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The Orange Peanut

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Registered: 2008-01-06

Posts: 152

Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

On two webpages I frequent, Facebook and a private forum, Firefox 3 scrolls very slowly if I use the mousewheel or the keyboard keys to scroll.  If I grab the scroll bar and drag it the page scrolls fine, but like I said not if I use the mouse wheel.  This behavior doesn't happen on any other websites.  Any idea what the problem could be?  I have no extensions installed.

The Orange Peanut

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Registered: 2008-01-06

Posts: 152

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

Anybody?  Firefox 2 didn't do this.

mfolnovic

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From: Zagreb, Croatia

Registered: 2008-01-03

Posts: 104

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

using compiz fusion ?

low

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Registered: 2007-07-04

Posts: 109

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

any version of firefox does this for me when i use compiz-fusion. I'm using the xf86-video-intel driver so to fix it add this to the device section of your xorg.conf:

Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"

FALK

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2008-03-24

Posts: 95

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

Do you have a recent nvidia-card? If so, try nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=3 -a GlyphCache=1 (or InitialPixmapPlacement=2)

Procyon

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Registered: 2008-05-07

Posts: 1,819

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

Try turning off all backgrounds with

body { background-image: none !important; }

in a chrome file, or the 'Stylish' addon.

The Orange Peanut

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Registered: 2008-01-06

Posts: 152

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

I am not using compiz-fusion.  I tried disabling compositing altogether (especially since I don't even use it) in my xorg.conf but the problem still persisted.  I made sure compositing was turned off by trying to run xcompmgr and getting the "no composite extension available" message.  I also downloaded stylish and tried turning off all the backgrounds with the command you posted but that did not work either.  As I said, this is an issue only with 2 sites, but unfortunately I frequent both of them which is why this is bothering me.

I have a Radeon 9500 Pro.  Any other ideas?

The Orange Peanut

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Registered: 2008-01-06

Posts: 152

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

Anyone?

zenj

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-17

Posts: 6

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

I am an Nvidia user and I experienced ridiculously slow scroll speed in Firefox, try this site tuaw.com, it was painful to scroll through yesterday. After reading some posts over at nvnews.net, there is an apparent issue with the drivers and 2D performance. However I don't believe this to be the case, I have reinstalled Arch Linux, but opted for the 64 bit version this time. I now have Windows-like 2D performance with absolutely no scrolling issues- I installed the proprietary nvidia drivers and I am using the Mist Gtk theme under Gnome.

Some other tips to improve scrolling:
- Install adblock plus - reduce the images loaded
- Press CTRL+I to disable background images.

Last edited by zenj (2008-06-28 01:25:13)

berbae

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From: France

Registered: 2007-02-12

Posts: 1,304

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

From  http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic … 8&t=675935 I wrote in the userContent.css file under ~/.mozilla/firefox/<something>.default/chrome that code :

/* To solve scroll problem with some sites */
body
{
background-attachment:
scroll !important;
}

After restarting Firefox, it seems to give a smoother scrolling on some sites I tested.

Edit: I use also the SmoothWheel Firefox extension.

Last edited by berbae (2008-06-28 09:43:42)

gibbz

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Registered: 2008-08-26

Posts: 3

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

any version of firefox does this for me when i use compiz-fusion. I'm using the xf86-video-intel driver so to fix it add this to the device section of your xorg.conf:

Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"

Thank for the tip Low mate, it really helped fix the scroll issue on the eee pc 901 with compiz enabled . I posted a thread in the eeeuser.com forum to help anyone with the same problem and of course credit was given , cheers! here the link http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=43118

Execute_Method

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From: Tennessee

Registered: 2008-07-26

Posts: 105

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

any version of firefox does this for me when i use compiz-fusion. I'm using the xf86-video-intel driver so to fix it add this to the device section of your xorg.conf:

Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"

Just so everyone knows, this is an option of EXA, so it will work with any driver using EXA accelmethod.

For instance, I use the radeon driver with this option, and it fixed: slow tab-switching, slow scrolling, and slow programs runs (even terminal took 5 seconds to open) when a browser was running.

