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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from FX-5200 to a GeForce 6200 512MB
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:21:11 +0200
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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.
> >
> > root@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.
> >
> > root@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