Re: [gentoo-user] Loss of performance...OpenGL?

[meino.cramer@gmx.de]

Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> [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. 
> 
> 

Despite the version of the driver, I commented out all lines regarding
Composite in the Xorg config.
Unfortunately nothing has changed after X's restart.





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