Slow scrolling in Chome/firebox

wheedwhackerjones · 12-25-2017, 11:06 AM

Not only is it scrolling so few lines at a time, but the scrolling is very jittery. My monitor is 144hz, and my mouse moves at that refresh rate, but Chrome and firefox feel like they're running at 30hz.

Is there a workaround?

wheedwhackerjones · 12-25-2017, 06:43 PM

Is this not a common problem? Am I the only one with this issue?

ondoho · 12-26-2017, 05:21 AM

either en- or disable hardware accelaration.
also, i always DISable smooth scrolling on my browsers because i have no use for it.
if your cpu and/or gpu are strong enough, you can leave it enabled

PS:
you should wait at least 24h before bumping your post.
preferably with additional information.

wheedwhackerjones · 12-26-2017, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

either en- or disable hardware accelaration.
also, i always DISable smooth scrolling on my browsers because i have no use for it.
if your cpu and/or gpu are strong enough, you can leave it enabled

PS:
you should wait at least 24h before bumping your post.
preferably with additional information.

Thanks. Hardware acceleration on/off doesn't make a difference. Smooth scrolling isn't what I'm looking for (doesn't fix it, either).

Tried Ubuntu, have the same problem. Is scrolling through browsers in Linux not smooth compared to Windows? Is that just something I need to live with? It's pretty awful to be honest.

ondoho · 12-26-2017, 02:36 PM

ok, let's do it properly then.
tell us something about the hardware, cpu, ram etc.
post the output of these commands:

Code:

lspci -k
uname -rv
sudo apt update

additionally, open a terminal window and enter 'top'.
figure out what it shows you, and leave it running.
reproduce the problem, look at top's output. something eating your resources?

wheedwhackerjones · 12-26-2017, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

ok, let's do it properly then.
tell us something about the hardware, cpu, ram etc.
post the output of these commands:

Code:

lspci -k
uname -rv
sudo apt update

additionally, open a terminal window and enter 'top'.
figure out what it shows you, and leave it running.
reproduce the problem, look at top's output. something eating your resources?

Code:

~$ lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller
	Kernel driver in use: hsw_uncore
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller
	Kernel driver in use: mei_me
	Kernel modules: mei_me
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev d5)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev d5)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev d5)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation C220 Series Chipset Family H81 Express LPC Controller (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] C220 Series Chipset Family H81 Express LPC Controller
	Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
	Kernel modules: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
	Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
	Kernel modules: i2c_i801
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1b81 (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 3703
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
	Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_384_drm, nvidia_384
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 10f0 (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 3703
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0c)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169
04:00.0 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VL805 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] VL805 USB 3.0 Host Controller
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
matty@MattLinux:~$ uname -rv
4.10.0-42-generic #46~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 4 15:57:59 UTC 2017
matty@MattLinux:~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for matty: 
Hit:1 http://ubuntu.mirror.constant.com xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://ubuntu.mirror.constant.com xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://ubuntu.mirror.constant.com xenial-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://ubuntu.mirror.constant.com xenial-security InRelease
Reading package lists... Done                     
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.

ondoho · 12-27-2017, 04:35 AM

what about the other things i asked?
and PLEASE use code tags for code.

wheedwhackerjones · 12-27-2017, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

what about the other things i asked?
and PLEASE use code tags for code.

Code:

uname -rv
4.10.0-38-generic #42~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 10 16:32:20 UTC 2017

I have 114 packages that can be updated. What's the command in terminal to update them all, rather than using the GUI? Is it

Code:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

CPU: i7 4970
GTX1070
16GB DDr3
250GB SSD

ondoho · 12-28-2017, 03:25 AM

it all looks ok.
nvidia is already using the proprietary driver, but you might want to check if it's the proper version, i never trust the additional drivers tool.

please don't do a dist-upgrade, just do a normal

Code:

apt upgrade

and reboot. you're right, it might fix things.

all in all i'm surprised that your intel processor doesn't have its own gpu.
maybe this can be switched in the bios? not saying that would help, just wondering.

also try this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

additionally, open a terminal window and enter 'top'.
figure out what it shows you, and leave it running.
reproduce the problem, look at top's output. something eating your resources?

wheedwhackerjones · 12-28-2017, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

it all looks ok.
nvidia is already using the proprietary driver, but you might want to check if it's the proper version, i never trust the additional drivers tool.

please don't do a dist-upgrade, just do a normal

Code:

apt upgrade

and reboot. you're right, it might fix things.

all in all i'm surprised that your intel processor doesn't have its own gpu.
maybe this can be switched in the bios? not saying that would help, just wondering.

also try this:

What type of harmful things would happen from a dist-upgrade? I'm clearly new to this

ondoho · 12-29-2017, 04:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wheedwhackerjones

What type of harmful things would happen from a dist-upgrade? I'm clearly new to this

https://lmddgtfy.net/?q=ubuntu%20dist-upgrade

wheedwhackerjones · 12-30-2017, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

https://lmddgtfy.net/?q=ubuntu%20dist-upgrade

I see. Basically it changes config files in addition to updating software, rather than just updating software.