Terminal very slow in XFCE

synthead · 2008-01-08 07:23:11

When I launch the xfce terminal, it takes nearly two seconds to appear on the screen. When I minimize or restore the window, same thing. When I switch workspaces where a terminal is present, same thing. I have always remembered XFCE's terminal perking right up when you needed it. Any idea on what I can do to kill this lag?

Last edited by synthead (2008-01-12 10:54:23)

ise · 2008-01-08 07:26:49

Are you using compiz or other accelerated eye candy?

synthead · 2008-01-08 07:29:46

Nope, just basic X11 w/ the nvidia drivers.

Leigh · 2008-01-08 07:32:57

I've been experiencing this same kind of lag, but with urxvt in kde. It's a little perkier in fluxbox. All my searches came up with nothing.

ise · 2008-01-08 07:34:57

Ok, then it isn't that I thought. Compiz fusion and xfce terminal don't run well together, very slow in resizing and moving. All other apps are running fine on the same screen. But that's not your problem...

laxity · 2008-01-08 11:57:03

i have read something similar here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-4465340.html
maybe it helps

i have the same problem, but i didn't had the time to really test it yet. i just used urxvt..

bionnaki · 2008-01-08 12:37:59

same problem here.

fwojciec · 2008-01-08 13:13:44

are you using nvidia?

try using the following command and see if that helps...

nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2

synthead · 2008-01-08 18:35:47

Interesting, it does it a little bit at my work computer too. It's an older 700 Mhz machine with a Matrox card.

I'll try what you mentioned above when I get back home from work.

sliponoga · 2008-01-08 21:48:10

As mentioned above compiz/beryl might slow down XFCE's terminal startup time. I fact, NVIDIA's AddARGBGLXVisuals option is responsible for such an effect. Edit your xorg.conf and add/modify as follows:

Section "Extensions"
  Option  "Composite"  "Disable"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier  "NVIDIA..."
  Driver  "nvidia"
  Option  "RenderAccel"  "True"
  Option  "BackingStore"  "True"
  Option  "DamageEvents"  "True"
  Option  "UseEvents"  "False"
[b]
  Option  "AddARGBGLXVisuals"  "False"
[/b]
EndSection

jacko · 2008-01-09 00:16:59

sliponoga wrote:

As mentioned above compiz/beryl might slow down XFCE's terminal startup time. I fact, NVIDIA's AddARGBGLXVisuals option is responsible for such an effect. Edit your xorg.conf and add/modify as follows:
Section "Extensions"
  Option  "Composite"  "Disable"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier  "NVIDIA..."
  Driver  "nvidia"
  Option  "RenderAccel"  "True"
  Option  "BackingStore"  "True"
  Option  "DamageEvents"  "True"
  Option  "UseEvents"  "False"
[b]
  Option  "AddARGBGLXVisuals"  "False"
[/b]
EndSection

I run xfce4 and nvidia drivers, I also have the exact opposite in my xorg.conf and I do not have any problems.

mrmarcus66 · 2008-01-09 18:07:56

There is a known bug in xfce terminal when using the new xorg as compiz is enabled by default. I get the issue when I have my driver in xorg set to ati or radeon. I keep meaning to install the teminal-svn version check to see if the patch has fixed the issue, for now I am using the vesa driver in xorg as I have other issues with xf86-video-ati.

avoulk · 2008-01-09 19:00:03

You should also check if you have font issues..
I had a similar problem in urxvt and realized i had some used fonts removed from my system. Reinstalling them fixed the problem..

synthead · 2008-01-10 05:04:36

fwojciec wrote:

are you using nvidia?
try using the following command and see if that helps...
nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2

Nice! That worked peachy. Will this setting be permanent?

fwojciec · 2008-01-10 05:34:10

No idea, to be perfectly honest. I guess you can try disabling it when the next nvidia driver comes out to see if it's still required or not.

synthead · 2008-01-12 08:53:08

fwojciec wrote:

No idea, to be perfectly honest. I guess you can try disabling it when the next nvidia driver comes out to see if it's still required or not.

I restarted the server and it started doing it again. What can I do to my xorg.conf to make this setting permanent?

synthead · 2008-01-12 08:58:20

I put it in my XFCE Autostarted Applications (XFCE menu, Settings) instead. I figured it should be easy to enable/disable this workaround for when the drivers or xorg gets more up-to-date.

Thank you all for your help!! The Arch Linux BBS saved me again!

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synthead · 2008-01-12 10:54:57

Wait ... after using my computer for a little while, the lag comes back

sliponoga · 2008-01-12 20:46:56

InitialPixmapPlacement=2 helps improve performance while using GLX oriented applications. Since gtk+ uses double buffering, try InitialPixmapPlacement=0 combined with xorg's composition extension disabled. Hope this help.

mrmarcus66 · 2008-01-13 01:39:46

If you disable compiz i'm sure the issue will go away(it did for me), as I said earlier. I believe this issue is caused by and known bug in xfce terminal. Disable compiz and you will work around this issue for now.

Fatih · 2008-01-13 12:55:41

I'm not using Compix/Beryl neither do i have a Nvidia card. But my Terminal is very slow too. That's why i'm using urxvt for now. Is there anything that i can do to fix this problem ?

sliponoga · 2008-01-13 13:31:18

Disable xorg's composite extension which is enabled by default. Do it by adding

Section "Extensions"
  Option  "Composite"  "Disable"
EndSection

to xorg.conf.

Fatih · 2008-01-13 13:51:23

@sliponoga
Thanks for the tip. Now it works very fine

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