In all apps, slow UI since 10.04 install

[intrader]

Ubuntu 10.04, package not identified.
I have reported in forum 'http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9782591#post9782591'. I have a gtktest result of 28.04.
The machine is old (Dell Inspiron 8200 1G memory, 100GB disk, running NVIDIA version 96), with three five partitions, Windows XP, Windows 7, ubuntu 10.04, /home and /swap.
Significantly:
1. Machine runs Windows XP and windows 7 peppily and well (same firefox load of tabs)
2. Machine used to run 9.04 well (but with no skype)
3. Install of 9.10 retaining /home results in sluggish UI
4. Install of 9.04 retaining /home results in good performance on UI, until Update Manager suggested to update which I did. Result same sluggish UI as in 9.10. Update manager suggests to upgrade.
5. Upgrade to 10.04 fails to boot.
6. Install 10.04 from .iso retaining /home. Result is sluggish UI . but I have a functioning Skype

I have also tried all new distribution of Suse 11.3, Fedora 11, Mandrake, XMint, with the same sluggish problems.

So now I am suspecting Xorg or the Kernel. My first hunch is new changes for multi-touch have screwed thing up.

ubuntu-bug and aport want a package identified, I am unable to identify package
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Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus: nvidia-96, 96.43.17, 2.6.32-24-generic, i686: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Inspiron 8200
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
 Socket 1:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   3.3V 32-bit PC Card
 Socket 1:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=014eafc1-47ab-4823-a392-9565c872c724 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.42-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Tags: lucid lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 01/07/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A11
dmi.board.name: Inspiron 8200
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA11:bd01/07/2004:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnInspiron8200:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorporation:rnInspiron8200:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 8200
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.32-24-generic

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello intrader
can you please attach here these files:
/var/log/syslog
/var/log/kern.log
/var/log/dmesg

[intrader (intrader)]

Additional information as requested.

[intrader (intrader)]

Attachment as requested

[Mohamed Amine Ilidrissi (ilidrissi.amine)]

Can you run "apport-collect 631130" in a terminal? This will allow us to determine the cause of your problem. Thanks!

[intrader (intrader)]

Unfortunately, apport-collect on terminal gives me command not found

[intrader (intrader)]

Correction, I have done `/usr/bin/apport-collect 631130` and it supposedly has provided the information you required. This was with the help of yofel@#ubuntu-bugs

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I have tried with and without the NVIDIA driver. The driver currently running is listed as Version 96

[intrader (intrader)]

I plan to video each of the problems mentioned - I am using `recordMyDesktop`. Hopefully, this will be useful. I am having difficulties repeating conditions reliably.
First, I will records the highlight problem: highlighting should not start without mouse down (highlighting as mouse moves while down, and quit when mouse goes up.); problem is that sometimes highlighting starts without mouse being down - it spontaneously starts highlighting a short instance after click of mouse.

Please indicate if there is another way to record.

Result so far, unable to record.

[intrader (intrader)]

Unfortunately, I have not been successful in recording the 'highlighting problem'. By the way it works just find on a faster machine (a thinpad T61p with NVIDIA - same driver as in the Dell).

[intrader (intrader)]

Here is a recording of the 'highlighting' problem. The scenario is:

Here I mouse to a position in Xchat window and then
1. Click
2. Move mouse up one line,
3. Move mouse down one line

Shows highlighting started; it should not have started as the mouse was not down

Use 'eog' to view - or gimp to examine frames.

[intrader (intrader)]

Here is a recording of the 'scrollbar' problems. The scenario is:

I move the mouse to the inner scrollbar of Xchat:

1. Click on scrollbar button
2. Move the mouse to the Xchat text window - note that the scrollbar incorrectly follows the mouse movement.

This is incorrect as the scrollbar should not follow the mouse if the mouse is not down. To cancel, I eventually get into the 'highlight problem' - ESC does the trick to stop the scrollbar from following - so does clicking repeatedly on the scrolbar button.

[intrader (intrader)]

I have created an additional user, shutdown, and rebooted the machine.
The resulting desktop's contents is much reduced (as expected) - connected to wireless required me to enter the password to my pop.
Tried firefox, openoffice write, same problems with UI even though machine is much less loaded.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

 Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here.

Marking additional tasks in other distributions as invalid. There is no bug filed for those distributions, but the problem exists for the original reporter when using them.

Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

[intrader (intrader)]

Today 9/21/2010 I applied updates offered by ubuntu, among them a new version of the driver 96.96.43.18 (up from .17). I will be testing to see if this version improves matters.

[intrader (intrader)]

Sorry, that is 96.43.18.
Seems like the UI is more responsive; I will do more testing. It appears that the problem had to do with duration of the mouse down after a single click.
Unfortunatelly, because I was banging hard and repeatedly on my mouse button, it broke. This is a Dell Inspiron 8200, so I can use the touchpad button instead.

[intrader (intrader)]

Not quite,
1. I don't notice the scrollbar problem
2. I notice the highlight problem.
3. I notice the 'hand icon' appearing with unwanted following-mouse icon representing the clicked control.

For 3, I include a recording.

[intrader (intrader)]

Not quite,
1. I don't notice the scrollbar problem
2. I notice the highlight problem.
3. I notice the 'hand icon' appearing with unwanted following-mouse icon representing the clicked control.

For 3, I include a recording.

[intrader (intrader)]

Sorry, still notice the scrollbar problem
UI seems even more sluggish (is that is possible) (:, but perhaps this is temporary,
Continuing to test

[intrader (intrader)]

I notice that when I click on an application on the toolbar, the icon changes as expected to a spinning wheel. Prior to this update I was not able to see this action.

The UI seems better; I will continue to test.

[intrader (intrader)]

I would characterise the behaviour of the mouse as stick. Once the 'mouse-down' is detected, the 'mouse up' is delayed causing a lot of problems with hovering over icons, scrollbar sticking, highlight misbehavior.

The new driver seems peppier, but has many similar problems as the former version (.17).

Continuing tests.

[intrader (intrader)]

Automated update to next version of kernel.
Continue testing.

[intrader (intrader)]

I have done the following:
On a new partition I installed OpenSolaris - runs very well with the same firefox windows and tabs

On a new partition I installed ubuntu 10.10 beta - seems to run, but I noticed some artifacts in a web page that should not be there

I am testing 10.10 beta with the problems reported for 10.04.

[intrader (intrader)]

Much, much better. It looks like the ui gliches noted in 10.04 are no longer here.

Continue testing

[intrader (intrader)]

I will be upgrading to the RC as soon as possible. This distribution does not suffer ot the problems described for this 'bug'.

I am continuing to test.

I am reporting a bug for the treatment of shell scripts.

[Justin Uptmor (skeeby)]

on a similar note, i have a similar problem in 10.10 with image artifacting (image scroll lag?), mostly when viewing in webpages.

Im also using the nvidia package ofcourse. If you would like me to upload any attachments please let me know.

[intrader (intrader)]

So far, I have found 10.10 RC a joy to use - works as expected.

The machine is an old laptop 'Dell Inspiron 8200' with 1GB of memory and 200GB of disk and has nvidia display driver.

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is no more supported; please open a new bug report if the actual archive found version also has the same issue.