[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2011-02-03 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: xorg-server Importance: Unknown = High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 Title: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2011-01-25 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: xorg-server Importance: High = Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 Title: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2010-09-16 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: gnome-power Importance: Unknown = Critical -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in ubuntu. --

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2010-09-15 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: gnome-desktop Importance: Unknown = High -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in ubuntu. --

Re: [Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2010-09-15 Thread David Parker
unsubscribe On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Bug Watch Updater 307...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: ** Changed in: gnome-desktop Importance: Unknown = High -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification

Re: [Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2010-09-15 Thread David Parker
unsubscribe On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Bug Watch Updater 307...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: ** Changed in: gnome-desktop Importance: Unknown = High -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-10-28 Thread Michael Terry
** Tags added: oem-services -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

Re: [Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-04-30 Thread William Grant
On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 12:35 +, BigBadBassMan wrote: this also seems to affect vino (vino-server) because disabling it shows normal behaviour, whereas an enabled vino whill eat up to 70% of CPU on a Core2Duo E8400 with only Firefox and pidgin opened. affects vino status invalid That

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-04-27 Thread BigBadBassMan
this also seems to affect vino (vino-server) because disabling it shows normal behaviour, whereas an enabled vino whill eat up to 70% of CPU on a Core2Duo E8400 with only Firefox and pidgin opened. ** Also affects: vino Importance: Undecided Status: New -- upgrade to

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-04-26 Thread Pavol Klačanský
hallo, i have same problem, the status bars cause it, I've attached screenshot when I use theme without animated status bars, it's better ** Attachment added: Screenshot http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26017714/Obrazovka.png -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-04-15 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: gnome-desktop Status: New = Fix Released -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in ubuntu.

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-04-14 Thread Alberto Milone
if killing both gnome-setting-daemon and gnome-power-manager doesn't solve the problem, please file a new bug report and follow the instructions reported here to diagnose the problem: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/HighCPU -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-04-14 Thread Sam Denison
I also have had this problem, stopping the mentioned GNOME components didn't solve the problem, although it did bring the X server CPU usage down from about 50% to about 20%. I have an IBM ThinkPad X32, with a ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY (AGP) 16MB. -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-04-13 Thread Sesivany
I upgraded from Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04 64bit. Xorg takes 15-30 % CPU all the time even if it's idle. lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c) ** Attachment added: My xorg.conf

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-04-06 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: gnome-desktop Status: Fix Released = New -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in ubuntu.

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-03-30 Thread MrAuer
I noticed this too, updated today, installed from Jaunty Beta amd64. Gnome is unusably slow on a dualcore - sucks up between 50-90% idling from login onwards - this happens every time I log in to Gnome. The problem is only with Gnome - Im now running XFCE and everything works right and smooth,

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-03-07 Thread Sebastien Bacher
commenting on a closed bug about different issues will not work great there, you should better open new bugs about your performances issue with a clear description -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-03-07 Thread Sebastien Bacher
could whoever is subscribed to this bug with an anti-spam service which replies to comment stop that now? -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-03-07 Thread Twig
That may have been my overzealous spam filter. I've disabled it now. Sorry for the problem. -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-03-07 Thread Joseph Method
Created new bug here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome- settings-daemon/+bug/339228 -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-03-06 Thread Joseph Method
The g-s-d problem caused me to misinterpret a problem with dual-monitor displays. On a Macbook 1,1 whenever I plugged in a DVI-to-HDMI connector to a flatscreen television (using a TMDS-1 output on an intel card), on hotplug the machine would start to slow down. On coldplug and an unaltered

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-03-06 Thread Joseph Method
** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23571148/Xorg.0.log -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-03-06 Thread Joseph Method
Just to be clear, these are the same symptoms that Chousuke reported on 2009-01-26. Running gnome-display-properties will cause the screen to go black until it's closed, regardless of whether g-s-d is running. A clean X session with g-s-d disabled at startup and briefly running gnome-

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-03-05 Thread Reuben Thomas
I am getting exactly this problem, still, with the latest jaunty packages that have claimed to fix it. If I run gnome-settings-daemon, I get constant ~30% CPU usage. If I kill gnome-settings-daemon, the problem goes away. I have another machine also running jaunty which doesn't show the

