From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GXFl3-0002kl-HN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:26:49 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9ABO3EY019456; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:24:03 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (thunder.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.71]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9ABLWrB011053 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:21:33 GMT Received: from orpheus (dsl-203-113-237-3.SA.netspace.net.au [203.113.237.3]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92D964BE60 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:21:30 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg 7.0+composite+radeon OSS drivers+radeon9200se : X cpu usage sometimes rockets to > 80% From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200610100902.45403.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> References: <452AD73D.3060605@gmail.com> <200610100902.45403.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:51:32 +0930 Message-Id: <1160479292.13089.2.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: e89ca8c0-1efe-4ae9-81fe-e5c84aff18dd X-Archives-Hash: cd4c740c105ee97776bb4310928ea87b On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 09:02 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 10 October 2006 01:11, b.n. wrote: > > I should be using a fully hw-accelerated Xorg, however. I have an ATI > > Radeon 9200se card with the following options: > > I have the same card, but I don't have the problems you are having > > > > [...] > > Section "Device" > > > > #VideoRam 131072 > > # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate > > Identifier "** ATI Radeon (generic) [radeon]" > > Driver "radeon" > > That's the open source driver, you get 2D acceleration, but not 3D. > For 3D you need to emerge ati-drivers and use the fglrx driver actually the open source radeon driver support for 3D is getting better all the time! As of x11-base/x11-drm-20060608 there is support for the 9600 (RV350 based) which there never was before. In fact, x11-drm gives me FASTER frame rates that fglrx 8.29.6!! That's right, FASTER! *woot* anyway, I'm off to try composite :) -- Iain Buchanan For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list