Thanks again Daniel ! I have already downloaded the bzr branch that Jason linked to, but I'm having a hell of a time getting all the dev packages needed to compile. Is there a better way to get all the dev dependencies from the source code branch ?
Michael Knap http://michaelknap.net Instructor and Researcher Mathematics and Controls Engineering Center of Excellence in Information Systems Tennessee State University On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 11:52 PM, Daniel van Vugt <[email protected]> wrote: > Give me a few hours and I'll try to get the fix into ppa:vanvugt/unity > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/888039 > > Title: > Gradual degradation in desktop performance. > > Status in Unity: > Fix Committed > Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Over the span of 1-3 days I see my desktop consistently become more > sluggish. The functions most affected are window movement, file icon > movement, and sometimes window resizing. Other animations (such as > minimizing fades, switching desktops, expo mode) are not affected when > this degradation occurs. They remain smooth; however, I have let the > problem go on as long as to find out that eventually all desktop > animations/effects will degrade, it just takes a lot lot longer. I > find that my actual 3D gaming goes unaffected (though I have no data > to back that up, perhaps it does). > > I have recorded the output of 'ps auxw' and have slowly watched the > VSZ and RSS memory columns creep upwards. A fresh compiz session will > see 675164 and 169860, respectively. After a day or two it will result > in as high as 878552 and 255664. I have attached a log output from an > hourly cron job (though I had suspended for a few days because of > travel). > > After the degradation has occurred compiz will consistently use higher > CPU. Dragging a terminal window while watching top: before: ~10%, > after: ~30 percent. > > This has been an issue since 11.04 for me on both my Intel i915 and > Nvidia (proprietary) machines (had an 8600 GT and upgraded to 560 GTX, > both having the same issue). However, the nvidia machine is where it > really hurts, _always_ happening within a day or two, while the i915 > machine is pretty reliable overall with certain instances of > degradation (used to be affected just as badly in 11.04). > > I will attach two videos demonstrating behavior before and after. > --- > ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 > Architecture: amd64 > CheckboxSubmission: 33c9cec13de798ee31ce4ea2f2cbd4df > CheckboxSystem: 4ed15c40009aa6f7770f606350a390a2 > CompizPlugins: > [core,detection,composite,opengl,decor,regex,winrules,compiztoolbox,animation,grid,vpswitch,snap,place,gnomecompat,resize,move,mousepoll,imgpng,workarounds,session,expo,wall,fade,scale,unityshell] > DistroCodename: oneiric > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 > DistroVariant: ubuntu > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > Package: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu5vv1 > PackageArchitecture: all > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 > Tags: oneiric running-unity oneiric running-unity ubuntu > Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 > UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (26 days ago) > UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/888039/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/888039 Title: Gradual degradation in desktop performance. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/888039/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
