Anyone else want to try and help with this? I would really like to see this get fixed!
Thank you, Jon On Jun 6, 2014 11:21 AM, "Jon Neal" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ian, > > I didn't want to try to use that as the solution since that makes > everything in the OS use software rendering. Was really hoping for a better > solution than that. > > From my reading it looks like kicad is doing a bunch of context switches > between software rendering and hardware rendering which causes gnome, etc > to go amazingly slow (i.e. takes 30s to minimize chrome). > > Jon > > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Ian <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Just to be sure, did you try the solution that helped the last few >> commenters at that bug report? The solution they say works is adding >> 'Option "EXAPixmaps" "False"' to the radeon section of xorg.conf . >> >> -Ian >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Jon Neal <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have been heavily affected by launchpad bug #1003859 ( >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1003859) for quite some time. I >>> can't make schematics on my desktop and am forced to use a much older >>> laptop I have that really slows me down. >>> >>> I would love to try to help fix it, but I don't think I have the skills >>> or time for this. >>> >>> Anyone on here willing to at least look at it and see what can be done >>> about it? If it would help this bug get fixed faster I would be willing to >>> put a $50 bounty on it getting fixed (this is probably inadequate, but I >>> don't have too much spare money as a student, sorry). >>> >>> I would love to see this fixed soon! >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Jon Neal >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >
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