[LAU] Ubuntu slowing down when using Ardour

[david]

On 11/17/2012 11:17 AM, Aurélien Leblond wrote:
>  > My setup is as follows:
>
>      > - Ardour3 Beta5
>      > - Ubuntu 12.10 64bit
>      > - Using the Radeon open driver (FGLRX creates a lot of xruns)
>      >
>      > Now, I am not trying to start a conversation "Should I use Compiz
>     when
>      > playing music" or "Ubuntu is crap, what else should I use?" :)
>      > I like Ubuntu, I like Unity and I like Ardour3!
>      >
>      > I am just checking if other people are experiencing the same
>     issue, if there
>      > is a solution to this problem, what additional testing I should
>     do or  what
>      > additional information I should provide.
>
>
>     Wonder if the CPU frequency scaling is causing this issue. I had an
>     issue on a Dell machine at work where the box would run really slowly
>     if it got the slightest bit hot from being pushed too hard (usually
>     doing big Subversion commits or running sipp against a remote server).
>     The governor would take it down to the lowest frequency level to help
>     the machine cool down. This would even happen if I turned on the
>     performance governor. It wasn't a Linux issue at all, because people
>     who had the same hardware had the same problem on Windows.
>
> The thing is, the CPU never really goes over 40% usage, the rest of the
> machine is still working ok, only Unity/Compix are getting much slower.
>
> After much testing, it seems to be only the Ubuntu Unity Dash getting
> slower, and only after a crash of Ardour3...

Using Unity 2D or 3D? 2D is supposed to use less.

My suggestion: drop Unity, use XFCE instead.

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