Extreamly Slow UI

[melvin]

As soon as I saw my invite, I installed the Linux version of Boxee on to a clean Wubi install of Ubuntu Hardy with all updates. My computer is a Dell Latitude D620 with a 2.16 GHz Core Duo Proc, 1 GB Memory, and a Intel 945 GM Video Card. When Ubuntu was done installing I installed both XBMC and Boxee. I launched XBMC and it was running fine as it has in the past. I then went to run Boxee, which started in full screen, but the UI response was very slow. It takes between 3 - 5 seconds between a key stroke and the UI responding. I looked at the system resources and the CPU utilization was haning around 10%, while the Memory was at about 40% used. Don't know if the slow UI is an issue with Boxee or my computer. I have a hard time believing its my computer since XBMC runs ok but I am not going to rule it out.

I have tried to search Google and it seems like Hardy should have the latest drivers for my video card. lspci shows this:

laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

I tried to set the the resolution for Boxee in the Settings Menu to a windowed mode and I saw no difference.

Anyone have any ideas on where to look next? Do I look further into the video card drivers or do you think it could be a Boxee bug?

Nick

[tsella]

hi nick,

at times a corruption occurs when you run xbmc/boxee, after which DRI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Rendering_Infrastructure) is disabled.

you can spot this by running glxinfo | grep -i direct. if you get anything but "direct rendering: Yes", you should reboot your box.

[Chester]

Got the exact same problem,

Got a laptop with a

Processor Intel Core 2 Duo T9300
Chipset Intel GM965 + ICH8M
Video Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, max 256MB shared

i tried glxinfo | grep -i direct

I got direct rendereing to yes, so that shoud be good. Visual effects are set to none. Still the user interface is the same as the person who started this thread.

[tsella]

hi chester,

this is weird, you have an excellent config for running boxee. can you please provide the full output for glxinfo?

what os do you have? hardy/gutsy?

[Chester]

Got Hardy Heron,
freshly installed with all the new updates.

glxinfo gives me this:

name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 965GM 4.1.3002 x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 1.4 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_fragment_program, GL_ARB_imaging,
GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_point_parameters,
GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar,
GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat,
GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle,
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object,
GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra,
GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate,
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_logic_op, GL_EXT_blend_minmax,
GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint, GL_EXT_cull_vertex,
GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_convolution, GL_EXT_copy_texture,
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_histogram,
GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters,
GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap,
GL_EXT_subtexture, GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D,
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias,
GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array,
GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1, GL_APPLE_client_storage,
GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate,
GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat,
GL_INGR_blend_func_separate, GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture,
GL_MESA_window_pos, GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_light_max_exponent,
GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_OES_read_format,
GL_SGI_color_matrix, GL_SGI_color_table, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap,
GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_depth_texture, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x24 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x25 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x26 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x27 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x28 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x29 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x2a 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x2b 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2c 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2d 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2e 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2f 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x30 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x31 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x32 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x5b 32 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ncon

[tuxic]

Same problems here. GUI is extreeemely slow.

Running fully updated Hardy upgraded from Gutsy on a Thinkpad T60, T5600 1.83 GHz Core 2, 1 GB RAM, Lenovo 945 GM.

direct rendering: Yes

// tuxic

[tsella]

please try running boxee via command line, and see if you are getting any error messages in the terminal:

> /usr/boxee/run-boxee-desktop

[OuTBiT]

Got the same problem, I reduced the resoltion in ubuntu (8.04) to 1024*768.
First I had a refresh rate of 0.04HZ :( at 1600*1200 now the refresh rate is 20Hz :) in boxee.

