On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 10:04 +1100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:13:59 +0100 "Bernd (Jesus McCloud) PrĂ¼nster" > <bernd.pruens...@gmail.com> babbled: > > > Dylan Reilly schrieb: > > > FWIW, I have been able to reduce the CPU usage of Enlightenment on my > > > OM testing build device by disabling drop shadows. After recent > > > updates from testing (which should be more or less the 2008.12 image) > > > Enlightenment was constantly grabbing 20% CPU and who knows how much > > > IO. After I obliterated the drop shadow module, > > > (/usr/lib/enlightenment/modules/dropshadow) only 1-2% CPU is being > > > used. > > > > > > Moreover, I remembered some recent post(s) tentatively linking the > > > Software-16 crashes (when using the illume theme) to drop shadows. On > > > a whim I re-enabled that engine and am not seeing any problems. So, > > > now I get a snappier UI to boot. > > > > > > > > WOOHOO!!! you made my day > > dropshadow shouldnt cause 20% cpu - unless some totally bizarre stuff has been > done to the theme: > > Running the illume theme: Not sure about the cpu - but removing drop-shadow does stop the segfaults when running software_16 engine. Also the Settings app now runs, and for a short while at least I had a gsm signal level (maybe too low where I am at the moment).
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