[Bug 213162] Re: [Hardy] Compiz Fusion very slow

2008-06-19 Thread JofArnold
Makes me sad too... so sad I'm going to try OSX for a month and possibly move to that. Until NVIDIA gets their act together, I've tried the following with various degrees of success: My fix --- sudo apt-get install xserver-xgl This works way better than any other solution for me, however xgl

[Bug 138355] Re: Gutsy, Nvidia, KDE, Compiz => screen blanks to white when using XGL

2008-05-31 Thread JofArnold
It's a problem with the latest nvidia drivers AFAIK. 169.12 worked fine for me. I use xserver-xgl because the performance without is terrible (12fps for many things, as reported by compiz benchmark). I'm either going to revert the nvidia drivers or just put up with the speed and hope they can

[Bug 215080] Re: Slow video performance with nvidia restricted driver on hardy beta

2008-05-23 Thread JofArnold
My laptop nvidia 360M can be fixed by either of the following, if you are lucky. XGL fix was enough for me and laptop runs fast now. ~~ A. MY FIX (because xgl doesn't give me any issues) ~~ sudo apt-get install xserver-xgl ~~ B. PROPER WAY ~~ VSYNC: Appending the "Option "DynamicTwinVi

[Bug 144216] Re: Slow switching tab in firefox/opera when the desktop effects are enabled in Gutsy Gibbon

2008-05-06 Thread JofArnold
Very good chance this is the nvidia drivers. Check out the posts on the nvidia forums, e.g.: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=112612 The good news is that nvidia have recognised there's a problem and are "working on it". Let's hope they get something out fairly soon :-S -- Slow

[Bug 213162] Re: [Hardy] Compiz Fusion very slow

2008-05-04 Thread JofArnold
At least 90% of it appears to be due to NVIDIA: e.g.: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=112612 In one of the threads elsewhere on that forum an NVIDIA representative admits there's a problem and that it will be fixed "soon". By "soon" I wouldn't be surprised if he/she means "in th

[Bug 215080] Re: Slow video performance with nvidia restricted driver on hardy beta

2008-04-26 Thread JofArnold
I have the same issues - so do a lot of people with the newer cards it seems: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xulrunner-1.9/+bug/185469 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emerald/+bug/144216 -- Slow video performance with nvidia restricted driver on hardy beta https://bugs.launch

[Bug 213162] Re: [Hardy] Compiz Fusion very slow

2008-04-23 Thread JofArnold
Just noticed this in /var/log/Xorg.0.log: (WW) NVIDIA(0): UBB is incompatible with the Composite extension. Disabling (WW) NVIDIA(0): UBB. UBB is the back buffer - surely disabling that would give a performance hit? -- [Hardy] Compiz Fusion very slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213162

[Bug 213162] Re: [Hardy] Compiz Fusion very slow

2008-04-22 Thread JofArnold
Sorry. I double-checked and I was in fact still running compiz. I can confirm that the system is MUCH faster running metacity: FF2 is at full speed as far as I can tell. However, FF3 is still slow - especially at canvas. I don't believe this affects the diagnosis, but it's good to get the facts

[Bug 213162] Re: [Hardy] Compiz Fusion very slow

2008-04-22 Thread JofArnold
Me too! There's a bunch of bug reports about this focussing on FF3 and other apps being slow, but it looks to me like a gfx driver (I'm no expert - it's just that I experienced identical issues with a bad ati driver before). Spec: Dell M4300, 9500 intel (2.6Ghz), 4GB ram, nVidia 360M (256mb gfx r

[Bug 144216] Re: Slow switching tab in firefox/opera when the desktop effects are enabled in Gutsy Gibbon

2008-04-21 Thread JofArnold
Same issue in Hardy running on a Dell M4300, Intel 9500, 4GB ram, nvidia 360M 256mb (1900x1200), compiz, bleeding-edge nv drivers. As a rough guess, I'd say that switching tabs under FF3 is about 1/10th the speed it should be. I thought it may be worth adding that canvas (e.g. www.blobsallad.s

Re: [Bug 156162] Re: 7.04 Feisty to 7.10 Gutsy GUI Distribution Upgrade Fails / Crashes with Gray Window

2007-12-13 Thread JofArnold
Please don't close it! That it lacks information is the fault of ubuntu, not me. As I reported previous, main.log is empty, my network connection works fine etc. I know this is difficult for you to debug, but the shear fact that we don't have an information with which we can debug shows that, in

Re: [Bug 156162] Re: 7.04 Feisty to 7.10 Gutsy GUI Distribution Upgrade Fails / Crashes with Gray Window

2007-10-25 Thread JofArnold
Yup - main.log was empty, connection was fine at the time. On 24/10/2007, Michael Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for your bugreport. > > This is all in main.log, nothing more? I assume your network connection > is working normal? > > ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) >Stat

[Bug 156162] 7.04 Feisty to 7.10 Gutsy GUI Distribution Upgrade Fails / Crashes with Gray Window

2007-10-23 Thread JofArnold
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager "Distribution Upgrade" window hangs at very early stage with gray window. /var/log/dist-upgrade files as follows apt.log: ## empty ## main.log: ## 2007-10-23 09:42:24,689 INFO release-upgrader version '0.81' started 2007-10-23 09:42:31,