Fade in/out after resume/lock very slow
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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unity-greeter (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I downloaded the development version of 14.04, one issue that I've experienced so far is that the fade in of the greeter after resume from suspend is very slow. I have opted out on the fade in/out effects in compiz configuration settings, why do I get fade in/out for the greeter and is it possible to increase the speed of the fade?
It also is a noticable delay for visual feedback (*) when entering a password character in the password prompt.
lshw -C video
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: RV515/M54 [Mobility Radeon X1400]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
I tried to install the linux performance tool - perf -. to get an idea of what's happening. While in the unity-greeter I ran in a console
sudo perf record -a -g
then holding the 'a'-key in the password field for 10-15 seconds
and then
sudo perf report
screenshot on report : https:/
it seems like much time in used by compiz process and r300_dri.so?
In the compiz setting manager for openGL plugin I disabled "FrameBuffer object"/"Vertex Buffer object" and "Always use Buffer swapping" options. And the fade in/out is faster now.
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This testing was based on a 32-bit 14.04 running on a 64-bit processor
*-cpu
product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5600 @ 1.83GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
I've no upgraded my system to 64-bit Ubuntu 13.10, and its noticable more performant (e.g video rendering in fullscreen). So lesson learned: if available run 64-bit OS on 64-bit processor.