On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 3:26 PM, G. Michael Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > Defiantly NOT a Gnome 3 issue. Gnome 3 is just the symptom. Just figured > on this DL you'd have greater knowledge on what Gnome 3 is using to narrow > the component. > "Eliminating all the variables is the first step in tech support". If we > further this then it's not a hardware issue. More software talking to some > of the hardware. So for the record I tried swapping all I could. Nothing > worked. Also if it's a hardware issue, doing a pkill gdm (or just log > out/in again) shouldn't fix the issue. I suspect it's some component > related to the motherboard. > My only thought now is what drivers are in use or feature is being activated > that would be different in this computer. I've logged a detailed bug with > the Xorg, but my history with these bugs is it's not going to get looked at. > I'll try the IRC when I have time to actually sit and work on this issue. > Thanks for what direction I have received so far. Every little bit has me > closer to the problems *smile* > Michael
Even if swapping all the hardware you tested didn't solve it, that's still extremely valuable information: that hardware didn't cause it. > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Jasper St. Pierre <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 7:28 PM, G. Michael Carter >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Card and Model for the record. >> > Tried a : NV44A [GeForce 6200] and RV710 [Radeon HD 4350] >> > Also for the record. The NV44A [GeForce 6200] works fine in another >> > computer. Actually tried in two and it works fine. >> > Drivers tried both opensource and proprietary. Same results. In this >> > computer only it's an issue. The computer is a Dell PowerEdge 840. >> > And before you say it's configuration. I used the same kickstart file >> > to >> > build all my computers, and tried reloading this PC, same results. >> > Michael >> >> OK, this sounds like a hardware issue, not a GNOME3 issue. >> >> Eliminating all the variables is the first step in tech support: if >> you have any PCI cards or external USB cards, try removing or >> replacing them (just swap with another machine). Try swapping the >> memory with another computer, and only leaving one stick plugged in if >> you have more than one. >> >> > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Milan Bouchet-Valat <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Le vendredi 24 juin 2011 à 15:34 -0400, G. Michael Carter a écrit : >> >> <snip> >> >> > Problem remains even after gnome-shell is rebooted. start closing >> >> > all the applications and it got much better. This time still not >> >> > back >> >> > to the original speed but still under 1sec. >> >> > >> >> > If I log out completely I'm good again. >> >> The Shell memory usage is quite correct (there are probably a few >> >> leaks, >> >> but nothing terrible), and no app is using much RAM. Actually, I've had >> >> a look at the output of free again, and I think the problem is with the >> >> cache size: 2183MB! >> >> >> >> I've experienced this in the past with development versions of X.org >> >> that leaked memory. So I suspect this comes from your video driver, but >> >> I have absolutely no idea how to debug this further. You might ask for >> >> help on #xorg on irc.freenode.org, or file a bug. What's your card >> >> model, for the record? You can try using another one if there's the >> >> choice (e.g. with NVidia Nouveau vs. proprietary), just to check. >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gnome-shell-list mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Jasper > > > > > -- Jasper _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