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-03-04 Thread Max Bowsher
Undoing re-opening of bug, as some subsequent change seems to have fixed the problem for real. ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress = Fix Released -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-03-04 Thread Max Bowsher
Undoing re-opening of bug, as some subsequent change seems to have fixed the problem for real. ** Changed in: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress = Fix Released -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-02-02 Thread Max Bowsher
Bug 324524 filed concerning the g-p-m slow startup and less-than-full- but-still-abnormal CPU usage. I don't recall any relevant updates, but the full CPU usage issue which I refer to in the 2009-01-30 comments no longer reproduces for me, so I'm happy to close this bug. -- upgrade to

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-02-02 Thread Max Bowsher
Re Alberto's last comment - killing g-p-m _does_ solve the issue now broken out into bug 324524 - I'm absolutely convinced that that one is g-p-m related. The issue which g-p-m didn't solve was the full CPU usage which I can no longer reproduce. Sorry for being less than clear which one I was

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-31 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: xorg-server Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-30 Thread Alberto Milone
Max: does killing gnome-settings-daemon solve the problem? -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in ubuntu. --

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-30 Thread Max Bowsher
No, killing gnome-settings-daemon does not affect the CPU usage level, as mentioned in comment 33 above. -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-30 Thread Alberto Milone
Ok Max, it must be a different bug then. Please file a new bug report and explain that, differently from this bug, killing gnome-settings- daemon and gnome-power-manager doesn't solve the problem. -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-30 Thread Bryce Harrington
See also: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/HighCPU -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in ubuntu. --

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-29 Thread Max Bowsher
I am reopening the task against gnome-desktop, as in my case, on the Acer Aspire One, the current 1:2.25.5-0ubuntu1 does _not_ fix the problem. I require additionally Peter Clifton's workaround from comment 23, a.k.a. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=126905action=view, or the Xorg CPU

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-28 Thread Mario Limonciello
closing gnome desktop task. it was fixed in version 1:2.25.5-0ubuntu1 ** Changed in: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress = Fix Released -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-28 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package gnome-power-manager - 2.24.0-0ubuntu14 --- gnome-power-manager (2.24.0-0ubuntu14) jaunty; urgency=low * Add 79-randr13-speed-fix.patch from Gnome SVN to use a less expensive call when operating with xrandr 1.3. Original patch by Alberto

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-28 Thread Max Bowsher
Reversing automated action of Launchpad Janitor, as per my previous comments the patch improves but does not fully fix the problem with gnome-power-manager ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = In Progress -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-27 Thread Max Bowsher
Some additional information on my problems reported in comment 33: (which, to recap, are that gnome-power-manager still stimulates Xorg into using excessive CPU with the patches applied, but not as excessive as without them, and that the CPU usage stops after a while) I turned off autostart of

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-27 Thread Isaac Clerencia
i am completely up-to-date but still having problems whenever the screen brightness changes, even if it's a manual change by me (i.e., using the Macbook brightness buttons) ... -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-26 Thread Chousuke
I noticed that running the gnome-display-properties application also triggers this; I was able to consistently trigger this bug by: 1) first having my external monitor unplugged 2) plugging it in; at this point, nothing happens. 3) start gnome-display-properties - X.org goes insane and the

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-26 Thread Gediminas Paulauskas
Xorg on my also used 100% of one of cores. But I was not able to solve this without recompiling packages. * Nothing changed if I killed gnome-power-manager or gnome-settings-daemon. * I downgraded libxrandr to intrepid version, and the related packages - no change. * Removed

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-22 Thread Carey Underwood
Just started happening to me a couple days after I upgraded to jaunty, didn't seem to be any updates that triggered it. Consistently occurred for 3 reboots, going away when I switched to vesa, and coming back when switching back to intel, and then mysteriously disappeared again just as I was

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-22 Thread Alberto Milone
Max: what driver are you using? Carey: it depends on RandR events. Vesa doesn't support them. -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-22 Thread Max Bowsher
intel / dri i915 - I'll attach Xorg.0.log Though, I've now noticed that about 2 and a half minutes after login, the rogue CPU usage stops. (In comparison to stopping immediately if I kill gnome-power-manager). ** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21537221/Xorg.0.log

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-21 Thread Alberto Milone
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #568537 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=568537 ** Also affects: libgnome via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=568537 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-21 Thread Alberto Milone
I have provided upstream with Peter's patch (after testing it) and I've also written another patch so as to make sure that gnome-desktop checks the version of the library at runtime too: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=568537 ** Changed in: libgnome Importance: Unknown = Undecided

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-21 Thread Max Bowsher
I'm afraid that for me, the bug still exists even after rebuilding gnome-desktop with http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=126905action=view from http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=568160, and rebuilding gnome- power-manager with

