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twin

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From: Greece

Registered: 2008-12-23

Posts: 47

[SOLVED]slow desktop icons, background related

Hi,

I have this issue for a while now: everytime a window is minimized, desktop icons (and conky) take around 2 sec to show.

The problem seems to be DE independent(same behavior in Gnome,Xfce,LXDE).

I noticed that the problem is somehow related with the desktop background:

If I choose single color background, the desktop icons show up immediately.

any suggestions are welcome.:D

Last edited by twin (2009-03-19 14:33:16)

CursedMonkey

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Registered: 2008-08-30

Posts: 45

Re: [SOLVED]slow desktop icons, background related

Desktop icons are usually managed by nautilus, or a similar program.

I don't know why this is happening, but try to see if disabling conky solves it. Also if you have compositing, see if disabling that fixes it.

If conky was the problem, make sure that you conkyrc has the line:

own_window no

which is needed for nautilus

twin

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From: Greece

Registered: 2008-12-23

Posts: 47

Re: [SOLVED]slow desktop icons, background related

thanks for your reply.

conky or the file manager is not the issue here. The lag happens whenever I minimize a window and there is a wallpaper in the background.

same thing happens with openbox and pcmanfm, so I don't think it's DE related.

Just to be sure, I deleted all hidden files and folders in my home, but the problem remains.:(

ggarron

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From: Bolivia

Registered: 2009-03-19

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Re: [SOLVED]slow desktop icons, background related

Hi,
If you use a live CD does this also happens? or only with arch?

jacko

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Registered: 2007-11-23

Posts: 840

Re: [SOLVED]slow desktop icons, background related

sounds more like a video driver problem. Do you have a nvidia card? There was some serious lag issues with 2d rendering speed there for awhile with nvidia.

ATI catalyst drivers are just shit to begin with.

bernarcher

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Registered: 2009-02-17

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Re: [SOLVED]slow desktop icons, background related

Just guessing - do you by chance use an SVG-image for the wallpaper? They can get notoriously slow under circumstances.

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twin

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From: Greece

Registered: 2008-12-23

Posts: 47

Re: [SOLVED]slow desktop icons, background related

thanks for your replies.

@ggarron

this happens only with Arch, and only recently(in the last two weeks or so).

@bernarcher

Unfortunately, the lag occures with any kind of wallpaper, even with just horizontal/vertical color gratient.
But with one color background, there is no lag at all.

sounds more like a video driver problem. Do you have a nvidia card? There was some serious lag issues with 2d rendering speed there for awhile with nvidia.

this must be it. Though I didn't have the problem until recently, so the driver's update could be the culprit.

[EDIT] problem solved. I just deleted the xorg.conf that was created during the last update, and everything seems to work fine!
I'm beginning to fall in love with the new Xorg!:P

Last edited by twin (2009-03-19 14:36:00)