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   From: user@example.net   
      
   Vitus Jensen wrote:   
   > Hej!   
   >   
   > Has anyone experienced slowdowns after updating from 1.5 to 1.6?  When I   
   > run the 1.6 version switching tabs in firefox takes 2 seconds, switching   
   > maximized windows or desktops takes a lot longer.  Entering keys into   
   > input fields feels sluggish etc.  When the update came a lot of things   
   > were reinstalled but going back to   
   >   
   > x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6   
   > x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.2.5   
   > x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.12.4   
   > fixed the slowdown issue.  Now all reactions are pratically immediate   
   > again.   
      
   Did you the following after the upgrade:   
      
   You must rebuild all drivers if upgrading from xorg-server 1.5   
   or earlier, because the ABI changed. If you cannot start X because   
   of module version mismatch errors, this is your problem.   
   You can generate a list of all installed packages in the x11-drivers   
   category using this command:   
   emerge portage-utils; qlist -I -C x11-drivers/   
      
   Think there was lately quite many packages which required rebuilding on   
   packages depending on them, not doing so could end up in a system not   
   well working.   
      
   I can recommend you to install elogv and then add to your make.conf:   
   PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save"   
   PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="warn error log save"   
      
   and you have an excellent tool to go back and see the messages from packages   
   installed and some error messages if a build fails.   
      
      
   > As I found no mention via google I'm thinking about filing a bug.  In   
   > gentoo?  Or xorg?  xf86?   
      
   If you encounter any non-configuration issues, please file a bug at   
   http://bugs.gentoo.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Gentoo%20Linux   
   and attach /etc/X11/xorg.conf, /var/log/Xorg.0.log and emerge info   
   You can choose which drivers are installed with the VIDEO_CARDS   
   and INPUT_DEVICES settings. Set these like any other Portage   
   variable in /etc/make.conf or on the command line.   
      
      
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