Slow GUI apps with savage video drivers?

Whenever I run an app with a GUI it barely runs. I can take Firefox as an example, Starting it is fine but whenever I visit a website that requires scrolling its incredibly slow. I started with Openbox and tried switching to xmonad but both has the same problem. The specifications of the computer is 1ghz cpu, 1gb memory and a savage gpucard. Ive tried both Vesa and Savage video drivers with the same results. Anyone who had a problem like this and know how to solve it?

Do you configure X manually with xorg.conf? I've found two examples for a xorg.conf in the wiki:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IBM … d_T23#Xorg
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IBM … d_T21#Xorg
While they seem a little bit dated (xorg 1.5) and are probably not for your machine, it may be worth trying some of the ideas.
With respect to Firefox, I found that disabling the smooth scrolling feature (Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> General) brought me some speed increases on older graphics cards.

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Lion very slow starting apps with Firewire 800 drive mounted. Any ideas?

Lion very slow starting apps with Firewire 800 drive mounted.
When my Firewire 800 drive is in sleep mode, when I start up an app like MS Excel or Addressbook. I get a spining wheel and a delay before the app launches. Any ideas? Never happened in 10.6.

Long shot: What format is the drive?
Regards
TD

Savage Video drivers broke, no 3d acceleration-How to Fix

If you are currently using a laptop with the Savage/Super Savage chipsets you do not have 3d hardware acceleration and have not for about the last six months. This is a known problem and I found the following URLs and bug reports about it:
http://www.mail-archive.com/dri-devel@l … 29967.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2006/11/msg00824.html
This is affecting multiple distros and multiple types of laptops that use the Savage video chipset. The webpage below explains how to fix the problem and return 3d acceleration to your Savage chipset. It is a very easy fix and takes less than 5 minutes from compile time to installation depending on the speed of your computer.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepor … g=37;att=0
If any Arch developers are reading this please add the fix to Arch. This problem causes all graphics to be slow, 2d and 3d, and the new modules fixes it.
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Premiere Pro 2.0 slows when dealing with larger video files

I'm having issues with Premiere Pro 2.0 slowing to a crawl and taking 60-90 seconds to come back to life when dealing with larger .avi's (8+ mins). When I try to play a clip on the timeline, drag the slider over said clip, or play from a title into said clip on the timeline, Premiere hangs. The clips on question are all rendered, and the peak file has been generated for each different clip has well. This is a new problem; the last time I was working with a larger clip (45+ mins, captured from a Hi-8 cam), I had no problems. Now, I experience this slow down with all longer clips, although I've only dealt with footage captured from a Hi-8 cam and also a mini-DV cam. This problem has made Premiere nearly unusable. I'm desperate at this point.
System:
CPU: P4 HT 2.4ghz
Ram: 2x 1gb DDR
Video: ATI Radeon 9000 Series
Scratch Disk: 250gb WD My Book - USB 2.0 (I suspect this might be part of the problem)
OS: XP Pro SP2
I'm not on my machine right now, and I can definitely provide more information if needed.
Thanks in advance.

Aside from some other issues, I found that USB was just not suited for editing to/from, and on a much faster machine, that you list.
FW-400 was only slightly better. It took FW-800, before I could actually use the externals for anything more than storage, i.e. no editing, just archiving.
eSATA would be even better/faster.
Please see Harm's ARTICLES on hardware, before you begin investing.
Good luck,
Hunt
[Edit] Oops, I see that Harm DID link to his articles. Missed that. Still, it is worth mentioning again.
Also, as an aside, PrPro 2.0 has no problem on my workstation when working with several 2 hour DV-AVI's, even when these are edited to/from FW-800 externals.
Message was edited by: the_wine_snob - [Edit]

Hi ! I have a big problem with my MacBook Pro Mid 2010 ! It may be broken or what seems to be the problem with the video drivers ? I have a built in internal Graphic 288 of RAM and a NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M of 512 of RAM !

