Linux xbmc very slow when run as non-privileged user
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Hi,

Installed xbmc on debian with xfce4. I use autologin to non-privileged user, start xfce from .bash_profile, and load xbmc on xfce startup.

Problem: xbmc is so slow it's totally not usable. Even mouse position updates once every 5 seconds or so.

If I run xbmc as root, everything works perfect.
As a temp solution, i have setuid xbmc.bin, which also works fine, but I don't like this mode for a number of reasons.

Anyone has had any similar problems?

The log file below. Any help would be very appreciated Smile

Code:
more xbmc.log
10:40:18 T:3007780656  NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
10:40:18 T:3007780656 WARNING: Unable to determine Linux distribution
10:40:18 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Starting XBMC (11.0 Git:Unknown), Platform: Linux (Unknown, 3.2.0-2-686-pae i686). Built on May 10 2012
10:40:18 T:3007780656  NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: /usr/share/xbmc
10:40:18 T:3007780656  NOTICE: special://xbmcbin/ is mapped to: /usr/lib/xbmc
10:40:18 T:3007780656  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: /home/telikas/.xbmc/userdata
10:40:18 T:3007780656  NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: /home/telikas/.xbmc
10:40:18 T:3007780656  NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: /home/telikas/.xbmc/temp
10:40:18 T:3007780656  NOTICE: The executable running is: /usr/lib/xbmc/xbmc.bin
10:40:18 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Local hostname: debian
10:40:18 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Log File is located: /home/telikas/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log
10:40:18 T:3007780656  NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
10:40:18 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Setup SDL
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: load settings...
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: loading special://masterprofile/guisettings.xml
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Checking resolution 12
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml.
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://xbmc/system/advancedsettings.xml)
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://masterprofile/advancedsettings.xml)
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Default DVD Player: dvdplayer
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Default Video Player: dvdplayer
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Disabled debug logging due to GUI setting. Level 0.
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Log level changed to 0
10:40:19 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Loading media sources from special://masterprofile/sources.xml
10:40:20 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Using visual 0x22
10:40:20 T:3007780656  NOTICE: GL_VENDOR = Mesa Project
10:40:20 T:3007780656  NOTICE: GL_RENDERER = Software Rasterizer
10:40:20 T:3007780656  NOTICE: GL_VERSION = 2.1 Mesa 7.11.2
10:40:20 T:3007780656  NOTICE: GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION = 1.20
10:40:20 T:3007780656  NOTICE: GL_EXTENSIONS = GL_ARB_multisample GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_logic_op GL_
EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_copy_texture GL_EXT_paletted_texture GL_EXT_polygon_offset GL_EXT_subtexture GL_EXT_text
ure_object GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_texture GL_EXT_texture3D GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip GL_ARB_point_paramet
ers GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EX
T_texture_edge_clamp GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_ARB_multit
exture GL_IBM_multimode_draw_arrays GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1 GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_tex
ture_env_add GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EX
T_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_INGR_blend_func_separate GL_MESA_resize_buffers GL_NV_b
lend_square GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays GL_ARB_texture_border
_clamp GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_EXT_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_MESA_window_pos G
L_NV_packed_depth_stencil GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_NV_vertex_program GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_shadow GL_AR
B_shadow_ambient GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_ARB_
window_pos GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap GL_ATI_fragment_shader GL_EXT_stencil_two_side GL_EXT_texture_cube_map GL_NV_depth_clamp GL_NV_fragme
nt_program GL_NV_point_sprite GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 GL_APPLE_packed_pixels GL_APPLE_vertex_array_object GL_ARB_draw_buffers GL_ARB_f
ragment_program GL_ARB_fragment_shader GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ATI_draw_buffers GL_ATI_tex
