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JDizzleHi, I just installed Xubu and am having some screen tearing issues. I'm not super savvy with Linux, more of a beginner.04:17
JDizzleIt's version 18.04 and my GPU is an AMD R9 290.04:18
JDizzleWould anyone mind assisting me with this?04:18
well_laid_lawn!amd04:20
ubottuOpen drivers for AMD cards: amdgpu (cards >= GCN1.2 aka GCN 3rd gen), radeon (older cards). AMD has a closed driver named amdgpu-pro that supports the same cards as amdgpu, but it is generally unnecessary. FGLRX is not supported in any current Ubuntu version or in this channel. For info on GCN levels, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units04:20
well_laid_lawntry turning the compositing off as a first test04:20
JDizzleHow do I go about doing that?04:21
well_laid_lawnI'm not at my xubuntu box atm but it should be in window manager settings iirc04:22
JDizzlewell_laid_lawn thanks, I'll start poking around and see if I can locate it and get back to you in a minute.04:23
JDizzlewell_laid_lawn OK, found and disabled the compositor and it seems to have fixed it. Thanks!04:24
well_laid_lawncheers04:25
well_laid_lawnJDizzle:  this might be of interest https://forum.manjaro.org/t/auto-toggle-xfce-compositor/10711504:26
JDizzlewell_laid_lawn what was that "!amd" command you used a minute ago? I get that it was a bot summon but couldn't really make sense of the text the bot spat out.04:26
JDizzlewell_laid_lawn hmm well now it seems to have returned. Still not as bad as before though04:27
JDizzleI got a tarball of the driver from the AMD website but have no idea where to extract it to, or if that matters.04:28
well_laid_lawnI'd make a directory in your /home and move the tarball there and extract it04:30
well_laid_lawnit probabl has an INSTALL.sh script or similar04:30
well_laid_lawncheck for a README04:30
JDizzlewell_laid_lawn Found a guide online, doing exactly that04:31
JDizzleGonna see if installing the drivers fixes it04:31
well_laid_lawnluck04:31
JDizzlewell_laid_lawn thx I'll report back in a bit04:32
Noboru55Hello, i have a question about cpu, here when i open the browser or play zsnes, anything i do the 2 cpu go to almost 100% usage, but uses a little ram, is it normal ?17:08
Noboru55of course its an old laptop so, i guess its ok.. not sure17:09
Noboru55if someone knows please tell me, thanks17:09
diogenes_Noboru55, run: lspci -nnk | grep VGA -A3 and pastebin, also what browser.17:11
Noboru55any one, chromium and chrome.. but firefox is worse17:11
Noboru55in windows 10 i can force that virtual memory to usage and it makes cpu  almos always low17:12
Noboru55here it works in wrong way, but xubuntu is still fast quick lightweight.. do not know the word17:12
Noboru5500:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:22b1] (rev 35)17:13
Noboru55Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller [1297:2053]17:13
Noboru55Kernel driver in use: i91517:13
Noboru55Kernel modules: i91517:13
Noboru55it was just a question, to know if its ok to the cpu usage high when start some application or when in some game..17:14
Noboru55maybe its beacuse its an weak laptop i guess17:15
diogenes_Noboru55, you've got a weak graphics.17:15
Noboru55intel 40017:15
Noboru55right..  everything here is weak ^^17:17
diogenes_you could try and tweak ff settings to see if you get any improvements.17:17
Noboru55like disable compositor?17:17
Noboru55no, i like the transparency but i understood its happing because the video graphics ^^17:18
Noboru55nothing to do, the xubuntu is still nice ! like it17:18
Noboru55diogenes_ thank for your time, when have time look the pvt17:18
diogenes_Noboru55, i mean to try and enable some hw acceleration in ff.17:19
Noboru55mmm. how can i do it?17:20
Noboru55the hw acceleration17:20
diogenes_Noboru55, in ff type: about:support17:20
diogenes_scroll down and see what it says about composition and hw accel.17:21
Noboru55already did17:23
Noboru55you were right,17:23
Noboru55the cpu gets close to 70% only playing game, listening song, chromium and firefox with hw acelleration, and byzans-record17:23
Noboru55but i disable the compositor17:24
Noboru55diogenes_ anyway i preffer to use chromium... but the compositor is the reason for the cpu usage, in windows i disable all graphics effects17:24
Noboru55i must know it17:24
Noboru55diogenes_ thank u again... living and learning17:25
diogenes_you're welcome17:25
merlinerGreetings. I come to xubuntu from a background with Debian server. Prior desktops were OS/2 and Win7. Moving now to a new desktop I selected the ubuntu line due to familiarity with and respect for the Debian packaging system and dependable stability. Now I'm confronting snap packaging as some kind of parallel package manager, which is a bit disorienting, but makes sense for desktop applications. My question is "Is snap well accepted in the user/20:22
merlinerdeveloper/support community, or is there some reasoned resistance to it?"20:22
tomreynmerliner: pros and cons of snaps compared to apt / deb have been a matter of discussion in #ubuntu-discuss before, you could probably get opinions there.20:44
merlinerthanks20:45
danomiteI'm having trouble getting good graphics performance out of my Xubuntu VM (guest) on my Windows 10 Hyper-V (host). Is there anything I could check or an article you could refer me to?23:17

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