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-20 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: gnome-desktop Status: New = Fix Released ** Changed in: gnome-power Status: New = Fix Released -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-20 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package gnome-desktop - 1:2.25.5-0ubuntu1 --- gnome-desktop (1:2.25.5-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low * New upstream version: libgnome-desktop - GnomeBG: use gdk_color_equal() instead of custom function - GnomeRR: use XRRGetScreenResourcesCurrent

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Clifton
I've added comments on the upstream bugs to point out that the fix isn't quite correct. Testing the Xrandr client library for version at compile time is necessary, but you also need to test the reported Xrandr protocol version from the server, since in the general case, the two might not match.

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-20 Thread Alberto Milone
It would be a problem only if one downgraded libxrandr to a previous version. Usually distributions don't update libxrandr or the Xserver in stable releases. This means that g-d and g-p-m will have to be rebuilt (in this case) in order to be used with previous versions of libxrandr. In any case

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Clifton
It would be a problem only if one downgraded libxrandr to a previous version. Usually distributions don't update libxrandr or the Xserver in stable releases. This means that g-d and g-p-m will have to be rebuilt (in this case) in order to be used with previous versions of libxrandr. In any

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Clifton
Also, unfortunately the problem isn't fixed by the cheaper call to XRRGetScreenResourcesCurrent Other Xrandr calls are expensive, such as the XRRGetScreenSizeRange one made in gnome-desktop's gnome-rr.c This Xserver backtrace shows the issue: #0 0xb809e430 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Clifton
My local kludgy workaround for now is this: -- gnome-desktop-2.25.5.orig/libgnome-desktop/gnome-rr.c +++ gnome-desktop-2.25.5/libgnome-desktop/gnome-rr.c @@ -512,6 +512,8 @@ switch (event-subtype) { +case RRNotify_OutputProperty: +return

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-20 Thread Alberto Milone
I'm curious to know more on how gnome-power-manager and gnome-settings- daemon are used remotely so as to better define the use-case in which this change would lead to a failure. It's weird that I can't reproduce the problem any longer (even with XRRGetScreenSizeRange). I have a few questions:

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Clifton
These programs might be used remotely, or in a nested X session, or a VNC session, for example. I realise there are ways and means, but I suspect the stock VNC server from RealVNC won't support that extension (theory untested). I have in the past (not currently) run servers hosting desktops,

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Clifton
gnome-power-manager isn't bothering me, since I still have the patched version of GDK which isn't emitting the monitors-changed event for output property notifications. gdkevents-x11.c, line 2114: if (screen notify-subtype != RRNotify_OutputProperty)

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Clifton
Blocking out XRRGetScreenSizeRange does indeed also fix the problem, however I noted that the call fills in information which may be accessed via various APIs, so I'd prefer to leave it in there if possible. At least, disabling the update when recieving an output property notification just means

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Clifton
This is most easily reproducible if you have a laptop, remove / insert the AC lead, and wait some seconds before gnome-power-manager notices, and starts to fade the backlight brightness between its AC and battery presets. Killing gnome-settings-daemon fixes the issue (or patching it as above).

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-20 Thread Alberto Milone
** Changed in: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = In Progress -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-20 Thread Alberto Milone
I set the report to in progress. Your workaround shouldn't cause any problem to either the RandR applet or the g-s-d, therefore I think it would be ok to apply it. We can ask upstream to adopt the patch and see how it goes. Do you want me to do this or do you prefer to do it yourself? --

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Clifton
Sure.. are those the only two consumers of gnome-rr.c's API? If you're happy to push stuff upstream, please go ahead. I was hoping my mail to the xorg list ('CC yourself and KeithP) would yield some insight as to what they consider the best fix. -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-20 Thread Alberto Milone
Ok, thanks for your fix then. I'll discuss this with upstream -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in ubuntu.

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-18 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: gnome-desktop Status: Unknown = New ** Changed in: gnome-power Status: Unknown = New -- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-18 Thread Alberto Milone
** Also affects: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #568162 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=568162 ** Also affects:

[Bug 307306] Re: upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow

2009-01-18 Thread Alberto Milone
As Peter Clifton pointed out, there's a new and less expensive call in the RandR 1.3 API (XRRGetScreenResourcesCurrent), credits to him for telling me about it. This function doesn't make RandR reprobe hardware and it's definitely the right function to use when listening for events (at least in