ture_env_combine3 GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_MESA_pack_invert GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture GL_ARB_de
pth_clamp GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow GL_ARB_half_float_pixel GL_ARB_occlusion_query2 GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_shading_language_1
00 GL_ARB_sync GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate GL_EXT_blend_equation_separa
te GL_OES_read_format GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_ATI_texture_compression_3
dc GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp GL_EXT_texture_rectangle GL_EXT_texture_sRGB
GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent GL_ARB_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample GL_EXT_packed_depth_s
tencil GL_NV_fragment_program_option GL_APPLE_object_purgeable GL_ARB_vertex_array_object GL_ATI_separate_stencil GL_ATI_texture_mirro
r_once GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 GL_EXT_draw_instanced GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters GL_EXT_texture_array GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc G
L_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode GL_MESA_texture_array GL_ARB_copy_buffer GL_ARB_draw_instanced GL_ARB_half_float_
vertex GL_ARB_map_buffer_range GL_ARB_texture_rg GL_ARB_texture_swizzle GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra GL_EXT_separate_shader_objects GL_EXT
_texture_swizzle GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra GL_NV_conditional_render GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location GL
_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions GL_ARB_provoking_vertex GL_EXT_provoking_vertex GL_ARB_robustness
10:40:20 T:3007780656   ERROR: GLX: Same window as before, refreshing context
10:40:21 T:3007780656  NOTICE: UDisks: Added /media/melynas
10:40:21 T:3007780656  NOTICE: UDisks: Added /storage
10:40:21 T:3007780656  NOTICE: start dvd mediatype detection
10:40:21 T:3007780656  NOTICE: initializing playlistplayer
10:40:21 T:3007780656  NOTICE: DONE initializing playlistplayer
10:40:22 T:3007780656  NOTICE: initialize done
10:40:22 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Running the application...
10:40:22 T:3007780656  NOTICE: ES: Starting event server
10:40:22 T:2883574640  NOTICE: ES: Starting UDP Event server on 0.0.0.0:9777
10:40:22 T:2883574640  NOTICE: UDP: Listening on port 9777
10:40:22 T:3007780656  NOTICE: starting zeroconf publishing
10:40:23 T:2829077360  NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
10:40:45 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Storing total System Uptime
10:40:45 T:3007780656  NOTICE: Saving settings
10:40:45 T:3007780656  NOTICE: stop all
10:40:45 T:3007780656  NOTICE: ES: Stopping event server
10:40:45 T:3007780656  NOTICE: stopping zeroconf publishing
10:40:46 T:2883574640  NOTICE: ES: UDP Event server stopped
10:40:46 T:3007780656  NOTICE: stop dvd detect media
10:40:46 T:3007780656  NOTICE: stop sap announcement listener
10:40:46 T:3007780656  NOTICE: clean cached files!
10:40:46 T:3007780656  NOTICE: unload skin
10:40:46 T:3007780656  NOTICE: stop python
10:40:46 T:3007780656  NOTICE: stopped
10:40:46 T:3007780656  NOTICE: destroy
10:40:46 T:3007780656  NOTICE: closing down remote control service
10:40:46 T:3007780656  NOTICE: unload sections
10:40:46 T:3007780656  NOTICE: destroy
10:40:46 T:3007780656 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10013 from the window manager when it didn't exist
10:40:46 T:3007780656 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10014 from the window manager when it didn't exist
10:40:46 T:3007780656 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10015 from the window manager when it didn't exist
10:40:46 T:3007780656 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10016 from the window manager when it didn't exist
10:40:46 T:3007780656 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10017 from the window manager when it didn't exist
10:40:46 T:3007780656 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10018 from the window manager when it didn't exist
10:40:46 T:3007780656 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10019 from the window manager when it didn't exist
10:40:46 T:3007780656 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10107 from the window manager when it didn't exist
10:40:46 T:3007780656 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10115 from the window manager when it didn't exist
10:40:46 T:3007780656 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10104 from the window manager when it didn't exist
10:40:46 T:3007780656  NOTICE: closing down remote control service
10:40:46 T:3007780656  NOTICE: unload sections
10:40:46 T:3007780656  NOTICE: application stopped...

sorry for posting in general forum, I thought I was posting in linux section...
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xbmc very slow when run as non-privileged user - by karolis - 2012-06-05, 13:00
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