Regression: Compiz Enhanced Zoom plugin jerky,slow and unresponsive

Bug #786774 reported by TommyBoy
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
compiz (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: compiz

Expected:
Smooth full-screen zooming

Actual:
Slow, jerky, unresponsive scrolling when zoom is applied

Reproduce:
Running Ubnutu desktop with unity, open firefox and try zooming and reading the page smoothly. The effect can be seen when tooltips are displayed on the screen. For example passing over the unity app entries.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,grid,regex,neg,move,place,mousepoll,resize,imgpng,vpswitch,gnomecompat,snap,session,animation,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,wall,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Mon May 23 00:52:10 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-04-28 22:01:53.236794
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 ATI Technologies Inc RS880 [Radeon HD 4250] [1002:9715] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:843e]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
JockeyStatus: xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic-pae root=UUID=4e67e412-cb5e-4858-85d6-12e78cd70ef3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-29 (23 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/08/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1601
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1601:bd09/08/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4A88TD-VEVO/USB3:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

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TommyBoy (thomaslloyd) wrote :
description: updated
TommyBoy (thomaslloyd)
summary: - Regrssion: Compiz Enhanced Zoom plugin jerky,slow and unresponsive
+ Regerssion: Compiz Enhanced Zoom plugin jerky,slow and unresponsive
summary: - Regerssion: Compiz Enhanced Zoom plugin jerky,slow and unresponsive
+ Regression: Compiz Enhanced Zoom plugin jerky,slow and unresponsive
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TommyBoy (thomaslloyd) wrote :

it turns out, the choppy behavior is due to the "mouse polling" plugin, use Compiz Settings Manager to set the mouse polling plugin to a smaller time (<10).

Requires a restart for the changes to take effect.

Still not perfect but is a stop gap. The screen is still slightly unresponsive to mouse movements at times. Especially with firefox.

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 762693, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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