ui slowdown appimage vs repository version #20270
Description
Is there an existing issue for this?
- I checked and did not find my issue in the already reported ones
Describe the bug
I am running on Arch(EndeavourOS) with the version provided in the arch repositories. The 5.4 version shows noticably slower UI when interacting with the UI. It is especially noticable when opening modules, moving sliders and pressing middle mouse button to zoom to 100%. I can visibly see the shifting and resizing of ui elements where I didn't notice that before. When testing different versions I also tested the appimage provided by darktable.
The appimage version is still the same speed as before! It also still shows regular borders (same border decoration as all other windows on my system) where the flathub and arch repositorie version show new window border decoration (gtk vs qt? not my expertise).
Steps to reproduce
Install via arch repository and run
run via appimage
Expected behavior
No response
Logfile | Screenshot | Screencast
Output of darktable -d common for the reposity version:
darktable 5.4.0
Copyright (C) 2012-2025 Johannes Hanika and other contributors.
Compile options:
Bit depth -> 64 bit
Exiv2 -> 0.28.7
Lensfun -> 0.3.4
Debug -> DISABLED
SSE2 optimizations -> ENABLED
OpenMP -> ENABLED
OpenCL -> ENABLED
Lua -> ENABLED - API version 9.6.0
Colord -> ENABLED
gPhoto2 -> ENABLED
OSMGpsMap -> ENABLED - map view is available
GMIC -> ENABLED - Compressed LUTs are supported
GraphicsMagick -> ENABLED
ImageMagick -> DISABLED
libavif -> ENABLED
libheif -> ENABLED
libjxl -> ENABLED
LibRaw -> ENABLED - Version 0.22.0-PreRC1
OpenJPEG -> ENABLED
OpenEXR -> ENABLED
WebP -> ENABLED
See https://www.darktable.org/resources/ for detailed documentation.
See https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/issues/new/choose to report bugs.
0.0001 [dt starting]
/usr/bin/darktable -d common
0.0002 application_directory: /usr/bin
0.0002 darktable.datadir: /usr/share/darktable
0.0002 darktable.plugindir: /usr/lib/darktable
0.0002 darktable.localedir: /usr/share/locale
0.0003 darktable.sharedir: /usr/share
0.0003 darktable.configdir: /home/arian/.config/darktable
0.0003 darktable.cachedir: /home/arian/.cache/darktable
0.0003 darktable.tmpdir: /tmp
0.0003 new_xdg_data_dirs: (null)
0,8021 [dt_worker_threads] using 7 worker threads
1,6229 [dt_configure_runtime_performance] found a sufficient 64-bit system with 64114 Mb ram and 24 cores
1,6230 [dt_get_sysresource_level] switched to `large'
1,6230 total mem: 64114MB
1,6230 available mem: 43827MB
1,6230 singlebuff: 1001MB
1,6230 mipmap cache: 8014MB
1,6716 [opencl_init] opencl library 'libOpenCL' found on your system and loaded, preference 'default path'
1,8567 [opencl_init] found 1 platform
1,8567 [dt_worker_threads] using 7 worker threads
[opencl_init] found 1 device
[dt_opencl_device_init]
DEVICE: 0: 'NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090'
CONF KEY: cldevice_v5_nvidiacudanvidiageforcertx3090
PLATFORM, VENDOR & ID: NVIDIA CUDA, NVIDIA Corporation, ID=4318
CANONICAL NAME: nvidiacudanvidiageforcertx3090
DRIVER VERSION: 590.48.01
DEVICE VERSION: OpenCL 3.0 CUDA, SM_20 SUPPORT
DEVICE_TYPE: GPU, dedicated mem
GLOBAL MEM SIZE: 24092 MB
MAX MEM ALLOC: 6023 MB
MAX IMAGE SIZE: 32768 x 32768
MAX CONSTANT BUFFER: 64 KB
ADDRESS ALIGN: 512
MAX WORK GROUP SIZE: 1024
MAX WORK ITEM DIMENSIONS: 3
MAX WORK ITEM SIZES: [ 1024 1024 64 ]
ASYNC PIXELPIPE: NO
PINNED MEMORY TRANSFER: NO
AVOID ATOMICS: NO
MICRO NAP: 250
ROUNDUP WIDTH & HEIGHT 16x16
CHECK EVENT HANDLES: 128
TILING ADVANTAGE: 0,000
DEFAULT DEVICE: NO
KERNEL BUILD DIRECTORY: /usr/share/darktable/kernels
KERNEL DIRECTORY: /home/arian/.cache/darktable/cached_v5_kernels_for_NVIDIACUDANVIDIAGeForceRTX3090_5904801
CL COMPILER OPTION: -cl-fast-relaxed-math
CL COMPILER COMMAND: -w -cl-fast-relaxed-math -DNVIDIA_SM_20=1 -DNVIDIA=1 -I"/usr/share/darktable/kernels"
CL EXCEPTION: DT_OPENCL_ONLY_CUDA
KERNEL LOADING TIME: 0,0295 sec
[opencl_init] OpenCL successfully initialized. internal numbers and names of available devices:
[opencl_init] 0 'NVIDIA CUDA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090'
2,0167 [opencl_init] FINALLY: opencl PREFERENCE=ON is AVAILABLE and ENABLED.
