>>>>> "killermike" == killermike  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

killermike> 1.3.7 (installed using the Ubuntu package management)
killermike> works fine. However, 1.4.2 and 1.4.3 (both built from
killermike> source) suffer from sluggish screen updates and high CPU
killermike> usage. The program is sluggish but still usable so, I'd
killermike> like to keep using 1.4.x as I like some of the new
killermike> features. 

What kind of things do you have in your documents? Maths? Math macros?
Tables? 

killermike> I am gathering notes for a book project and I currently
killermike> have about 12,000 words. I presume that I could move back
killermike> to 1.3.x if the program becomes unusably sluggish in the
killermike> future?

Yes, I think so.

killermike> This problem existed on Ubuntu 5.10, Ubuntu 6.10 and
killermike> Kubuntu 6.10LTS. If I bring up the KDE process monitor, it
killermike> would seem that the CPU usage (when I am highlighting text
killermike> in Lyx) is divided between Lyx and X.org. The problems
killermike> persist with either the stock NVidia support that comes
killermike> with Ubuntu or the latest drivers from the Nvidia website.

killermike> The problem seems worse when I highlight text with the
killermike> mouse. Moving the mouse around when highlighting text
killermike> takes the processor usage up to 100%.

These problems are known in part. See for example
http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2381
http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2195

killermike> I have attached the output from ./configure
killermike> --with-frontend=qt --with-qt-dir=/usr/share/qt3/
killermike> >lyx143qt_config.txt to this email.

This output does not show anything suspect.

JMarc

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