It not only fixed this for Firefox3, but epiphany and Opera as well.

BTW, thank you low!

chimpyw

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Registered: 2007-02-14

Posts: 21

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

Try putting this into your bashrc/zshrc

export MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1

Worked for me and stopped any cpu spikes and jerky scrolling.  And I don't notice anything different but read up on it just in case.

ur25

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Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 13

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

Do you have a recent nvidia-card? If so, try nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=3 -a GlyphCache=1 (or InitialPixmapPlacement=2)

I tried this but still no luck, I have an "nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GT" and the 177.82 driver.

Can some of you please visit this site and tell me if you have problems with firefox3? http://lubosz.de/Firefox3PerformanceBug/

If you do, can you post your specs to see if there is any similarities? On my side, firefox stops working completely and xorg freezes for about 5 seconds when I try to scroll down, I can still hear my music playing in audacious though. It also seems to have big issues with imdb.com, freezing all my system for 4-5s.

Last edited by ur25 (2008-11-27 20:32:53)

cliffbreaker

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From: Tiraspol, Transnistria

Registered: 2008-11-23

Posts: 52

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

I experienced this. Maybe you open too many pages in firefox? It significantly slows down its work.

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brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,742

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

http://lubosz.de/Firefox3PerformanceBug/

Works fine for me.

$ rpm -q firefox
firefox-3.0.9.20081130-1.fc9.x86_64

slumslayer

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2008-09-14

Posts: 66

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

Do you have a recent nvidia-card? If so, try nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=3 -a GlyphCache=1 (or InitialPixmapPlacement=2)

I tried this but still no luck, I have an "nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GT" and the 177.82 driver.

Can some of you please visit this site and tell me if you have problems with firefox3? http://lubosz.de/Firefox3PerformanceBug/

No problem here (Firefox 3.0.4 / GeForce 8800GT).
Maybe you can try the new beta driver : http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15152

Last edited by slumslayer (2008-11-30 17:15:16)

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

Put in .bashrc (or /etc/profile if using GDM):

export MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1

alessandro_ufms

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From: Campo Grande, MS - Brazil

Registered: 2008-06-25

Posts: 153

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

export MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1 doesnt work for me.

alessandro_ufms

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From: Campo Grande, MS - Brazil

Registered: 2008-06-25

Posts: 153

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

On Epiphany, http://lubosz.de/Firefox3PerformanceBug/ is bugging too. Is bug in Gecko?

ur25

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Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 13

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

Do you have a recent nvidia-card? If so, try nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=3 -a GlyphCache=1 (or InitialPixmapPlacement=2)

I tried this but still no luck, I have an "nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GT" and the 177.82 driver.

Can some of you please visit this site and tell me if you have problems with firefox3? http://lubosz.de/Firefox3PerformanceBug/

No problem here (Firefox 3.0.4 / GeForce 8800GT).
Maybe you can try the new beta driver : http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15152

Thanks for your help!

I've just upgraded xorg to the 1.5.3 version, had some problems but looks good now. I then installed the 180.08-1 nvidia beta driver and everything is fine. No more lag on http://lubosz.de/Firefox3PerformanceBug/.

ps : did you have any problem with the beta driver, just so I know what to expect.

Last edited by ur25 (2008-12-03 00:20:35)

slumslayer

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2008-09-14

Posts: 66

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

ps : did you have any problem with the beta driver, just so I know what to expect.

No problem so far (with 180.08)

alessandro_ufms

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From: Campo Grande, MS - Brazil

Registered: 2008-06-25

Posts: 153

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

I have been just install nvidia beta from aur and this problem is gone. Thanks

gfdsa

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Registered: 2009-07-24

Posts: 1

Re: Slow scrolling on Firefox 3

had the same problems with extra/nvidia 185.18.14-1, kde4 with compositing, tried GlyphCache with InitialPixmapPlacement, tried disabling pango, no joy
upgradint to beta 190 via aur solved the problem and yet no other problems have been discovered