Same probs with a new test user account. I use the 'expose' effect a lot, it is a great productivity tool, so don't really want to turn off effects. You allude to another problem - I can't simply nuke .kde since there is a lot of data in there. Why aren't there two directories - .kde-data .kde-config? cheers M. 2010/11/8 Manuel Escudero <Jmlevick@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > 2010/11/8 moabi2000 <moabi2000@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> I have the same problem with KDE with nvidia drivers - it seems worse >> with the latest Âones from rpmfusion, and worse in 4.5 compared to >> 4.4. (Not sure when the change came in, first betas of 4.5 seemed >> fine). >> >> There are a bunch of bug reports already (eg >> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234463) - though there seem to be >> multiple issues and a lot of noise in the bug reports. For me, turning >> off the blur effect helps, but not much. On my laptop I have switched >> to gnome for the moment as it gives me approx 50% more battery life in >> normal use (OO Word + calc, kmail, firefox, amarok, R etc) than same >> apps under kde. KDE apps under gnome are a pain though (you have to >> start kmail twice to get akonadi running first, super slow scrolling >> in akregator etc etc). >> >> Nouveau didn't work well for me last time I tried, but will probably >> make the jump to F14 and try again sometime soon. >> >> sorry! >> M. >> >> 2010/11/8 Manuel Escudero <Jmlevick@xxxxxxxxx>: >> > >> > >> > 2010/11/8 Rex Dieter <rdieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> >> On 11/08/2010 03:02 AM, Chris Rouch wrote: >> >> > Over the weekend yum pulled in the newest version of kde for f13 >> >> > (4.5.2 I think). Since I rebooted and logged in my laptop seems to >> >> > have the fan going most of the time. Gkrellm shows both CPUs are >> >> > doing >> >> > something, and top confirms that kwin and plasma desktop are each >> >> > using between 10% and 30% CPU. For comparison on my f12 desktop at >> >> > work they use between 2 and 5% cpu. ÂI don't know what the used >> >> > before >> >> > the upgrade, but I do know the fan was usually off except when the >> >> > machine was loaded. >> >> > >> >> > This happens with only one window (firefox), and that only having a >> >> > couple of tabs open. >> >> > >> >> > Is this something I can change? If so, where do I need to look? >> >> >> >> Depends on a lot of things. >> >> >> >> What video driver is in use? >> >> >> >> What arch? >> >> >> >> Is flash installed, and any applets running in any of those flash tabs >> >> you mention? >> >> >> >> Are destkop effects enabled? ÂWhich effects? Â(blur in particular, is >> >> known to cause degraded performance/load with many driver >> >> combinations). >> >> >> >> -- Rex >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> kde mailing list >> >> kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde >> >> New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org >> > >> > >> > 1.- Reset your KDE Settings by deleting the ".kde" folder of your home >> > folder >> > 2.- Disable all desktop effects >> > 3.- Get Chrome or another browser >> > 4.- Customize your KDE as you like >> > >> > -- >> > <-Manuel Escudero-> >> > Linux User #509052 >> > @GWave: jmlevick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > @Blogger: http://www.blogxenode.tk/ (Xenode Systems Blog) >> > PGP/GnuPG: DAE3 82E9 D68E 7AE4 ED31Â 1F8F 4AF4 D00C 50E7 ABC6 >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > kde mailing list >> > kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde >> > New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> kde mailing list >> kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde >> New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org > > @moabi2000: Try out to reset your KDE settings as I mentioned before, then > turn off the desktop effects > and see if KDE's behavior get's better. About the Opensource Graphics > drivers a lot of people say that they > work great in F14!! Make the switch if you want. > > -- > <-Manuel Escudero-> > Linux User #509052 > @GWave: jmlevick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > @Blogger: http://www.blogxenode.tk/ (Xenode Systems Blog) > PGP/GnuPG: DAE3 82E9 D68E 7AE4 ED31Â 1F8F 4AF4 D00C 50E7 ABC6 > > > _______________________________________________ > kde mailing list > kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde > New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org > _______________________________________________ kde mailing list kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
