Hi Everyone.
Heres todays brain teaser.
I installed Debian Lenny on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 1200) last week. I
removed Iceweasel using apt-get remove iceweasel, and then ran nautilus
as root, and deleted all folders relating to mozilla.
I then unzipped firefox 2.x.17 into my home folder, installed libstdc
++5, created a link to the right file and it ran perfectly.
I then installed prefbar and firefox then suffered from severe lag when
going through the bookmarks.
At first it didnt click as Debian did seem to run slightly slower than
Ubuntu 7.10, so I thought it was my xorg.conf which showed :
# xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool,
using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades
*only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically
updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics
Controller"
Driver "intel"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics
Controller"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
# Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet
# InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
So I tried changing xorg to no effect. So then for some reason I
uninstalled firefox and installed iceweasel and it ran normally with
bookmnarks and no lag. So trying again I reinstalled firefox, imported
my bookmarks (with prefbar installed) and again there was no lag.
So Im pretty sure, by the philosophy of Sherlock Holmes, that it is an
incompatibility issue with Firefox 2.x & Prefbar under Debian Lenny.
So I was wondering if you lads / Ladies had any suggestions. Im wanting
to get back to Debian as I prefer the rolling release & long term
support, rather than the Ubuntu 6 month release cycle. Ubuntu has been
great as a step into the Linux world, and has taught me many wonderfull
things, but now Im eager to move on.
--
Phillip Chandler
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