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erno

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[SOLVED] Selecting text in input boxes is slow in Firefox

As I write this post it's very slow to select the text here in this input box. Selecting text in address bar, gnome-terminal or keepass is normal.

I've tried disabling hardware acceleration in FF and killing compton but no help.

Another issue is different mouse cursor sizes between GTK/QT applications. Is there a good solution for this?

Running X and i3-wm in Intel HD4400 and modesetting driver.

Last edited by erno (2017-08-03 17:27:47)

erno

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Re: [SOLVED] Selecting text in input boxes is slow in Firefox

So it looks like I've fixed both issues for now. Haven't rebooted yet.

- install  xcursor-vanilla-dmz-0.4.4-1
- set  Inherits = xcursor-vanilla-dmz in /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme
- reload i3
- revert back to Inherits=Adwaita in /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme
- reload i3

Both issues fixed for now.

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Re: [SOLVED] Selecting text in input boxes is slow in Firefox

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erno

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Re: [SOLVED] Selecting text in input boxes is slow in Firefox

The "fix" doesn't perist across reboots. The lag is gone but gnome-terminal and firefox have different size mouse cursors in the title bar.

Looking at keepass the cursor is bigger in the titlebar than in window contents.

Is there a proper fix? Running dual monitors with a custom 10-monitor.conf.

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "eDP-1"
#    DisplaySize 309 173
    Modeline "1600x900_60.00"  118.25  1600 1696 1856 2112  900 903 908 934 -hsync +vsync
    Option "PreferredMode" "1600x900_60.00"
    Option      "Primary" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    VendorName     "QNIX"
    ModelName      "QX2710"
#    HorizSync       89.52 - 160.0
#    VertRefresh     59.96 - 120.0
#    DisplaySize     597 336
    Identifier  "HDMI-1"
#   Modeline "2560x1440_60.00"  312.25  2560 2752 3024 3488  1440 1443 1448 1493 -hsync +vsync
    Modeline "2560x1440"  241.50  2560 2608 2640 2720  1440 1443 1448 1481 +hsync -vsync
    Option "PreferredMode" "2560x1440"
#    Option "NoBandWidthTest" "true"
#    Option "IgnoreEDIDChecksum" "HDMI-1"
#    Option "UseEDID" "False"
#    Option "UseEDIDDPI" "False"
#    Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "False"
#    Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "True"
#    Option "ModeValidation" "NoVertRefreshCheck, NoHorizSyncCheck, NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck, NoMaxSizeCheck, NoMaxPClkCheck, NoEDIDModes"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Monitor "HDMI-1"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
        Modes "2560x1440"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "intelDevice"
    Driver         "modesetting"
    Option         "ConnectedMonitor" "HDMI-1"
    Option         "CustomEDID" "HDMI-1:/etc/X11/edid.bin"
    Option         "IgnoreEDID" "false"
    Option         "UseEDID" "true"
#    Option "CustomEDID" HDMI-1:/etc/X11/edid.bin"
#    Option         "XvMC" "true"
#    Option         "UseEvents" "true"
#    Option         "AccelMethod" "SNA"
#    Option         "TearFree"    "true"
#    Option         "DRI"         "3"
#    BusID          "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

erno

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Registered: 2009-08-24

Posts: 83

Re: [SOLVED] Selecting text in input boxes is slow in Firefox

Looks like this is solved by adding:

[Settings]
gtk-cursor-theme-name=Adwaita

in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini