Ubuntu, Firefox and Beryl smooth scrolling problem

[dirtydog]

Does anyone here use Beryl and Firefox? I am using the Smoothwheel extension. Without Beryl running, scrolling is as smooth as silk. With it running, it is sluggish and not smooth.

It is a known issue:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=386014&page=2

Unfortunately I cannot post in that thread because according to them, it is 'resolved'. In fact however, it isn't...

It is a show-stopper for me as I can't bear to use Beryl if it means that Firefox behaves so sluggishly.

I am using an nvidia Geforce4 Ti 4200 if that makes any difference.

I'm hoping that some Linux users still read this 'Mac' forum

 

[dirtydog]

I would appreciate that Thanks in advance.

I just thought I'd give Ubuntu another go the other day, as I haven't seen Beryl before except in videos. It's certainly very impressive. Added to which, for some reason, Smoothwheel under Linux is MUCH smoother than it is in Windows XP or Vista. I have no idea why that should be the case, but it is really hard to go back to Windows after browsing in Ubuntu for a while. But only when Beryl is turned off... Suffice to say it would be ace if I could find a solution, if one exists

 

[dirtydog]

Oops I forgot about this thread Thanks for trying that out for me It's a shame you don't have a mouse as I think you'd only notice with the scrollwheel. If it does behave on your machine like it does on mine, you'd notice the difference easily because it's night and day.

I tried running Compiz instead of Beryl and it was the exact same deal with the jerkiness.

One day I'll get a version of Linux which just works without any fuss...!

 

[dirtydog]

Yeah it still needs some work for sure. The whole desktop is slightly sluggish (dragging the wobbly windows etc.) even though it is hardware accelerated and from searching the web I see others have found it the same. With Beryl/Compiz/XGL desktop disabled it's all much smoother and snappier. Which kinda defeats the object