Re: [gthumb-list] cropping horribly slow

["Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak" <mjc avtechpulse com>]

On 12/15/2010 11:36 AM, Rasmus Steinke wrote:
> hi... installed gthumb today and love it for its speed and functionality.
>
> But i have major performance issues with the Crop tool. Drawing a
> rectangle can take up to 30 seconds.
> Moving the rectangle or resizing it can even lead to gthumb not reacting
> at all for a while.
> In its current state its totally unusable for me.
>
> I am using latest stable release on arch linux 64bit and my specs are
> pretty much high-end (i7 cpu with 8gb ram)
>
> Am i the only one suffering under this and is there a workaround?

It works fine for me. I haven't heard of any similar issues, either.

You can try things like disabling compiz if you are using it, or using 
the minimal "vesa" xorg driver, instead of your normal video driver, to 
see if it makes any difference.

- Mike