Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:03:36 -0500 From: Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laggy X11 after updating to 8.0-RC1 Message-ID: <20090930190336.GN4858@sysmon.tcworks.net> In-Reply-To: <20090929035544.GJ4858@sysmon.tcworks.net> References: <426bed110909281500w194c7c19taf29b1a3996c91fc@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909281725060.39795@wonkity.com> <426bed110909281818t68ab8fe5r9a6370c5fa368d7a@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909281926180.40193@wonkity.com> <20090929035544.GJ4858@sysmon.tcworks.net>
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On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:55:44PM -0500, Scott Lambert wrote: > I'm seeing something similar to OP, apparent keyboard buffer delays, but > maybe not exactly. When I click from one xterm to another, it may be > 1 - 30 seconds before my key entries show. Firefox seems to have less > delay after clicks into text fields, but sometimes it is noticeable maybe > 0.25 to 1 second. Just two xterms, the fluxbox toolbar, and firefox > running. No frufru stuff. > > I've tried with and without an explicit xorg.conf. Switching > back to the console works better without. With doesn't leave me a > usable display outside of X. > > It seems like the delays get longer and longer the longer the X session > has been up. But sometimes there will be no delay. If I switch > windows/desktops with alt-tab, ctrl-f#, there is no delay. I've been > wondering if it could be due to the synaptics touchpad. I enabled the > synaptics features about the same time to try to get rid of tap events > from the touchpad. I hate touchpads and still haven't figured out how > to kill tapping. I changed /boot/loader.conf from: hw.psm.synaptics_support=1 to hw.psm.synaptics_support=0 and rebooted. All X11 input buffer lag went away for me. Wild. Unfortunately the touchpad is now more prone to palm taps... -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org
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