[opencl_init] opencl_scheduling_profile: 'very fast GPU'
[opencl_init] opencl_device_priority: '*/!0,*/*/*/!0,*'
[opencl_init] opencl_mandatory_timeout: 400
[opencl_update_priorities] these are your device priorities:
[opencl_update_priorities] image preview export thumbs preview2
[dt_opencl_update_priorities] 0 0 0 0 0
[opencl_update_priorities] show if opencl use is mandatory for a given pixelpipe:
[opencl_update_priorities] image preview export thumbs preview2
[opencl_update_priorities] 1 1 1 1 1
[opencl_synchronization_timeout] synchronization timeout set to 0
[opencl_update_priorities] these are your device priorities:
[opencl_update_priorities] image preview export thumbs preview2
[dt_opencl_update_priorities] 0 0 0 0 0
[opencl_update_priorities] show if opencl use is mandatory for a given pixelpipe:
[opencl_update_priorities] image preview export thumbs preview2
[opencl_update_priorities] 1 1 1 1 1
[opencl_synchronization_timeout] synchronization timeout set to 0
5,0541 [lib_load_module] failed to open `midi': libportmidi.so.2: Kann die Shared-Object-Datei nicht öffnen: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
12,8083 Session fullpipe cache report. hits/run=0,00, hits/test=0,000
[opencl_summary_statistics] device 'NVIDIA CUDA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090' id=0: NOT utilized
-d common output for the appimage version
darktable 5.4.0
Copyright (C) 2012-2025 Johannes Hanika and other contributors.
Compile options:
Bit depth -> 64 bit
Exiv2 -> 0.28.7
Lensfun -> 0.3.2
Debug -> DISABLED
SSE2 optimizations -> ENABLED
OpenMP -> ENABLED
OpenCL -> ENABLED
Lua -> ENABLED - API version 9.6.0
Colord -> ENABLED
gPhoto2 -> ENABLED
OSMGpsMap -> ENABLED - map view is available
GMIC -> ENABLED - Compressed LUTs are supported
GraphicsMagick -> ENABLED
ImageMagick -> DISABLED
libavif -> ENABLED
libheif -> ENABLED
libjxl -> ENABLED
LibRaw -> ENABLED - Version 0.22.0-PreRC1
OpenJPEG -> ENABLED
OpenEXR -> ENABLED
WebP -> ENABLED
See https://www.darktable.org/resources/ for detailed documentation.
See https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/issues/new/choose to report bugs.
0.0015 [dt starting]
/tmp/.mount_DarktaEEhpdN/usr/bin/darktable -d common
0.0027 application_directory: /tmp/.mount_DarktaEEhpdN/usr/bin
0.0032 darktable.datadir: /tmp/.mount_DarktaEEhpdN/usr/share/darktable
0.0033 darktable.plugindir: /tmp/.mount_DarktaEEhpdN/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/darktable
0.0034 darktable.localedir: /tmp/.mount_DarktaEEhpdN/usr/share/locale
0.0034 darktable.sharedir: /tmp/.mount_DarktaEEhpdN/usr/share
0.0039 darktable.configdir: /home/arian/.config/darktable
0.0039 darktable.cachedir: /home/arian/.cache/darktable
0.0039 darktable.tmpdir: /tmp
0.0040 new_xdg_data_dirs: (null)
/tmp/.mount_DarktaEEhpdN/usr/bin/../lib/libcrypto.so.3: version `OPENSSL_3.3.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libssl.so.3)
Failed to load module: /tmp/.mount_DarktaEEhpdN/usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so
Gtk-Message: 18:09:02.694: Failed to load module "colorreload-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 18:09:02.694: Failed to load module "window-decorations-gtk-module"
Fontconfig warning: using without calling FcInit()
0,6755 [dt_worker_threads] using 7 worker threads
1,4972 [dt_configure_runtime_performance] found a sufficient 64-bit system with 64114 Mb ram and 24 cores
1,4972 [dt_get_sysresource_level] switched to `large'
1,4972 total mem: 64114MB
1,4972 available mem: 43827MB
1,4972 singlebuff: 1001MB
1,4972 mipmap cache: 8014MB
1,5211 [opencl_init] opencl library 'libOpenCL' found on your system and loaded, preference 'default path'