Got a Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop:
Intel Pentium4 3.2GHz
GeForce FX5200

OuTBiT

[Chester]

This is what i get when starting up and closing using terminal:


/usr/boxee/run-boxee-desktop
27/07/08 12:44:46#DEBUG#bxbgprocess.cpp:142(Start)#bg process initialized. 1 worker threads created.
27/07/08 12:44:46#DEBUG#bxcurl.cpp:53(Initialize)#curl initialized. version <7.18.0>

Running Boxee test...
is rtorrent running: 0
boxee-rtorrent: no process killed
stopping rss...
stopping file scanner...
stopping torrent client...
boxee-rtorrent: no process killed
stopping boxee...
Boxee: asked to stop
Stopping boxee background processor
BXBGProcess, Boxee Feed Processor, asked to stop, this = 0x908cbb8
Stopping metadata engine
BXMetadataEngine: asked to stop
BXMetadataEngine: already stopped
stopping watchog...
Application: delete item loader...
BXBGProcess, Directory Loader, asked to stop, this = 0x94d8c4c
BXBGProcess, Item Loader, asked to stop, this = 0x94d8be0
BXBGProcess, Directory Loader, asked to stop, this = 0x94d8c4c
BXBGProcess, Item Loader, asked to stop, this = 0x94d8be0
X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 145 (XFree86-DRI)
Minor opcode of failed request: 9 ()
Resource id in failed request: 0x3400002
Serial number of failed request: 91
Current serial number in output stream: 91
Boxee: asked to stop
Boxee: already stopped
BXBGProcess, Resolver Audio Processor, asked to stop, this = 0x908cffc
BXBGProcess, Resolver Video Processor, asked to stop, this = 0x908cf90
BXBGProcess, Boxee Feed Processor, asked to stop, this = 0x908cbb8
BXBGProcess, Application Messenger, asked to stop, this = 0x8ffbc74
BXBGProcess, Application Messenger, asked to stop, this = 0x8ffbc74
CRITSEC[0x902dc64]: Trying to enter destroyed section.
CRITSEC[0x902dc64]: Some other thread trying to leave our critical section.
CRITSEC[0x902dc64]: Trying to enter destroyed section.
CRITSEC[0x902dc64]: Some other thread trying to leave our critical section.
CRITSEC[0x8ffcce4]: Trying to enter destroyed section.
CRITSEC[0x8ffcce4]: Trying to enter destroyed section.
CRITSEC[0x8ffcce4]: Trying to enter destroyed section.
CRITSEC[0x8ffcd70]: Trying to enter destroyed section.
Locking assertion failure. Backtrace:
#0 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 [0xb6fa5767]
#1 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0(xcb_xlib_lock+0x2e) [0xb6fa581e]
#2 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 [0xb74ec518]
#3 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1(XF86DRIGetDrawableInfo+0x42) [0xb78ba492]
#4 /usr/lib/dri/i965_dri.so(__driUtilUpdateDrawableInfo+0x142) [0xb5eeaae2]
#5 /usr/lib/dri/i965_dri.so [0xb5eeacc0]
#6 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1(glXMakeCurrentReadSGI+0xcf) [0xb789b3bf]
#7 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1(glXMakeCurrent+0x23) [0xb789b6e3]
#8 /usr/boxee/Boxee(_ZN7Surface8CSurface11MakeCurrentEv+0x6d) [0x86d081d]
#9 /usr/boxee/Boxee(_ZN15CGraphicContext15ValidateSurfaceEPN7Sur face8CSurfaceE+0xf3) [0x86b5363]
#10 /usr/boxee/Boxee(_ZN10CGLTextureD1Ev+0x26) [0x86d5796]
#11 /usr/boxee/Boxee(_ZN8CTexture11FreeTextureEv+0x34) [0x86d5d84]
#12 /usr/boxee/Boxee(_ZN8CTextureD0Ev+0x18) [0x86d5ed8]
#13 /usr/boxee/Boxee(_ZN11CTextureMapD0Ev+0x36) [0x86d95c6]
#14 /usr/boxee/Boxee(_ZN18CGUITextureManager7CleanupEv+0x3e) [0x86d624e]
#15 /usr/boxee/Boxee(_ZN18CGUITextureManagerD1Ev+0x1a) [0x86d70da]
#16 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(exit+0xd4) [0xb75ff084]
#17 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 [0xb74e563e]
#18 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XError+0xfe) [0xb74e573e]
#19 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XReply+0x231) [0xb74ed2f1]
X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 145 (XFree86-DRI)
Minor opcode of failed request: 9 ()
Resource id in failed request: 0x3400002
Serial number of failed request: 92
Current serial number in output stream: 92

[tsella]

can you try to navigate a bit. i don't need the shutdown stuff, just navigation (if it produces anything).

[melvin]

Sorry forgot to post my update....