On Mountain Lion :
It happens to turn of my monitor in different situations. Sometimes i believe i have my graphic video broken ! In my town i don't have Apple doctors so i dont risk to go to a service non authorized from apple !
For example there was a day when it turns off when a simply pinch with thumb and 3 fingers for launchbad ...and the opperating sistem it should be restart from power button ! That was when i had Mountain lion 10.7.5 update
Other situation was with photoshop cs6, cs5, cs4 30 days trial versions ...i couldn't buy any versions so i decided to test a earlier versions that can match with my sistem requirements. In all of this three situations my display had turned off after opening a image or photo or 3d graphics in photoshop...anyway sadness.
Other situation : One day i was simply relaxing surfing facebook and ...than i've just simply open an advertising link ...and on that page i was waiting to load a video that used another player than flash player of youtube. Even two seconds didn't stayed open and trust me it turned off my display once again !
After Mountain Lion :
I told my story to to someone who holds an MacBook Pro i5 etc. and he told me to test the new mavericks maybe it's something broken in my operating system.... and believe me after 2 days of happiness with OS X MAVERICKS , last night my computer restarted because of a problem, and 2 hours ago again....why ? i don't know ! Maybe Video RAM or maybe Memory RAM or Maybe simple conflicts between Trial Photoshop and OS X or maybe my macbook it's 2 old...or i don't know ....for how much i used this mac it should run as an mustang !    MacBook Pro i7 Mid 2010 HDD 500 , 4 GB of DDR 3 , Intel built in Graphic 288 and an NVIDIA GE FORCE 512 , 15 inch display monitor , 283 real cicle counts ( my mac was used as an iphone while charging and using battery) ...i don't know what to do ! Please help !
The Operating System shoes me everytime this error !
Anonymous UUID:       ED4DAC83-9B50-8715-CFC5-73ACA25B60B1
Wed Nov 13 11:03:50 2013
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff7f909f8fac): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 5 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff80adb56000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.4.12/src/Apple MuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff808ad83420 : 0xffffff800e622f69
0xffffff808ad834a0 : 0xffffff7f909f8fac
0xffffff808ad83570 : 0xffffff7f8f0ba53d
0xffffff808ad83630 : 0xffffff7f8f186d9e
0xffffff808ad83670 : 0xffffff7f8f186dfc
0xffffff808ad836e0 : 0xffffff7f8f40b5be
0xffffff808ad83810 : 0xffffff7f8f1aad41
0xffffff808ad83830 : 0xffffff7f8f0c108d
0xffffff808ad838e0 : 0xffffff7f8f0bebae
0xffffff808ad83ae0 : 0xffffff7f8f0c04d7
0xffffff808ad83bb0 : 0xffffff7f90055ffd
0xffffff808ad83d30 : 0xffffff7f90055a03
0xffffff808ad83d40 : 0xffffff7f9001acd0
0xffffff808ad83d50 : 0xffffff7f9001ad45
0xffffff808ad83d60 : 0xffffff7f8fffcb11
0xffffff808ad83da0 : 0xffffff7f8fffb335
0xffffff808ad83dd0 : 0xffffff7f8ffff29d
0xffffff808ad83e00 : 0xffffff7f8fa0c232
0xffffff808ad83e20 : 0xffffff7f8fa0c1c5
0xffffff808ad83e50 : 0xffffff7f9000bcb0
0xffffff808ad83e80 : 0xffffff7f8fffba63
0xffffff808ad83ed0 : 0xffffff7f8fff9441
0xffffff808ad83ef0 : 0xffffff800eaada80
0xffffff808ad83f30 : 0xffffff800eaac522
0xffffff808ad83f80 : 0xffffff800eaac5f7
0xffffff808ad83fb0 : 0xffffff800e6d6aa7
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.4.12)[A4934A66-0E30-36E9-984A-650481102449]@ 0xffffff7f909eb000->0xffffff7f909fdfff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.4.12)[661E3C87-5B97-3272-88FF-B9BA9B6E2 4ED]@0xffffff7f909e3000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[045D5D6F-AD1E-36DB-A249-A346E2B48E54]@0xfffff f7f8ef24000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[447B4896-16FF-3616-95A2-1C516B2A1498]@0xffffff 7f8ecba000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.6)[38E388A5-92D6-3388-B799-F2498E582287]@0 xffffff7f8f016000
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.0.4)[E04639C5-D734-3AB3-A682-FE66694C66 53]@0xffffff7f909e6000
         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.1.8)[0A1B6F41-168D-307A-BABD-162F3B3 C2786]@0xffffff7f8f069000->0xffffff7f8f2d8fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[447B4896-16FF-3616-95A2-1C516B2A1498]@0xffffff 7f8ecba000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.6)[86BA68C6-18DD-30A1-ABF6-54597AD6C277]@0xff ffff7f8f059000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.6)[38E388A5-92D6-3388-B799-F2498E582287]@0 xffffff7f8f016000
         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(8.1.8)[3666E0FC-87C7-3329-BD8C-2F1ADE D100A4]@0xffffff7f8f2e3000->0xffffff7f8f58ffff
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.1.8)[0A1B6F41-168D-307A-BABD-162F3B3 C2786]@0xffffff7f8f069000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[447B4896-16FF-3616-95A2-1C516B2A1498]@0xffffff 7f8ecba000
         com.apple.GeForceTesla(8.1.8)[67BAF872-A238-3787-AB74-22297A51FE8F]@0xffffff7f8 fff3000->0xffffff7f900bdfff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[447B4896-16FF-3616-95A2-1C516B2A1498]@0xffffff 7f8ecba000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.6)[86BA68C6-18DD-30A1-ABF6-54597AD6C277]@0xff ffff7f8f059000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.6)[38E388A5-92D6-3388-B799-F2498E582287]@0 xffffff7f8f016000
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.1.8)[0A1B6F41-168D-307A-BABD-162F3B3 C2786]@0xffffff7f8f069000
         com.apple.iokit.IOSurface(91.0)[BC96A900-DD9D-3F36-AFE6-EF88CB4B3607]@0xffffff7 f8fa08000->0xffffff7f8fa19fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
13A603
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 1D9369E3-D0A5-31B6-8D16-BFFBBB390393
Kernel slide:     0x000000000e400000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800e600000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 1241550929282
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last unloaded kext at 432680682924: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs          1.9 (addr 0xffffff7f90afb000, size 57344)
loaded kexts:
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com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          124
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com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.5.2fc2
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com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.2.0f6
com.apple.GeForceTesla          8.1.8
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
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com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor          3.0.4d1
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          240.2
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com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
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com.apple.vecLib.kext          1.0.0
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com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.14
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          91
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com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.2.0f6
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com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla          8.1.8
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla          8.1.8
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Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54313235533654465238432D47372020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54313235533654465238432D47372020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
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Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
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Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
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Thunderbolt Bus:

