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    [Solved] Horrid Performance after updating to Hardy Heron.

    I've been running Kubuntu 7.10 for a while now. I just updated to 8.04 Hardy Herpn tonight. When I first logged in, the performance had dropped to about half.

    I clicked on the PCI card in the system tray, and enabled the Proprietary Nvidia drivers. Thus far, I have noticed no difference.

    Horrid performance. Compiz-Fusion does work. However, it works like a slide show. Okay, I'm exaggerating, but only slightly. A fast moving slide show, as if I'm trying to record the desktop...

    Any effects, even Kompmgr effects kill the performance. Not that it is very responsive without the effects...

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    My System Specs are as follows.

    Nvidia NForce motherboard,
    792mb DDR333
    Nvidia Geforce 6800 128mb AGP
    AMD Athlon XP 2200+
    160gb 7200RPM HDD

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    My Xorg.conf.

    Originally posted by Xorg.conf
    # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
    # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Mon Apr 16 20:37:13 PDT 2007

    # xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
    #
    # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
    # values from the debconf database.
    #
    # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
    # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
    #
    # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
    # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
    # package.
    #
    # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
    # again, run the following command:
    # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

    Section "ServerLayout"

    # Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet
    # InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
    # InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
    # InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
    Identifier "Default Layout"
    screen "Default Screen" 0 0
    Inputdevice "Generic Keyboard"
    Inputdevice "Configured Mouse"
    EndSection

    Section "Files"
    EndSection

    Section "Module"
    Load "glx"
    Load "dbe"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver "kbd"
    Option "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Configured Mouse"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "CorePointer"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "stylus"
    Driver "wacom"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
    Option "Type" "stylus"
    Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "eraser"
    Driver "wacom"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
    Option "Type" "eraser"
    Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "cursor"
    Driver "wacom"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
    Option "Type" "cursor"
    Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Generic Monitor"
    Horizsync 28.0 - 72.0
    Vertrefresh 43.0 - 60.0
    Option "DPMS"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
    Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800]"
    Driver "nvidia"
    Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
    Option "NoLogo" "True"
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Device "nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800]"
    Monitor "Generic Monitor"
    Defaultdepth 24
    Option "RenderAccel" "True"
    Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
    Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 24
    Modes "1440x900" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    EndSection

    Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Enable"
    EndSection
    The answers are out there...
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    #2
    Re: Horrid Performance after updating to Hardy Heron.

    i'm also having trouble with my kubuntu hardy heron,it works perfectly for some time,then it just slows down,i'm usually using a browser(opera or firefox) and amarok and an IM(pidgin or kopete),can someone tell me how to fix this?
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      #3
      Re: Horrid Performance after updating to Hardy Heron.

      Since you are not getting a lot of constructive answers here at the mo (I certainly don't have a clue as to what is going on) you may want to try the Kubuntu forum, as I do not think your problem is kde related...

      Sorry I can't help any further.
      Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQ
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        #4
        Re: Horrid Performance after updating to Hardy Heron.

        Open Konsole and enter
        Code:
        top
        and let's see what is hogging the resources. Probably strigi daemon or something.
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          #5
          Re: Horrid Performance after updating to Hardy Heron.

          Yes, I can't imagine life without a program like conky which shows you in real-time various info about your system (which apps are using up the cpu, ram, etc.). If things ever slow to a crawl the culprit is usually caught red-handed.
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            #6
            Re: Horrid Performance after updating to Hardy Heron.

            This morning my computer suddenly slowed down, and I noticed a rapid rise in CPU temp. I have an alarm set at 60 degrees C. I ran top to see what was going on and the culprit was npviewer.bin which is associated with the flash plugin. This is a 64 bit HH. I killed the process and everything quickly returned to normal. So you might want to check that one out. The problem has not reoccurred. I noticed that there was an update to the flashplugin-nonfree this morning after I had my problem. Maybe they fixed it.
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              #7
              Re: Horrid Performance after updating to Hardy Heron.

              Yep.

