Thinking about downgrading

[Victor Mendonça]

Tried that Darcy, ddn't work. But thanks for the link! :)

 
Victor Mendonça
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----- Original Message ----
From: Darcy Casselman <dscassel at gmail.com>
To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Fri, June 11, 2010 9:09:13 PM
Subject: Re: Thinking about downgrading

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Darcy Casselman <dscassel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/6/11 Victor Mendonça <victorbrca at yahoo.ca>:
>> Hi Phil,
>>
>> I have actually never upgraded, I always do a fresh install. The only difference is that last install I think I kept my /home part.
>>
>> I'm still not sure what the problem is. It seems that X is dragging, and having Firefox open only makes it worse. I just haven't had the time to troubleshoot it really.
>
> Do you have an nVidia graphics card?  My desktop does and Firefox has
> been a little clunky because of it for a while now.
>
> I haven't spent a lot of time investigating, but maybe there's a way
> to downgrade the driver rather than the whole system...

Victor, give this a try:
http://cretaceouslabs.com/blog/2009/11/gnome-firefox-dead-slow/

I did it on my desktop and I think it might have helped.  Not sure.
It was never too bad for me, but if the problem is really noticeable
for you, you might see more of an improvement.

Darcy.

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