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r6

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From: Melbourne

Registered: 2008-07-02

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[SOLVED] Typing delayed in pidgin and evolution

When I type something in pidgin or evolution, after a couple of seconds the screen stops updating even though the apps are receiving my keypresses. If I stop and wait for a while or move the mouse it updates the screen. This doesn't happen in firefox or urxvt. I'm using Awesome WM.

Edit: The culprit was the "unclutter" tool I was using to hide the mouse cursor

Last edited by r6 (2010-02-02 02:22:46)

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solstice

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Re: [SOLVED] Typing delayed in pidgin and evolution

yes i see this in pidgin. it does not happen all the time. (using gnome and metacity)
and i see freeze of the GUI. may be after it plays notificatino sounds. the GUI goes gray (not refreshed) goes back to normal after a second. may be related to episode  when i saw pidgin eating 100% cpu.

it's a lot of problem i think for only one apps.

i wonder if it's X or pidgin

i recently had problem with refresh but for all the screen too. the cursor mosue was still moving but i could not interact with anything on gnome desktop for a few seconds. almost 10 seconds. it happened 4 or 5 times.