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Christoffer Pettersson
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Ever since I upgraded to 3.4.1, DisplayFusion has every once and a while crashed (as in the bar turns gray and Window asks me to wait or exit the application).
I have never had this problem before.
Any advice what I can do? Should I downgrade to 3.4.0 and then wait for 3.4.2?
Update 1: I am not using a Microsoft keyboard or have anything related to IntelliType installed (as far as I know).
Jan 12, 2012 (modified Jan 12, 2012)
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BruceA
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I'm having the exact same problem. I will downgrade for now. This is the first time I've had this problem and I've been running this for awhile now.
The provided link is not working. I'll just try the download from the main site.
Jan 14, 2012 (modified Jan 14, 2012)
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I apologize for the link! I've fixed it up and it should now point to the 3.4 download.
Thanks!
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Marci Dahms
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I'm having this problem too. I am looking forward to a solution so I don't have to downgrade.
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BruceA
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I realize they are pretty much generic... what I found interesting though was the fact that it showed I was using DisplayFusion.exe - Application Version:3.4.9.101. I'm not sure if that's normal even though I've updated to the beta 3.5 version.
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BruceA
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Still crashing.... Here is the info you asked for. Also, it crashed while I was trying to get to the DisplayFusion.log file. Hope this helps.
Just as an aside... I haven't installed anything (that's runs in the background anyway) in quite some time. Everything that is running now has been running while it was working previously. I've tried shutting down random things with no effect. I even stopped using Chrome for a few days and it still happened..
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BruceA
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No, I don't have either installed although I do have a Microsoft Habu but I believe it uses drivers and software from Razer. I also have a Microsoft Wireless Gaming Receiver (Xbox 360). It seems to having nothing running outside of the drivers that I can see.
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BruceA
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Crashed again... and again.. and again... Not sure if you would need this but I figured I'd send it on just in case.
Feb 4, 2012 (modified Feb 4, 2012)
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BruceA
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now it won't STOP crashing... WTH?
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BruceA
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I found an old copy of 3.4.0 and went back to it. So far, no crashes.... We'll see how long it lasts!
Just wanted to follow-up, is 3.4 still working ok for you?
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BruceA
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3.4.0 is still going.. no crashes since last I last posted with no reboots or changes made to my system.
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coleman.brumley
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I've encountered the same performance and crashing problems with 3.4.1 and the 3.5 beta. I've downgraded to 3.4.0 and have encountered no problems yet...knock on wood.
And, 3.4.0 isn't quite right in the performance area either. It's running between 8% and 20% CPU utilization.
This, combined with the two year old request for wallpaper spanning (see http://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/?ID=bb30d508-00d0-424b-a815-d9736af5c563) has me seriously considering alternatives to DisplayFusion.
Feb 7, 2012 (modified Feb 7, 2012)
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I apologize that these performance issues are still ongoing, but they are a top priority for us, and will continue to be top priority until they are resolved.
As for the wallpaper request, we've got a number of wallpaper features and changes planned for the release after 3.5, and this one will definitely be in it.
Thanks!
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BruceA
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I haven't had any "serious" performance issues. DisplayFusion 3.4.0 seems to use a consistent 1% CPU which isn't great but not unreasonable and it's not really going to kill me. I would like to see it occasionally hit 0% but given the choice between crashing every 20 minutes or so and this, I'll take the 1%...
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coleman.brumley
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Every time I open task manager to check, DF 3.4.0 is using at least 12%, but usually at 25%.
Interesting! Which version of Bins are you running?
Ok, same version I'm testing with here. DisplayFusion's CPU usage seems to go up a couple percent when Bins is running, but it seems that a lot of other programs increase their CPU usage when Bins is running as well.
I noticed that with a bunch of programs open but idle when Bins is not running, the total CPU usage on my system was around 5-10%, with DisplayFusion at 0-1%. After launching Bins, the total CPU usage on my system went up to 25-30% and stayed there consistently, with DisplayFusion around 3-4%.
Not quite sure what to make of those results yet, but I'll definitely investigate it further.
Thanks!
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coleman.brumley
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I just managed to get 3.4.0 into the 25% utilization state, so whatever the problem is, it also is present in 3.4.0.
Was that with or without Bins running?
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coleman.brumley
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With Bins running. Funny thing is that it's been running for several days without incident. The only thing different was that I was attempting to open a Word document from an email, but I can't say for certain if the CPU usage was high at that point or not.
Ok, we've got another idea on what might be causing it, so we're going to make some changes for Beta 5. I'll post an update as soon as it's available to try out.
Thanks!
Ok, I've actually been able to reproduce the issue with Bins finally. We're going to investigate it further and I'll be sure to post an update as soon as we find something out.
For the other folks that don't have Bins running, could you give 3.5 Beta 5 a try, and let me know how it works out? If the CPU is still high, please let me know whether it is consistently high, or if it creeps up over time.
Thanks!
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coleman.brumley
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Keith,
I notice it creeps up slowly, and gets up to 25% (I'm running a Quad Core, so this would be 100% on a single core) over about a 24 hour period.
Yep, this is exactly the behaviour I see when Bins is running as well. We'll do some more investigating and I'll keep you posted as soon as we find something out.
Thanks!
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BruceA
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I'm not sure when this thread became a discussion about Bins, but I'd like to know if anyone has done any work on the issue of the frequent crashes for those of us having issues that aren't using Bins..
@Bruce: The initial thought was that the issues might be related, but we're working on both at the same time anyways. Were you able to give DisplayFusion 3.5 Beta 5 a try?
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BruceA
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After a few days of using 3.5 it still crashes. Not quite as much as it used to but still pretty frequently. Mostly after lengthy inactivity. As an example, I woke up today and went to my browser (which is on the extended desktop) and clicked the icon on the taskbar. It didn't open and it then greyed out (the taskbar) then brought up a window telling me it had ceased to respond. Waiting for it to respond does nothing. Closing and restarting is the only option at that point.
I've gone back to 3.4.0, as it doesn't seem to have this problem.