I did try to reboot my machine and run glxinfo | grep -i direct. My output was showing "direct rendering: Yes". But I was still seeing a very slow UI when I was using my laptop's display (1280x800 @60Hz).

I then decided to try an external display. I closed my lid on the laptop and dock'ed it. The docking station is connected to a DELL 1905 FP through the VGA port. The 1905's DVI port is connected to my main computer, which is why I didn't use that. I powered on the laptop and Ubuntu set the res of the 1905 to 1280x1024 @60Hz. I loaded Boxee and the UI was running great. I was able to watch movies on my network and the UI was speedy. I have no more complaints when I use a larger external display. I at least now know that my laptop is capable of running this.

I still have not been able to figure out why my laptop screen takes so long with the UI. It must just be taking longer to resize the UI on each refresh. I plan on getting a better machine that will connect to a larger display anyways so I am not too worried on getting this fixed. It just would make things a little easier so I can play around with the settings and what not on the couch and not at my desk.

[tsella]

please see http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=189, and try that.

[deeceefar2]

Disable desktop effects in System > Preferences > Appearance for Ubuntu.
"Visual Effects" tab, set it to None.

Visual Effects currently interferes with full screen video and SDL in general. Try disabling that and see if helps things out.

[douglaswski]

same issue being seen on a Dell mini9 with a clean install of ubuntu hardy 8.04. It's soo bad that I cannot even add a new user, as there's literally a 5-10 second delay in keyboard, mouse, any user input....that renders the app pretty much useless.

I tried the first command suggested here and it returned "yes" as well. ;-/

[marcel]

Try turning off vsync from "2" to "0"in the guisettings.xml config file and see if there is any change

[mandelcat]

That vsync trick worked for me. Thanks!

[dougnukem]

I have a clean install of Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibix on a Dell M6300 with NVidia Quadro FX 3600M and I'm running into the same sluggish UI issues. I'm running it on an external VGA monitor at 1920x1080, but I see the same issues when running it on the laptop display at 1920x1080.

I've checked glxinfo and it's showing direct rendering true.

I've also ensured that Visual Effects are set to none.

I've edited my guisettings.xml and set vsync from 2 to 0.

Here's a run of /opt/boxee/run-boxee-desktop where I interacted with the login screen with my mouse, logged in then opened the side menu and exited. (I don't see any display specific log entries mostly just shutdown information). Is there anything else I can try to fix this problem, or any further debug information I can provide.



17/12/08 07:52:29#DEBUG#bxbgprocess.cpp:142(Start)#bg process initialized. 1 worker threads created.
17/12/08 07:52:29#DEBUG#bxcurl.cpp:63(Initialize)#curl initialized. version <7.18.2>

Running Boxee test...
* Enable platform firectoriesAnd the log goes to... /tmp/ddaniels-
is rtorrent running: 0
stopping rss...
stopping file scanner...
stopping torrent client...
stopping boxee...
Boxee: asked to stop
Stopping boxee background processor
BXBGProcess, Boxee Feed Processor, asked to stop, this = 0x8edfbfc
Stopping metadata engine
BXMetadataEngine: asked to stop
Stopping audio processor
BXBGProcess, Resolver Audio Processor, asked to stop, this = 0x8ee0140
Stopping video processor
BXBGProcess, Resolver Video Processor, asked to stop, this = 0x8ee00d4
stopping watchog...
Application: delete item loader...
BXBGProcess, Directory Loader, asked to stop, this = 0xaf125ec
BXBGProcess, Item Loader, asked to stop, this = 0xaf12580
BXBGProcess, Directory Loader, asked to stop, this = 0xaf125ec
BXBGProcess, Item Loader, asked to stop, this = 0xaf12580
Boxee: asked to stop
Boxee: already stopped
BXBGProcess, Resolver Audio Processor, asked to stop, this = 0x8ee0140
BXBGProcess, Resolver Video Processor, asked to stop, this = 0x8ee00d4
BXBGProcess, Boxee Feed Processor, asked to stop, this = 0x8edfbfc
BXBGProcess, Application Messenger, asked to stop, this = 0x8e4b524
BXBGProcess, Application Messenger, asked to stop, this = 0x8e4b524

[dougnukem]

Oops I should've known I had to install the NVidia drivers:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia

"System->Administration->Hardware Drivers and check the box to enable the restricted drivers for your NVIDIA card if the option is provided."

