Weird Slowness in Kile

2012-05-14 Thread Richard Heck 


I thought it would be worth mentioning that I've just seen, twice, a 
kind of slowness in Kile (which is a KDE and therefore Qt-based LaTeX 
editor) very similar to what has been reported here, now and again, as a 
slowness in LyX. All of a sudden, and for reasons I don't understand, 
Kile ground to a near halt, with top showing XOrg consuming 100% or more 
CPU. (Fortunately, there are four processors!) Closing it and restarting 
it solved the problem.


Richard

Re: Weird Slowness in Kile

2012-05-14 Thread stefano franchi 
Richard,

I use Kile on a regular basis, but I never experienced that. Or
rather, every once in a while I experience a general X-related
lockdown---CPU at 100%, no graphic interaction possible, no switching
to virtual terminal allowed either (presumably because X steals all
keyboard input). My only way out is ssh-ing from another computer and
restarting the whole box.
I wonder if it is related, though. Are you using nvidia proprietary
drivers? The consensus on the archlinux boards seems to point at them.

Cheers,

Stefano

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:

 I thought it would be worth mentioning that I've just seen, twice, a kind of
 slowness in Kile (which is a KDE and therefore Qt-based LaTeX editor) very
 similar to what has been reported here, now and again, as a slowness in LyX.
 All of a sudden, and for reasons I don't understand, Kile ground to a near
 halt, with top showing XOrg consuming 100% or more CPU. (Fortunately, there
 are four processors!) Closing it and restarting it solved the problem.

 Richard




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Stefano Franchi
Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic Studies            Ph:   +1 (979) 845-2125
Texas AM University                          Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
College Station, Texas, USA

stef...@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org

Re: Weird Slowness in Kile

2012-05-14 Thread Richard Heck 

On 05/14/2012 04:16 PM, stefano franchi wrote:

Richard,

I use Kile on a regular basis, but I never experienced that. Or
rather, every once in a while I experience a general X-related
lockdown---CPU at 100%, no graphic interaction possible, no switching
to virtual terminal allowed either (presumably because X steals all
keyboard input). My only way out is ssh-ing from another computer and
restarting the whole box.
I wonder if it is related, though. Are you using nvidia proprietary
drivers? The consensus on the archlinux boards seems to point at them.


Yes.

I've seen the general lock, too.

rh

Weird Slowness in Kile

2012-05-14 Thread Richard Heck 


I thought it would be worth mentioning that I've just seen, twice, a 
kind of slowness in Kile (which is a KDE and therefore Qt-based LaTeX 
editor) very similar to what has been reported here, now and again, as a 
slowness in LyX. All of a sudden, and for reasons I don't understand, 
Kile ground to a near halt, with top showing XOrg consuming 100% or more 
CPU. (Fortunately, there are four processors!) Closing it and restarting 
it solved the problem.


Richard

Re: Weird Slowness in Kile

2012-05-14 Thread stefano franchi 
Richard,

I use Kile on a regular basis, but I never experienced that. Or
rather, every once in a while I experience a general X-related
lockdown---CPU at 100%, no graphic interaction possible, no switching
to virtual terminal allowed either (presumably because X steals all
keyboard input). My only way out is ssh-ing from another computer and
restarting the whole box.
I wonder if it is related, though. Are you using nvidia proprietary
drivers? The consensus on the archlinux boards seems to point at them.

Cheers,

Stefano

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:

 I thought it would be worth mentioning that I've just seen, twice, a kind of
 slowness in Kile (which is a KDE and therefore Qt-based LaTeX editor) very
 similar to what has been reported here, now and again, as a slowness in LyX.
 All of a sudden, and for reasons I don't understand, Kile ground to a near
 halt, with top showing XOrg consuming 100% or more CPU. (Fortunately, there
 are four processors!) Closing it and restarting it solved the problem.

 Richard




-- 
__
Stefano Franchi
Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic Studies            Ph:   +1 (979) 845-2125
Texas AM University                          Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
College Station, Texas, USA

stef...@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org

Re: Weird Slowness in Kile

2012-05-14 Thread Richard Heck 

On 05/14/2012 04:16 PM, stefano franchi wrote:

Richard,

I use Kile on a regular basis, but I never experienced that. Or
rather, every once in a while I experience a general X-related
lockdown---CPU at 100%, no graphic interaction possible, no switching
to virtual terminal allowed either (presumably because X steals all
keyboard input). My only way out is ssh-ing from another computer and
restarting the whole box.
I wonder if it is related, though. Are you using nvidia proprietary
drivers? The consensus on the archlinux boards seems to point at them.


Yes.

I've seen the general lock, too.

rh

Weird Slowness in Kile

2012-05-14 Thread Richard Heck 


I thought it would be worth mentioning that I've just seen, twice, a 
kind of slowness in Kile (which is a KDE and therefore Qt-based LaTeX 
editor) very similar to what has been reported here, now and again, as a 
slowness in LyX. All of a sudden, and for reasons I don't understand, 
Kile ground to a near halt, with top showing XOrg consuming 100% or more 
CPU. (Fortunately, there are four processors!) Closing it and restarting 
it solved the problem.


Richard

Re: Weird Slowness in Kile

2012-05-14 Thread stefano franchi 
Richard,

I use Kile on a regular basis, but I never experienced that. Or
rather, every once in a while I experience a general X-related
lockdown---CPU at 100%, no graphic interaction possible, no switching
to virtual terminal allowed either (presumably because X steals all
keyboard input). My only way out is ssh-ing from another computer and
restarting the whole box.
I wonder if it is related, though. Are you using nvidia proprietary
drivers? The consensus on the archlinux boards seems to point at them.

Cheers,

Stefano

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Richard Heck  wrote:
>
> I thought it would be worth mentioning that I've just seen, twice, a kind of
> slowness in Kile (which is a KDE and therefore Qt-based LaTeX editor) very
> similar to what has been reported here, now and again, as a slowness in LyX.
> All of a sudden, and for reasons I don't understand, Kile ground to a near
> halt, with top showing XOrg consuming 100% or more CPU. (Fortunately, there
> are four processors!) Closing it and restarting it solved the problem.
>
> Richard
>



-- 
__
Stefano Franchi
Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic Studies            Ph:   +1 (979) 845-2125
Texas A University                          Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
College Station, Texas, USA

stef...@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org

Re: Weird Slowness in Kile

2012-05-14 Thread Richard Heck 

On 05/14/2012 04:16 PM, stefano franchi wrote:

Richard,

I use Kile on a regular basis, but I never experienced that. Or
rather, every once in a while I experience a general X-related
lockdown---CPU at 100%, no graphic interaction possible, no switching
to virtual terminal allowed either (presumably because X steals all
keyboard input). My only way out is ssh-ing from another computer and
restarting the whole box.
I wonder if it is related, though. Are you using nvidia proprietary
drivers? The consensus on the archlinux boards seems to point at them.


Yes.

I've seen the general lock, too.

rh