[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #5973: Sluggish navigation with "Watch Recordings" menu in hi-res.

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:

> On 12/05/2008 04:34 PM, MythTV wrote:
>
>> #5973: Sluggish navigation with "Watch Recordings" menu in hi-res.
>>
>> Comment(by kkuphal):
>>
>>  I just want to note that this is not an SVN issue.  I have a friend whose
>>  system I've helped configure that has this same issue on his HDTV.  He is
>>  running -fixes and the theme is not relevant.   We've changed themes with
>>  similar results.  When it happens, his Xorg CPU usage jumps significantly
>>  which appears to be the cause of the sluggishness.
>>
>
> Do these systems have NVIDIA graphics using the NVIDIA proprietary drivers?
>  A couple of users on the -users list had a problem with sluggishness/X
> maxing out the CPU (and seeming to "store up" remote button presses) and it
> was due to not having "UseEvents" enabled.
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/358150#358150
>
> I haven't watched the YouTube video (don't have Flash installed), so I
> don't know that the symptoms match, but regardless, if using NVIDIA drivers,
> you should have UseEvents enabled, so it may be worth checking.  :)


Yes he does.  I will have him try this and report back.

Kevin
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