From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LM0rc-0004kW-9Z for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:00:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A77D3E046E; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:00:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3EEECE046E for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:00:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 11 Jan 2009 14:00:23 -0000 Received: from p54850D64.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO localhost) [84.133.13.100] by mail.gmx.net (mp056) with SMTP; 11 Jan 2009 15:00:23 +0100 X-Authenticated: #20088476 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+5nIMcAle5rHl5IflU00YfYLkRJ88iMCgGL7qs6Q HCjbXfEwIr+zIh Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=solfire) by localhost with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LM0rW-0007Wj-PK for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:00:22 +0100 Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:00:22 +0100 From: meino.cramer@gmx.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Loss of performance...OpenGL? Message-ID: <20090111140022.GB23513@solfire> References: <20090111132448.GA23513@solfire> <200901111433.01908.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200901111433.01908.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.53 X-Archives-Salt: 76afd8d8-26d6-4fda-a84d-733a3e97d014 X-Archives-Hash: 055e8e354271c3bd80fff001205dd734 Volker Armin Hemmann [09-01-11 14:35]: > On Sonntag 11 Januar 2009, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Playing videos with mplayer produces an output of > > > > ************************************************ > > **** Your system is too SLOW to play this! **** > > ************************************************ > > > > , diplaying of dvb-t broadcasts are often interrupted (screen freezes, > > audio continues) or otherwise disturbed (colored blocks, "flashes" > > etc.) > > > > The CPU meter of gkrellm shows a high overall CPU load with a greater > > part of load of system processes. > > > > Another indication of something, which is going wrong here is, that blender > > goes into the digital nirwana when rendering sometimes, whith a 100% > > system load. > > > > I suspect the opengl/graphic interface of my PC is somehow screwed up. > > I am using (32bit system): > > > > AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ > > on a ASUS AV8 mainboard (VIA chipset) > > nVidia Corporation GeForce 7600 GT (rev a2) graphics adapter (AGP) > > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-177.82 USE="acpi gtk -custom-cflags (-multilib) > > > > Everything else not graphic/opengl related works fine and as fast as > > one could expect from a PC like that. > > > > I installed nvidia drivers vi aemerge which automagically eselects the > > opengl interface. > > > > I attached the latest xorg.log for information purposes. > > > > It works for a couple of time...and then (time unknown) problems > > arises as described. > > > > How can I pinpoint the problem and how can I fix it? > > > > Kind regards, > > Meino Cramer > > are you using composite? if yes, don't. Or install the latest nvidia driver. > > In my initial posting I mentioned the driver, which is installed on my PC > > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-177.82 USE="acpi gtk -custom-cflags (-multilib) This is -- according to "emerge -pv..." the newest available... Is it needed to switch off Composite with that version ? -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.