > On the composer the play button would not work at all. > > I would then go to the xml file and edit the arm option from 0 to 1 > and it would again work, and I could render my file. > I do not have that problem in the earlier version of Cinelerra that I > installed from the same sites about 6 month earlier. > > I have that version installed on 2 production machines which I > normally do not upgrade if they work. > I also have an older version on Slackware from Rafaels site which is > still working quite well. > > It is difficult for me to describe what goes wrong in technical terms. > If you do not understand what I am saying, then please ask. > > I would like to help to settle this problem and I can do some testing > on this machine > > with metta > Mettavihari > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > [email protected] > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra >
