Martin Gregorie: >Another way to see what might be hogging CPU is simply to start another >Linux terminal window and run 'top' in it. I find that htop shows more information and i was just taking some related screenshots. First for comparison one for the load on a running mm8, without delays. http://www.triffids.de/pub/screenshot/mm8_running_load.png (71 KB) Next one of the start of mm9 http://www.triffids.de/pub/screenshot/mm9_running.jpg (124 KB) for which the load is http://www.triffids.de/pub/screenshot/mm9_running_load.png (76 KB) By the way, running mm9 shows no problems so far besides the one with switching from the gameplay to a game menu. Now to the switching. This time with esc to the main menu. Taken with import from a xterm on workspace 6, visiting workspace 2 with the running htop and then workspace 1 withe the running mm9. http://www.triffids.de/pub/screenshot/mm9_switching.jpg (177 KB) Hm, i should have taken a .png for this instead of a .jpg. No sign of mm9 is shown. Instead part of workspace 2 appears in the window of mm9. The load during the switching: http://www.triffids.de/pub/screenshot/mm9_switching_load.png (76 KB) And finally the result of the switching: http://www.triffids.de/pub/screenshot/mm9_after_switching.jpg (179 KB) Using this menu is quick. No delays. Until i click on 'Spiele Laden' which means 'Load Game'. This takes the aforementioned 50 seconds. But, after starting mm9, the first 'Load Games' was quick. Hm. Hartmut