              I had the same issue, today, and had to manually kill off npviewer. Annoying! >

              @Detonate, can you play the videos on this site?:

              http://www.elsevier.nl/video/

              I had it working up until today. Now it's dead again. I'm going to nuke the hidden .mozilla folder in my user folder -- that's what I did last time to get it working again.
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                #8
                Re: Horrid Performance after updating to Hardy Heron.

                No I can't. I've been watching the thread about that with interest, but I don't have any suggestions. I have not taken a long hard look at it, but the videos don't play. A screen opens and it appears to be loading the video, but nothing happens.
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                  #9
                  Re: Horrid Performance after updating to Hardy Heron.

                  Thanks for checking.

                  I had it working for several weeks, after I deleted the .mozilla hidden folder and restarted FF3. But today it's dead again. I just tried the maneuver of deleting .mozilla, and except for losing all my bookmarks and default pages, it didn't change anything.

                  I also booted sidux and tried it with Iceweasel 3, which is pretty rugged. It was playing there, the last time I checked, but today it's toast again.

                  In my Win XP VM, which runs on VMware, I found that I needed to install the latest flash player 9.0.124. That must be the problem -- Gecko isn't there yet.

                  CNN.com videos aren't playing either.
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                    #10
                    Re: Horrid Performance after updating to Hardy Heron.

                    I noticed that after the flash update this morning, flash doesn't wotk in FF until you close and restart FF.
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                      #11
                      Re: Horrid Performance after updating to Hardy Heron.

                      I just tried it on my laptop, which runs sidux and hasn't been updated in a few days. Neither elsevier nor cnn nor youtube videos play any more on Iceweasel 3. So, I guess I've got some updating to do.
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                        #12
                        Re: Horrid Performance after updating to Hardy Heron.

                        Originally posted by dibl
                        Open Konsole and enter
                        Code:
                        top
                        and let's see what is hogging the resources. Probably strigi daemon or something.
                        Here is my 'top' output.

                        Tasks: 115 total, 3 running, 112 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
                        Cpu(s): 37.0%us, 19.5%sy, 0.0%ni, 26.7%id, 11.9%wa, 0.7%hi, 4.3%si, 0.0%st
                        Mem: 775140k total, 767804k used, 7336k free, 148472k buffers
                        Swap: 610428k total, 0k used, 610428k free, 333692k cached

                        PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
                        6943 cjm 20 0 93216 52m 24m R 33.4 7.0 5:42.50 konqueror
                        5917 root 20 0 85228 62m 4940 S 10.6 8.3 1:03.70 Xorg
                        2523 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 7.9 0.0 1:06.26 kjournald
                        3407 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 2.6 0.0 0:50.84 ntdriver
                        6501 mythtv 20 0 83068 17m 6676 S 2.0 2.3 0:16.74 mythbackend
                        3316 root 15 -5 0 0 0 R 1.3 0.0 0:23.08 ntos_wq
                        7632 cjm 20 0 33172 14m 11m S 1.3 1.9 0:00.64 konsole
                        6920 cjm 20 0 22192 7076 5112 S 0.7 0.9 0:25.38 artsd
                        7659 cjm 20 0 2304 1108 852 R 0.7 0.1 0:00.02 top
                        1 root 20 0 2844 1692 544 S 0.0 0.2 0:01.26 init
                        2 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd
                        The answers are out there...
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                          #13
                          Re: Horrid Performance after updating to Hardy Heron.

                          Thanks for your help. I've discovered that the problem is the lack of DMA.

                          http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3096255.0
                          The answers are out there...
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                            #14
                            Re: Horrid Performance after updating to Hardy Heron.

                            Well done! Perhaps you could now edit the subject line of your first post to include SOLVED so others can benefit from your experience.
                            Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQ
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                              #15
                              Re: [Solved] Horrid Performance after updating to Hardy Heron.

                              I've added solved to the title.

                              Now to see if I can solve the problem of the lack of DMA...
                              The answers are out there...
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