[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 448678] Re: Karmic: ThunderbirdXorg hog CPU

2009-12-03 Thread Chris Pappas
I am experiencing this problem on my home computer: Fresh install of 9.10 Karmic (GNOME), Athlon 2400+, 1GB DDR, Radeon All-In-Wonder 9600xt with Visual Effects turned off (None). Thunderbird is very sluggish, user interface is drawn slowly and there are 1-2 second delays before the interface

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 448678] Re: Karmic: ThunderbirdXorg hog CPU

2009-12-03 Thread Chris Pappas
After implementing Christoph's and jooloop's solution, Thunderbird's responsiveness has improved significantly. This seems to have done the trick for me. I agree with Rob and Martin about this being over the heads of many common users. I'm willing to provide any necessary information to help

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 448678] Re: Karmic: ThunderbirdXorg hog CPU

2009-12-03 Thread Chris Pappas
I just noticed that after making this change, Firefox has increased responsiveness now as well. I was noticing some brutal lags when scrolling websites (in particular Slashdot!) and that seems to have improved (it's not perfect but now it's usable). Those are some very useful settings it would