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 1LM1M2-0000HO-EZ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:31:54 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ED8A4E0457; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:31:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ey-out-1920.google.com (ey-out-1920.google.com [74.125.78.149]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B762E0457 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:31:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ey-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 4so971372eyg.10 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:31:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=7HAghJpoOeHGRXzd0x/R1YsejCXjVEfy9qb+JfkeMDc=; b=Jae6EKOzGo6lbePaPltfqJGak7fZXe1tzVC0sEx49s0se79XsbgD2CBxNQi4Wt5kil ru7cTfW7rT33ia+JNDYeD4Q3oYE9uI++sn90H/+rRGWhOFZKQBgqHdrh3w+F+iJhsySR fD0xoXqehW1U1qNCfS1PKbhQPhEZv49l0wIHE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :message-id; b=swAgJY/Cqs6QXPmtyP2SwfDxaeXTiIay9+Mx+G7nMiS2ihlU6WE/+TFquX2OXJ8XPS y/RJKjAlC6W3l6DmF1eUno8OJBgTAwjoGWRx6WLsJc6QvM+FMQOOyUv00XfMWUJ8qpLr AZ4MypKGcUdzDht1rt+vlb49EPsnKj1pquPz8= Received: by 10.210.109.10 with SMTP id h10mr32771871ebc.75.1231684312021; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:31:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from energy.localnet (energy.heim10.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.197.94]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 12sm73099793ewy.66.2009.01.11.06.31.45 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:31:45 -0800 (PST) From: Volker Armin Hemmann To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Loss of performance...OpenGL? Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:31:38 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.10.92 (Linux/2.6.28r4; KDE/4.1.87; x86_64; ; ) References: <20090111132448.GA23513@solfire> <200901111508.03267.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> <20090111142118.GA30720@solfire> In-Reply-To: <20090111142118.GA30720@solfire> 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="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200901111531.38848.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 63f4666f-c513-4140-9b04-811ecbc70d61 X-Archives-Hash: 33d5cbad07d64606a7240e5dbf2314dc On Sonntag 11 Januar 2009, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann [09-01-11 15:15]: > > On Sonntag 11 Januar 2009, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > > > > 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... > > > > no, it is not. The latest are 180something and they solved some 2d > > slowness issues with that driver. > > > > > Is it needed to switch off Composite with that version ? > > > > composite makes 2d very slow with drivers prior to 180. You don't have to > > disable composite in xorg.conf. Just don't use compiz and deactivate all > > effects in gnome/kde. > > btw, xorg.conf would be nice to see. > > ...eeeh...how can I get the newest driver in a gentoo-compatible way? look into bugzilla - I am pretty sure somebody posted an updated ebuild already. Download it, put it into your overlay, ebuild ...ebuild manifest and emerge it. > I set > > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers ~x86 > > in /etc/package/package-keywords. > > Emerge reports the previously mentioned (non-180) version of the nvidia > drivers. > > I attached Xorg.conf to this email. and I cleaned it up a bit: Section "Module" Load "glx" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "kbd" Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) Option "LeftAlt" "Meta" Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift" Option "ScrollLock" "Compose" Option "RightCtl" "Control" Option "XkbOptions" "lv3:win_switch,ctrl:nocaps,compose:rwin" # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the Option "XkbModel" "pc102" Option "XkbLayout" "de" Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" # Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" # When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment Option "ChordMiddle" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "HM903DT" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" # Option "Overlay" "true" # Option "UBB" "true" # Option "CIOverlay" "true" # VideoRam 66560 Identifier "n7600GT" Driver "nvidia" Option "NvAGP" "3" Option "TripleBuffer" "true" Option "NoLogo" "1" Option "BackingStore" "True" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen 1" Device "n7600GT" Monitor "HM903DT" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection you could try without bs and tb.