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 1LM3Se-0001Vy-08 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:46:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 42FA8E02A0; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:46:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f21.google.com (mail-ew0-f21.google.com [209.85.219.21]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C59C3E02A0 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:46:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy14 with SMTP id 14so11731548ewy.10 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:46:49 -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=K+lZWH94ld9ymMBJHqm8v8gew0igSHPaEOsIpFAx4m4=; b=QbXgdj78JDF4JTXj6opd7WPMNrHj0LCvX41HF4JyJkvx1XLZgpn6IyaB1mfjK03A/8 oLp1eL7s2CAZuBmYaj0JRaAB2apDXCQbx8aEvObpfH5/0X7Yc/exXHfvGAGvowr2tDUS +XQYkwVpwpJKVx5Ibede8vY2n4Xcd+eaCWQ9I= 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=gZZO3A5TkCpol5V0KHNjB8nxu+CgHwPwt0Kl00/Puyx5ku4aK3tKs1PU6T8m4RRTa9 yK7dcbUXJ4rBieTwIWrlzYaWoA8l+cWr7cYS7fh/i2FOTzGNndDDCevv4XeOF63G/Nk4 jOtjUIuYXTECnRg8cllpbuhEZLLiI6qnieg9c= Received: by 10.210.52.15 with SMTP id z15mr7287988ebz.49.1231692409231; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:46:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from energy.localnet (energy.heim10.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.197.94]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 12sm53838064ewy.54.2009.01.11.08.46.48 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:46:48 -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 17:46:38 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.10.92 (Linux/2.6.28r4; KDE/4.1.87; x86_64; ; ) References: <20090111132448.GA23513@solfire> <200901111551.17738.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> <20090111164008.GA21576@solfire> In-Reply-To: <20090111164008.GA21576@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-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200901111746.39027.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 5b3c1d3c-8cdc-4583-acda-3fde3954c9a7 X-Archives-Hash: 7e6f240778dc3e281d010cea6afbba08 On Sonntag 11 Januar 2009, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann [09-01-11 15:55]: > > On Sonntag 11 Januar 2009, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > > > Volker Armin Hemmann [09-01-11 15:35]: > > > > 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. > > > > > > This xorg.conf gaves me a flickery (to low refresh rate) highly > > > offseted screen with slim and after login the screen is somehow > > > scrambled blockwise. I am not using hal for X11 due to othe problems > > > (see previous problems reported here). > > > I switched back to my old xorg.conf. > > > > > > What do you mean with "ts" and "bs"? > > > > strange. Your monitor and your card should set up a perfect picture just > > by using edid data. > > tb = triple buffering, bs = backingstore. > > With the new ebuild for the nvidia-180* driver I installed that > driver. Now disturtion of dvb-t broadcast has gone but still having > high system load (system processes). The beside kaffeine quiet system > gets about 50% system process load (sum of both CPUs). > > I removed backingstore and triple buffering in beforehand. > > Any ideas to decrease load? you could try xine or mplayer - from their cvs. AFAIK they support vdpau, which means nice video acceleration. Or you could try tvtime as a tv application. Is kaffeine using xv or shm?