[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1268146] Re: Very high cpu usage for compiz in 14.04 (mesa incorrectly using llvmpipe)

2014-11-02 Thread davidw
After upgrading to 14.10 i had the same problem again and my last fix #20 didn't work. i had to sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev* sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-core libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 libgl1-mesa-dri:a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1268146] Re: Very high cpu usage for compiz in 14.04 (mesa incorrectly using llvmpipe)

2014-09-26 Thread davidw
for my radeon hd6950 i had to remove xserver-xorg-video-intel: sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-intel and install xserver-xorg-video-ati: sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati sudo reboot before: OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 876671] Re: gvfs-gdu-volume-monitor uses 100% CPU on startup

2012-01-10 Thread DavidW
Update If I boot my computer with a 10.04 Live CD - no trouble If I boot my computer with a 10.10 Live CD - no trouble If I boot my computer with a 11.04 Live CD - oops The USB HDD is a Freecom Toughdrive - with hardware encryption - not enabled In Windows the drive appears as a CD drive (with a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 876671] Re: gvfs-gdu-volume-monitor uses 100% CPU on startup

2012-01-09 Thread DavidW
The same happens to me - everything fine until I plug an external HD into the laptop - and then the following start to eat CPU cycles: gvfs-gdu-volume-monitor gdu-notification-daemon If I stop these (it was an act of desperation) then update-notifier starts to eat CPU cycles I am using 11.10 On