Apparently, though unproven, at 18:49 on Thursday 11 November 2010, Dale did opine thusly:
> Dale wrote: > > I did a test just then and my video was slow again. This is what I > > get now. > > > > r...@smoker / # glxgears > > Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be > > approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate. > > 677 frames in 5.6 seconds = 120.183 FPS > > 1 frames in 7.6 seconds = 0.132 FPS > > 1 frames in 7.6 seconds = 0.132 FPS > > 1 frames in 8.2 seconds = 0.122 FPS > > 1 frames in 7.6 seconds = 0.131 FPS > > 1 frames in 7.6 seconds = 0.132 FPS > > XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server > > ":0.0" > > > > after 46 requests (46 known processed) with 0 events remaining. > > > > r...@smoker / # > > > > > > So, looks like emerge -e world didn't help after all. So what should > > I check now? Do I need to get my hammer out? > > > > Dale > > > > :-) :-) > > False alarm. I looked at top and noticed that that stupid hp-systray > was using about 90% of my CPU. I killed that thing and now it plays > fine again. > > I do wish they would fix that thing. For some reason hp-systray does > that from time to time. It is usually after dbus has a hiccup. Logging > out of KDE and back in again usually fixes it tho. > > Anyway, back to normal. Well, normal for me anyway. ;-) Whatever hp-systray is, I'd dump it. When a single app or feature kills the entire machine and it's ability to draw on the screen, it's time to find a way to do without the app. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