Mid-2010 15" MacBook Pros - the bad NVIDIA GPU
If you're having frequent kernel panics with your 15" mid-2010, or intermittent screen problems, the problem is, more than likely, the faulty NVIDIA GPU found in a number of those machines.
Here's just a sample of a kernel panic log that points to the faulty NVIDIA card:
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
         com.apple.GeForce(6.4.0)@0x82ac4000->0x82b7afff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x834a0000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x82fd3000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x7a802000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x8301b000
         com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(6.4.0)@0x83c05000->0x84019fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x834a0000
         com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x834a0000->0x8378dfff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x7a802000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x82fd3000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x8301b000
Here's the "official" Apple take on the issue - but the very real kernel panics need not be preceded by 'Intermittent black screen or loss of video'... in fact, you might not experience any video problems at all. Although video problems can certainly be a portent of things to come…
So what can you do? Print out a copy of your kernel panic and a copy of the Knowledge Base article and take them, along with your machine, to your local Apple Store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider. The unfortunate thing is that many people have passed the “three years from date of purchase” now and Apple is not honoring the free logic board replacement for many users. Some dealers seem to be making some exceptions for those past the three year mark, but don’t count on it…
Good luck,
Clinton

IMovie too slow when using with iPhoto videos

Dear Geniuses
I do have several videos into iPhoto, many of them ... and using iMovie to edit video is INCREDIBLY slow ...
The only "solution" is to move the iPhoto videos into iMovie?
Any ideas if iMovie 10 or 11 or 12 will be better at this?
Is Aperture or Final Cut Pro X an alternative solution?
tx in advance

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Run GUI app with sudo privileges and no need for Terminal?

I try to use 'Locator' (the GUI version of the 'locate' command) but find that it can't update its database without root privileges, which defeats the GUI-ness of it.
Can it be set up to be 'run as administrator' a la Vista?

Not on my machine. Might you have changed it?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-*//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"*>
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.apple.locate</string>
<key>Disabled</key>
<true/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/libexec/locate.updatedb</string>
</array>
<key>LowPriorityIO</key>
<true/>
<key>Nice</key>
<integer>5</integer>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<dict>
<key>PathState</key>
<dict>
<key>/var/db/locate.database</key>
<false/>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<dict>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>3</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>15</integer>
<key>Weekday</key>
<integer>6</integer>
</dict>
<key>AbandonProcessGroup</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>

How do you handle global security settings so everyone on the network can view a desktop app with flash video?

