[Ardour-Users] Ardour 2.8.12 released ( slow gfx )

[Paul Davis]

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Ben Loftis <ben at harrisonconsoles.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Christian Weikusat
>> <christian at shamanbenefit.net>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> >  I (paid for) and downloaded the binary package for Linux amd64.
>>> >  The GUI is extremely slow, e.g. it takes several seconds to switch
>>> > between active tracks/buses.
>>> >  I never had such problems when compiling myself, so I just downloaded
>>> > SVN version and am compiling right now.
>>>
>>
>> I do recall a few people on IRC reporting this issue, and I remember
>> that it was solved, but I don't recall the cause or the solution.
>>
>>
>
> Some users reported that removing and/or changing versions of the nvidia
> proprietary driver solved an issue similar to this.

Christian - can you comment on whether you're using the nvidia driver
and also on the output of this command:

  pkg-config --modversion gtk+-2.0