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On 11/18/2012 02:44 AM, Aurélien Leblond wrote:

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>>>/  > My setup is as follows:

> />>/

> />>/      > - Ardour3 Beta5

> />>/      > - Ubuntu 12.10 64bit

> />>/      > - Using the Radeon open driver (FGLRX creates a lot of xruns)

> />>/      >

> />>/      > Now, I am not trying to start a conversation "Should I use

> />>/      Compiz when

> />>/      > playing music" or "Ubuntu is crap, what else should I use?" :)

> />>/      > I like Ubuntu, I like Unity and I like Ardour3!

> />>/      >

> />>/      > I am just checking if other people are experiencing the same

> />>/      issue, if there

> />>/      > is a solution to this problem, what additional testing I should

> />>/      do or  what

> />>/      > additional information I should provide.

> />>/

> />>/

> />>/      Wonder if the CPU frequency scaling is causing this issue. I had an

> />>/      issue on a Dell machine at work where the box would run really slowly

> />>/      if it got the slightest bit hot from being pushed too hard (usually

> />>/      doing big Subversion commits or running sipp against a remote server).

> />>/      The governor would take it down to the lowest frequency level to help

> />>/      the machine cool down. This would even happen if I turned on the

> />>/      performance governor. It wasn't a Linux issue at all, because people

> />>/      who had the same hardware had the same problem on Windows.

> />>/

> />>/

> />>/  The thing is, the CPU never really goes over 40% usage, the rest of

> />>/  the machine is still working ok, only Unity/Compix are getting much

> />>/  slower.

> />>/

> />>/  After much testing, it seems to be only the Ubuntu Unity Dash getting

> />>/  slower, and only after a crash of Ardour3...

> />>

>

>>Using Unity 2D or 3D? 2D is supposed to use less.

>

>>My suggestion: drop Unity, use XFCE instead.

>

>> Maybe it helps when you clean up the cache after Ardour crashes?

>

>>

>

>> sudo sync; echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

>

> Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try that out next time.

>

> @David: In Ubuntu 12.10, Unity 2D doesn't exist anymore. And thanks for

> the suggestion, but I actually doesn't want to drop Unity for XFCE - I

> really like the look and feel of Unity... But that's a discussion for

> another time :)

Very true. My wife and I both hate the Unity UI with a passion.
--

David

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