[PlanetCCRMA] ZynAddSubFX problems still unresolved on F7/F8 with KDE

[Nigel Henry]

On Saturday 24 November 2007 00:48, Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007, Nigel Henry wrote:
> > On Friday 23 November 2007 21:55, Mysth-R wrote:
> >> 2007/11/23, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@tiscali.fr>:
> >>> Sorry to come back with this unresolved problem, which appears to be
> >>> specific
> >>> to KDE on F7, and F8 now.
> >>>
> >>> Starting Zyn from KDE's desktop results in 100% CPU useage, mouse
> >>> pointer is
> >>> difficult to move. Clicking on minimize on Zyn's main window reduces
> >>> CPU useage to normal. Clicking on a child window in Zyn, then clicking
> >>> on minimize, Zyn minimizes to the panel, and the child window opens,
> >>> and I can
> >>> make changes to various parameters, etc.
> >>>
> >>> With Zyn's main window open on KDE, I click on close, then minimize.
> >>> Zyn minimizes to the panel, and the small window opens on KDE saying
> >>> "Exit and leave the unsaved data" "Yes or No". That works ok, and
> >>> clicking on yes, Zyn
> >>> shuts down.
> >>>
> >>> I have never had problems like this before with Zyn on KDE. On FC1 to
> >>> FC5 on
> >>> this machine, no problems, neither with Debian, Slackware, Kubuntu, or
> >>> Gentoo
> >>> on the same machine.
> >>>
> >>> Can anyone verify if they see the same problems using ZynAddSubFX on
> >>> F7, and
> >>> F8, and specifically using KDE. Fernando has already said that with
> >>> Gnome on
> >>> F7 there are no problems with Zyn, and I verified that on the machine
> >>> that has F7. Havn't tried Zyn with Gnome on F8 yet, but I expect it to
> >>> work, as on
> >>> F7.
> >>>
> >>> In many ways I'm not too bothered, as Zyn works well on FC2, but I'd
> >>> like discover what is causing these problems on F7, and F8 with KDE.
> >>>
> >>> Any suggestions/help appreciated.
> >>
> >> I just tried on my fc8 with KDE, and there is no problem ...
> >> there is no huge increase of the CPU usage. Perhaps 10 or 20% only.
> >>
> >> What are the characteristics of your cpu ?
> >
> > Well the only thing I know about is dmidecode for getting info, and it
> > won't cooperate on this I-friend machine. It's a 1.3GHz Celeron
> > processor, circa 2003.
> >
> > Thanks for the feedback. At least Zyn is working on your machine with
> > KDE, so it seems to be a problem with KDE, and my hardware. Odd though
> > that Zyn works ok on the same machine with FC1,2,3,4, and 5, and also
> > Debian Sarge, Etch, Lenny, Slackware 10.0, Kubuntu, and Gentoo.
> >
> > I'm at a  bit of a loss, as to what the problem is. I've posted the
> > problem to different lists, but with no feedback. Perhaps it's just a
> > problem with my machine, that noeone else is seeing.
>
> How about creating a new account for test purposes so that you can start
> with brand new kde defaults?
>
> -- Fernando

I'll have a go at that tomorrow, as it's getting a bit late now, but there is 
certainly something a bit weird going on between KDE, and Zyn on this machine 
that isn't there on earlier FC versions.

Nigel.