On Wednesday, 16 April 2014 11:30:21 PM Roger Rowlett wrote:
> Is this a machine running integrated Intel graphics on Linux? I think that
> issue was recently discussed, and is a problem with the graphics driver.
> The simplest solution for a desktop would be to install a cheap Nvidia
> graphics card and the proprietary driver.

Not correct.  
The driver is fine.
The problem is somewhere in the opengl/mesa stack.
And it is triggered specifically by something in coot, since other programs
don't hit it.

I haven't yet reached the point of desperation since my affected
machines are either (1) non-essential or (2) fast enough so that
a 10X hit in rotation speed is only at the level of incredibly
annoying rather than unusable.  But I may get there soon enough if
I need to do much cooting on my laptop.

Rather than killing labels altogether, I think it would suffice to 
draw the labels only every 10th frame.
That's still a hack, though.  It should be possible to revise the
label drawing so that the problem doesn't trigger in the first place.

        Ethan


> My Linux boxes work great with any GeForce card. Laptops may have no good 
> solutions.
> 
> Roger Rowlett
> On Apr 16, 2014 9:54 PM, "Grant Mills" <gdmi...@students.latrobe.edu.au>
> wrote:
> 
> > Dear all,
> >
> > You may have read my concerns on the CCP4BB however I'm still looking for
> > an answer to turn off atom labels permanently. I've tried various drivers,
> > installs and updates and all I really want to do is get back to work. The
> > labels cause coot to grind to an almost halt but it runs smoothly without
> > them. If you have some time to help, it would be greatly appreciated as
> > I've been struggling with this issue for about 6 months or so.
> >
> > Thanks you for your time,
> > Grant
> >

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