1,6618 [opencl_init] found 1 platform
[opencl_init] found 1 device
[dt_opencl_device_init]
DEVICE: 0: 'NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090'
CONF KEY: cldevice_v5_nvidiacudanvidiageforcertx3090
PLATFORM, VENDOR & ID: NVIDIA CUDA, NVIDIA Corporation, ID=4318
CANONICAL NAME: nvidiacudanvidiageforcertx3090
DRIVER VERSION: 590.48.01
DEVICE VERSION: OpenCL 3.0 CUDA, SM_20 SUPPORT
DEVICE_TYPE: GPU, dedicated mem
GLOBAL MEM SIZE: 24092 MB
MAX MEM ALLOC: 6023 MB
MAX IMAGE SIZE: 32768 x 32768
MAX CONSTANT BUFFER: 64 KB
ADDRESS ALIGN: 512
MAX WORK GROUP SIZE: 1024
MAX WORK ITEM DIMENSIONS: 3
MAX WORK ITEM SIZES: [ 1024 1024 64 ]
ASYNC PIXELPIPE: NO
PINNED MEMORY TRANSFER: NO
AVOID ATOMICS: NO
MICRO NAP: 250
ROUNDUP WIDTH & HEIGHT 16x16
CHECK EVENT HANDLES: 128
TILING ADVANTAGE: 0,000
DEFAULT DEVICE: NO
1,7655 [dt_worker_threads] using 7 worker threads
KERNEL BUILD DIRECTORY: /tmp/.mount_DarktaEEhpdN/usr/share/darktable/kernels
KERNEL DIRECTORY: /home/arian/.cache/darktable/cached_v5_kernels_for_NVIDIACUDANVIDIAGeForceRTX3090_5904801
CL COMPILER OPTION: -cl-fast-relaxed-math
CL COMPILER COMMAND: -w -cl-fast-relaxed-math -DNVIDIA_SM_20=1 -DNVIDIA=1 -I"/tmp/.mount_DarktaEEhpdN/usr/share/darktable/kernels"
CL EXCEPTION: DT_OPENCL_ONLY_CUDA
KERNEL LOADING TIME: 0,0369 sec
[opencl_init] OpenCL successfully initialized. internal numbers and names of available devices:
[opencl_init] 0 'NVIDIA CUDA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090'
1,8277 [opencl_init] FINALLY: opencl PREFERENCE=ON is AVAILABLE and ENABLED.
[opencl_init] opencl_scheduling_profile: 'very fast GPU'
[opencl_init] opencl_device_priority: '*/!0,*/*/*/!0,*'
[opencl_init] opencl_mandatory_timeout: 400
[opencl_update_priorities] these are your device priorities:
[opencl_update_priorities] image preview export thumbs preview2
[dt_opencl_update_priorities] 0 0 0 0 0
[opencl_update_priorities] show if opencl use is mandatory for a given pixelpipe:
[opencl_update_priorities] image preview export thumbs preview2
[opencl_update_priorities] 1 1 1 1 1
[opencl_synchronization_timeout] synchronization timeout set to 0
[opencl_update_priorities] these are your device priorities:
[opencl_update_priorities] image preview export thumbs preview2
[dt_opencl_update_priorities] 0 0 0 0 0
[opencl_update_priorities] show if opencl use is mandatory for a given pixelpipe:
[opencl_update_priorities] image preview export thumbs preview2
[opencl_update_priorities] 1 1 1 1 1
[opencl_synchronization_timeout] synchronization timeout set to 0
12,6819 Session fullpipe cache report. hits/run=0,00, hits/test=0,000
[opencl_summary_statistics] device 'NVIDIA CUDA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090' id=0: NOT utilized
Commit
No response
Where did you obtain darktable from?
darktable.org / GitHub release
darktable version
5.4.0
What OS are you using?
Linux
What is the version of your OS?
EndeavourOS
Describe your system
OS: EndeavourOS x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.18.1-arch1-2
Uptime: 8 hours, 28 mins
DE: KDE Plasma 6.5.5
WM: KWin (Wayland)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (24) @ 4.67 GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 [Discrete]
Memory: 48.03 GiB / 62.61 GiB (77%)
Are you using OpenCL GPU in darktable?
Yes
If yes, what is the GPU card and driver?
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 nvidia-open-dkms 590.48.01-2
Please provide additional context if applicable. You can attach files too, but might need to rename to .txt or .zip
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