[3ddesktop-dev] Re: 3ddesk CPU Usage Spike?

Hello,

        This is most likely a problem with the auto acquire feature. By default
auto acquire is on so 3ddesktop will try to update the screen pictures
every couple of seconds (30 I think by default). The higher your
resolution and display depth is the more resources the updates require.

I find 3desktop to work great if I just turn the auto acquire off.

Michael.

Carl wrote:
Recently, I upgraded my distribution from Ubuntu Warty which uses XFree86 to Ubuntu Hoary, which uses Xorg. I have just recently noticed that while using 3ddesk, my Xorg process consumes up to 30% of the CPU cycles every couple of seconds. Another fellow in a similar situation that I talked with in the Ubuntu forums experiences even worse hits-- 100% of his CPU is consumed every few seconds, making it so he cannot use the app effectively at all. (For me, I notice a slight "snag" if I am dragging a window around).

We are both using ATI cards with the hardware acceleration enabled, though they are different cards. I am not sure if this is a problem with 3ddesk, or Xorg, or the ATI drivers, so I thought I'd see if anyone else had any ideas.

Thanks,
Carl Waldbieser



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