I have written a desktop application that allows a user to view a flash video presentation. I would like to put this application on a network drive so that everyone can view the presentation at their leisure. Is there any way to do this without having each each user enable the location in their global settings? Basically, if the location is not listed, then the video player I am using fails to play.
Thank you for you help in advance.

I figured it out.
It's under the pop-up window. Select edit locations to select confirm.

Win 8.1 update - sound popping / glitch in MetroTube and all APPS when scrubbing video

My phone Nokia 1020 was working fine. I then downloaded the over the air update for Win 8.1 and Cyan on Thursday 7th August from O2.
Since then I have experienced a loud popping / static noise when playing video in all apps (except StoryTeller)
Using built-in speaker:
When I play video in any App with a video scrubber and I scrub the time-line and realise the scrubber it makes a loud click or static pop.
It happens in everything including:
Mytube
Metrotube
Tubepro
Photos App (i.e Microsoft one - playing a recorded video in they all now have a loud click / static pop)
Xbox Video App (i.e Microsoft's own App)
Using Headphones:
There is no load click (It plays how it used to)
The odd bit is using the speaker and playing music tracks (mp3s etc) and scrubbing there is no static popping click it plays fine.
Video In Web Browser Fine:
Playing YouTube Videos in the web brower there is no popping / static click noise.
I have just downloaded 'xVideo' App and played a HD Music video in it and used scrubber and there is NO loud click.
Sound Glitches in Audio Clips at end of recordings in all these Apps:
Babbel - Learn Spanish
Coolang - Learn Spanish
Zeemish - Learn Spanish for Beginners
its really annoying and makes trying to listen and remember pronunciation of words difficult and frustrating. Phone was ok before Microsoft Windows 8.1 update now have this issue and issue with static build-up causing popping when fast forwarding through
videos. :( I am feed up
Conclusion:
This is software bug? please can anyone help/advise me on how to fix this and if anyone else is having same glitch with 8.1 update :(
All I can think of to fix is to somehow downgrade to Windows 8 if that's possible? :( *update its not possible using Nokia Recovery as it puts back Win 8.1.
It is a Software bug introduced in Windows Phone 8.1 update. It effects everything! including
Microsofts own Video Xbox App and
Photo App. See other people frustrations on this issue, its been going on since April!!!! please can you fix this is ruining my Windows Phone experience:
MICROSOFT / NOKIA SEE LINKS TO VIDEO OF SOUND POPPING ISSUE BELOW !!!!!
http://forums.wpcentral.com/ask-question/296892-popping-sound-when-navigating-through-media-lumia-1520-a.html
http://forums.wpcentral.com/windows-phone-8-1-preview-developers/278439-must-read-lumia-920-owners-running-8-1-whatsapp.html
Microsoft need to fix this Video Popping urgently, I have tired to want to like Windowsphone but they keep going backwards and I am loosing faith.
If is not fixed soon i.e next few months I will never buy a Windows phone again and will recommend the same to friends and family. I had so much hope and expectation for 8.1 update :( love the Notification bar and battery icon but I can't live with
all this. :(

Hello,
You should ask in the
Windows Phone forums on the Microsoft Community forums.
As the Microsoft Community is on a different platform, we cannot move the question for you.
Karl
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Hello again Just wondering if the problems with Vid(ATI) drivers still

Hello I haven't been here in a while, I did an Arch Linux install a few months back and it was quite the learning experience for someone like me being a noob . I loved Arch( I was using 64bit) but the only thing that made me leave it was because after several tries I never could get the ATI VId drivers to install properly for my ATI 3870hd video card I could'nt do any serious gaming which suckedso I ended up uninstalling Arch. I did stay with Linux and stayed away from the MS OS's and now I am back and wondering if the installation problem is still there. I am using Ubuntu Hardy right now and although it is a good OS I really prefer Arch but like I said I just want to know if I am going to have the same problems with the Video Drivers as I did the last time. which I could never figure out because I did have duel boot 64bit ARCH and 64bit, Ubuntu but with Ubuntu all I needed to do was go into the system/administration/hardware drivers and check( turn on) the ATI accelerated hardware drivers I had no problems since.
I just realised that my single simple question turned into a short story so I will post this and hope that my problem with the Driver installs are solved so I can reinstall Arch with out any huge problems when I want to game
Last edited by Shadowmeph (2008-08-31 03:25:15)

celthias wrote:
This isn't a precise answer as such but I use a fairly recently released ATI Radeon 4870 and I've had no problems using that with ATI's proprietary driver.
All documentation I followed was located here:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI … ary_driver
Also:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n … &px=NjY3NA
Hope this helps
Wow this is great so I will install Arch Again and give it a try

