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Speeding EA up, esp. under Wine
« on: August 21, 2009, 05:54:21 am »
I'm running EA under Crossover Wine, and notice that there are some times the program gets really slow. Looking at a top session shows one core being split between wineserver and EA - and the other core doing nothing.

I was wondering if setting up a dedicated, local database server - PostGress, MySQL, etc. - and telling EA to use that would help things out at all?

Generalizing the question away from Wine - do any Windows users have any insight on whether a separate database engine helps speed EA up or not?
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Re: Speeding EA up, esp. under Wine
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2009, 09:43:22 pm »
No comment on the Wine experience ... I run a number of production repositories on a separate SQL Server 2k instance. Can't say I've noticed a huge difference for everyday usage. When running a database consistency check or any large RTF/HTML generation the network lag definitely becomes a factor and I tend to make a local copy. Hope this helps.. :)
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Re: Speeding EA up, esp. under Wine
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2009, 01:35:49 pm »
What Linux distro are you using?
What crossover Version?
What are you doing when it slows down? (Viewing a Diagram?, Adding an element?)

If you are using Ubunutu 9.04, it has a issue when drawing diagrams using the "Enhanced-1" renderer. (set it to Basic from
Menu Tools -> Options -> Diagram -> Apperance )

Another option on this page, might help is
"Show Gradient Fill for Paper Color", turn off.

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« Last Edit: August 24, 2009, 04:18:33 pm by alesliehughes »
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Re: Speeding EA up, esp. under Wine
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2009, 04:05:15 pm »
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drawing diagrams using the "Enchanted-1" renderer
Yeah, to use the Enchanted mode you'll need to put the blue potion in the wine and cast the virtual spell  ;D

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Re: Speeding EA up, esp. under Wine
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2009, 11:57:22 pm »
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What Linux distro are you using?
What crossover Version?
What are you doing when it slows down? (Viewing a Diagram?, Adding an element?)
Debian Lenny, with Crossover Professional 7.1.0.

It's hard to pin down exactly WHAT is going on. There are times I've seen EA and wineserver fighting for CPU, sometimes it's EA and Xorg.
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If you are using Ubunutu 9.04, it has a issue when drawing diagrams using the "Enhanced-1" renderer. (set it to Basic from
Menu Tools -> Options -> Diagram -> Apperance )
I will try that and see what happens.
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