2008/12/5 Tony Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Liam Proven wrote: >> [...] >> These aren't fatal problems, they're just awkward. Sometimes I have to >> click on a window to activate it before typing, as I can't tell which >> one is "in front". Sometimes I can't move windows, as the frame's >> gone. And to move a window from one screen to another, I must >> de-maximise, drag, and re-maximise, like on Windows, which is a pain, >> as it was much smoother on 7.10 (my previous long-term stable version, >> which I used for a year plus.) >> >> Anyone else experiencing anything like this? > > Hello, Liam. > > I've noticed what might be a memory leak in Compiz on my Asus DV5000 > laptop, which has an Nvidia GeForce Go 6200/6400 in it, when I've been > using it using the NX client for Linux. The memory usage seems to creep > up slowly (over many hours) until it starts to swap. Quitting the NX > client, and all other apps., does not fix the problem. I end up having > to reboot. I've got my laptop video configured as two separate X11 > screens, but the same thing happens if I use twinview...
I'd suggest your best bet to try to trace this would be to switch to the open source nv driver for a while & see if the problem still occurs. For 2D use, it's fine; it just lacks 3D and multihead support, I believe. > > This is not a problem unless I use the NX client for long periods, or if > I leave my laptop running with the screen locked when I go away for a > week and forget that it's on. In fact, I put my laptop in my rucksack > recently and I didn't realise it was still running - it got quite hot > and the LCD screen was in a terrible state: Seems to have recovered! Ouch. I have my machine set to sleep when the lid is closed, so this doesn't happen. I don't like running laptops with the lid shut, even when using an external screen - it often can cause overheating problems, in my experience. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • MSN/Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • Skype: liamproven • ICQ: 73187508 -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