Can't use bitmap font in GUI apps

I like the look of bitmap fonts and I used to be able to use them in GUI apps such as GTK apps.
For the last few months whenever I try to start GUI app with a bitmap font selected the application crashes. Always with the same error message about cairo-scaled-font.
For example, here is my terminal output when I try to start dwb using the bitmap font Lemon as my default font:
dwb: cairo-scaled-font.c:459: _cairo_scaled_glyph_page_destroy: Assertion '!scaled_font->cache_frozen' failed.
This problem is not limited to just dwb but any GUI app when I try to use any bitmap font.
I've tried googling the problem and the only advice I could find was to run fc-cache -fv, which didn't fix the issue.
Any help would be appreciated.

I normally use BSPWM as my window manager, and I have just discovered that If I try to start dwb in Gnome it actually works!
This isn't really a solution for me because I spend most of my time in BSPWM, but it's interesting.

Updating video drivers

I have a few questions about video drivers.
First off, is it best to have the newest video drivers available, or should you just update them when it's necessary?
Do the old drivers have to be uninstalled before upgrading to the newest drivers?
How do I go about doing that? It's been a while since I have messed with these things and I am a bit rusty.
I would appreciate any help on this matter.
Thanks
Mike

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Originally posted by GlennVidia
Mike, don't make me come out there and kick your
I'll have one more reason to come out that way as Bonz got himself a little girlyfriend now and she lives in Cali. so he's moving back out in Feb 2004 so don't think I wont hunt you down
Bring it, tough guy!
Thanks for the answer bro. I am having a little glitch between missions on Delta Force: Task Force Dagger and I believe it is because of the 'no-cd' executable I added to the program folder. No big deal really, I was just wondering if I maybe needed to upgrade my video drivers, but since this game is older now and is made by "NoLogic" (Nova Logic) then it probably has nothing to do with my video drivers.
PS What part of CA is Bonz moving to?
Mike

[KDM] Cannot start gui application with sudo

Hi,
After i had upgraded to kde 4.5, there was a new problem. When i want to start any gui program with sudo (e.g. sudo kwrite) i see that error:
[simas@myhost ~]$ sudo kwrite
No protocol specified
kwrite: cannot connect to X server :0.0
[simas@myhost ~]$
Starting apps like nano works fine. I also discovered that when i use gdm instead of kdm, and boot to same kde desktop, i can start gui apps with sudo fine. when i use kdm no matter if im in gnome or kde starting gui apps from terminal with sudo just doesnt work.
Anyone has any ideas? im starting desktop managers with inittab method.
Last edited by syms (2010-10-11 11:49:24)

graysky wrote:hmm... with gnome I use gksu so I believe you need the kde version of that... ksudo or kdsu I can't remember.
well, using kdesu works fine, but i still prefer sudo. in fact everything worked fine in kde 4.4 and gdm.

I have software that is not compatible with the 10.7.5 video drivers and would like to revert back to 10.7.4 OS or at least the video driver, is there a way to do this?

I have software that is not compatible with the latest video drivers that were installed witht 10.7.5 update. I would like to revert back to 10.7.4 OS or at least the video driver, is there a way to do this?

If you want to reformat your machine and re-install all your apps and then restore from an earlier version of Time Machine you can. However if I were you I'd update the apps.

Is anyone facing the similar problem of visible lag while opening app with 3G data on? It seems apple has made 5s slow to improve iphone 4 performance.5s was very smooth on 7.0.6 even with 3G data on. Is this a bug? Is apple going to fix this soon?

Is anyone facing the similar problem of visible lag while opening app with 3G data on? It seems apple has made 5s slow to improve iphone 4 performance.5s was very smooth on 7.0.6 even with 3G data on. Is this a bug? Is apple going to fix this soon?

I have same Problem. I tried all options - Reset All Settings, Erase Content & reset all settings, Upgrated to IOS8.1, Restore using iTune. But problem persists.
When I turn Cellular Data or Wifi ON, then there is a lag while opening the Apps. But If I turn Data/Wifi off, phone becomes super fast. I have checked with my friends. They are not facing this issue. Not sure if Apple know this.

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