[rox-devel] Re: OroboRox makes Gimp unusable

[Kieran W. <kie...@us...>]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:15:38 -0300, Jonatan Liljedahl wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 03:18:10 +0200
> Frantisek Fuka <fu...@fu...> wrote:
> 
>>  On 9/29/05, Jonatan Liljedahl <th...@ho...> wrote:
>>  > >  I start GIMP, try few seconds of painting, release the
>>  > >  mousebutton, load is at 100% for a few more seconds (computer
>>  > >  unresponsive), then everything settles down.
>>  > >
>>  > >  Then I kill OroboRox process and ignore the window with "do you
>>  > >  want to restart OroboRox"?  Windows lose their decorations but
>>  > >  GIMP now works absolutely fine!
>>  > >
>>  > >  I click "OK" in the OroboRox window to restart it. The behavior
>>  > >  is now as before, e.g. drawing in GIMP locks up the computer...
>>  >
>>  > Well, I have no idea what's going on... Could you open an xterm
>>  > running top or another process manager and look wether it's Gimp or
>>  > OroboROX or X that draws 100% CPU?
>> 
>>  According to top, during the drawing, OroboROX jumps to around 15%,
>>  GIMP to 30% and Xfree86 to over 50%. During this time, the system is
>>  responsive. When I let go of the mousebutton, OroboRox jumps to over
>>  30% and Xfree86 to almost 70% while Gimp happily drops almost to zero
>>  %. This lasts around 10 seconds, during which the computer is
>>  unresponsive (i.e. workspaces cannot be switched, although mouse
>>  cursor moves and GKrellm graphs animate, for example). All keypresses
>>  and mouseclicks generated during these 10 seconds are accepted and
>>  handled after these 10 seconds.
> 
> Is there anyone else with Gimp 2.2 and OroboROX that could try this out?
> It doesn't happen here with Gimp 2.0.1, but I'll download a newer Gimp
> as soon as I and my flashstick is at some place with broader
> bandwidth... =)

I get the same thing here. Gimp 2.2, OroboROX 0.9.7.7.1 and debian.
Similar CPU usage figures as well. And as far as I can tell it only
happens if you've changed the contents of the gimp window while painting. 
Things work fine if you paint black on black for example.


> 
> /Jonatan    -=( http://kymatica.com )=-
> 
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