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#1 2008-01-29 15:51:08

moljac024
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Installing some gnome dependencies slowed down my X system

Hello! I'm a newbie at arch linux and so far I'm loving it big_smile
I planned on building a fast, lightweight, beautiful and functional linux distribution. So i choose Arch linux + fluxbox.

Everything was working fine up until a few minutes ago when i installed firestarter (with it came some gnome deps). Upon restarting fluxbox my window movements became jerky and slow.

I'm using xcompmgr (starting with X in ~/.xinitrc) for some nice transparency effects. I'm pretty sure gnome deps are to blame and i truly hate them right now ! So, how can i fix this ? Please respond, thanks smile

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#2 2008-01-29 16:27:46

bionnaki
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Re: Installing some gnome dependencies slowed down my X system

use iptables instead.

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#3 2008-01-29 16:28:01

fwojciec
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Re: Installing some gnome dependencies slowed down my X system

Gnome dependencies is a vague term and I don't think they would cause problems like that just because of their association with gnome.  have a look in /var/log/pacman.log to see exactly what packages were installed prior to the problem occurring and try uninstalling/downgrading until you find the culprit.

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#4 2008-01-29 17:09:24

moljac024
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Re: Installing some gnome dependencies slowed down my X system

bionnaki wrote:

use iptables instead.

Of course, i know that's the true linux way! smile Don't know what got into me when i installed firestarter...

fwojciec wrote:

Gnome dependencies is a vague term and I don't think they would cause problems like that just because of their association with gnome.  have a look in /var/log/pacman.log to see exactly what packages were installed prior to the problem occurring and try uninstalling/downgrading until you find the culprit.

I tried 'pacman -Rs firestarter' and it didn't do the trick, so it's possible that I just didn't notice the poor performance. (been only toying around with this for a short time).

I did, however, manage to fix my problem by adding the "-n" argument to xcompmgr in ~/.xinitrc.

Thanks, though! big_smile


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#5 2008-01-29 21:51:20

moljac024
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Re: Installing some gnome dependencies slowed down my X system

I guess I kinda jumped the gun here, my X server is undoubtedly slower. It happened after installing firestarter i'm sure of it. Sorry for the confusion, I just don't know what could have changed. My xorg.conf and the other files i can think of stayed untouched. I will now reinstall arch and do everything all over again since i don't know what else to do.

This is a fraction of my pacman.log:

[2008-01-29 16:33] installed libgnomecanvas (2.20.1-1)
[2008-01-29 16:33] installed orbit2 (2.14.10-1)
[2008-01-29 16:33] installed gconf (2.20.1-1)
[2008-01-29 16:33] installed gnome-mime-data (2.18.0-3)
[2008-01-29 16:33] installed gnome-vfs (2.20.1-1)
[2008-01-29 16:33] installed audiofile (0.2.6-3)
[2008-01-29 16:33] installed esd (0.2.38-3)
[2008-01-29 16:33] installed libbonobo (2.20.3-1)
[2008-01-29 16:33] installed libgnome (2.20.1.1-1)
[2008-01-29 16:33] installed libbonoboui (2.20.0-1)
[2008-01-29 16:33] installed gnome-keyring (2.20.3-1)
[2008-01-29 16:33] installed libgnomeui (2.20.1.1-1)
[2008-01-29 16:33] installed dhcp (3.1.0-1)
[2008-01-29 16:33]   -->  This version comes with a system init script now. You have to run the
[2008-01-29 16:33]   -->  "firestarter" executable from the command line (in an X driven console)
[2008-01-29 16:33]   -->  first to generate the initial start-up scripts.
[2008-01-29 16:33]   -->  If you'd like firestarter brought up on system initialization, add
[2008-01-29 16:33]   -->  firestarter to the DAEMONS line of your /etc/rc.conf (after network)
[2008-01-29 16:33]   -->  Consider to use gksu to start firestarter, since firestarter has to be
[2008-01-29 16:33]   -->  used as root to change the settings of you firewall. It is called as
[2008-01-29 16:33]   -->    "gksu firestarter"
[2008-01-29 16:33]   -->  and brings it's own menu entry if gksu is installed on the system.
[2008-01-29 16:33]   
[2008-01-29 16:33]   -->  Some autodetection for the messages logfile has been included, the
[2008-01-29 16:33]   -->  original code looks for /var/log/kernel and /var/log/messages. In this
[2008-01-29 16:33]   -->  package detection for /var/log/messages.log and /var/log/kernel.log
[2008-01-29 16:33]   -->  has been added. So metalog, sysklogd and syslog-ng users should be happy,
[2008-01-29 16:33]   -->  as long as you remove unused log files form the directory.
[2008-01-29 16:33] 
[2008-01-29 16:33] installing gnome schemas ...

What is this last line ?

Last edited by moljac024 (2008-01-29 21:53:03)


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