[agentlame]

just to clarify... does everyone who posted here have this resolved?

[shanefagan]

Im still having this problem. It may have something to do with the lack of a good graphics card though. I tried the suggestions listed.

[jwdenzel]

Hi there. (First post!)

I also had this problem. I did a fresh Ubuntu (8.10) installation on an older P4 machine. Installation went fine, but Boxee unusable because of how slllllow it was.

Fortunately, I managed to navigate my way into the settings and change the resolution down to something much, much lower than my monitor resolution. This improved the speed.

However, it also changed my actual desktop resolution to match!

Meanwhile, on the Mac OS 10.5 installation I did, when I changed the Boxee resolution, it ran the program in a smaller window, which is what I was hoping the Ubuntu version would do.

[tuurie]

Try this:

A. Set System-Preferences-Appearance-Visual Effects to None. For some reason Boxee would not leave fullscreen mode properly while Visual Effects were enabled
B. Disable and Remove PulseAudio.
1. Goto System-Preferences-Sound and set all three of the Sound Playback settings to ALSA - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
2. Run the following terminal commands:
sudo rm /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio
killall pulseaudio
sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio
sudo apt-get install esound

[blurryg]

running boxee on a Dell Latitude D620 , intel 945M graphics chipset, dual-core processor @ 1.8GHz, 2GB sys mem. Ubuntu Intrepid installed.

Situation 1: attached to Panasonic HD vga monitor/tv 1360x768@60Hz (59.8 effective) with internet access through wired 100M LAN (and ~2Mbps DSL).

UI runs very slow. Hulu videos take 5min+ to load, Comedy Central videos load but only shows 1 or 2 frames per second (audio is mostly smooth, glitches every 10-20seconds).
Looking at "Settings">"General" menu shows effective refresh rate within Boxee is only 1-2Hz.
"top" shows Boxee process using 98-105% of CPU.
Disabling vsync has no effect.
Running at lower resolution, such as 800x600, also has no effect.

xbmc_xrandr and glxinfo output attached.

Also should mention Pulseaudio removed as recommended in various posts, all audio configured for ALSA, esound.

Any help debugging this would be appreciated.

[blurryg]

Concerning the previous post, the issue was the virtual resolution. Despite the disabled second screen, the virtual resolution of the X server included those pixels as well. Boxee struggled to refresh the entire "screen" at 60Hz.
Manually fixing the resolution of the X server resolved the slow UI.


running boxee on a Dell Latitude D620 , intel 945M graphics chipset, dual-core processor @ 1.8GHz, 2GB sys mem. Ubuntu Intrepid installed.

Situation 1: attached to Panasonic HD vga monitor/tv 1360x768@60Hz (59.8 effective) with internet access through wired 100M LAN (and ~2Mbps DSL).

UI runs very slow. Hulu videos take 5min+ to load, Comedy Central videos load but only shows 1 or 2 frames per second (audio is mostly smooth, glitches every 10-20seconds).
Looking at "Settings">"General" menu shows effective refresh rate within Boxee is only 1-2Hz.
"top" shows Boxee process using 98-105% of CPU.
Disabling vsync has no effect.
Running at lower resolution, such as 800x600, also has no effect.

xbmc_xrandr and glxinfo output attached.

Also should mention Pulseaudio removed as recommended in various posts, all audio configured for ALSA, esound.

Any help debugging this would be appreciated.

[gfnord]

On Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 I tried everything to solve very poor UI performance and eventually I found the solution in the XBMC community forum (http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=454222&postcount=7) - the key was downgrading the following packages:

libgl1-mesa-dri (http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/i386/libgl1-mesa-dri/download)
libgl1-mesa-glx (http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/i386/libgl1-mesa-glx/download)

I installed those .deb files with "dkpg -i <debfile>" and immediately Boxee and XBMC started working.

[sparkiemark]

Can you please post the cookbook instructions on how to do this? I attempted removing the more recent versions and upteen apps were removed from my desktop. Installing the old versions did not help. I obviously did something wrong.

Thanks in advance.

PS The vsync trick does nothing for me and yes direct rendering is 0 and the wheel cogs work properly.