Re: Scrolling Apps = High CPU Utilization

2003-10-15 Thread M. Kirchhoff
Quoting David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > My guess is that you wind up doing the scrolling operation all in > software with the nv driver, which is why you get that much CPU > usage. I'd guess that switching to the (non-free) NVidia driver would > in fact help you get around this problem. Ther

Re: Scrolling Apps = High CPU Utilization

2003-10-15 Thread David Z Maze
"M. Kirchhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > First, let me describe the problem: When using the wheel on my > logitech wheel mouse (PS/2, ImPS) to scroll up and down in various > apps (Mozilla, AbiWord), I see very high CPU activity as reported by > "top". ... > nVidia GeForce2 MX 200, 64MB vRAM >

Scrolling Apps = High CPU Utilization

2003-10-14 Thread M. Kirchhoff
First, let me describe the problem: When using the wheel on my logitech wheel mouse (PS/2, ImPS) to scroll up and down in various apps (Mozilla, AbiWord), I see very high CPU activity as reported by "top". The faster I scroll, the higher the CPU utilization. For example, if I continously scroll