From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OTK5x-000122-FS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:34:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B0880E0A00; Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:33:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx.virtyou.com (mx.virtyou.com [94.23.166.77]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7777FE0A00 for ; Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:33:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from weird.localnet (p4FF04F8D.dip.t-dialin.net [79.240.79.141]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx.virtyou.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3CA594A8010 for ; Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:33:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Alex Schuster To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] slow x Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:33:36 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.3 (Linux/2.6.33-tuxonice-r2; KDE/4.4.4; x86_64; ; ) References: <20100628192613.GA3851@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20100628192613.GA3851@localhost> 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 Message-Id: <201006282133.37103.wonko@wonkology.org> X-Archives-Salt: aef6a3c5-fcaf-4371-9de8-277b1803cc3b X-Archives-Hash: bcae0d51fce38aa3594246241cacad62 mailinglists00@gmail.com writes: > My x is a bit slow. Lets say I have a minimized > web browser with a page with pictures and text. > If I maximize it, the drawing of the page and > the widgets doesn't happen instantly, but it > takes a moment. > I tried ubuntu livecd, and this test was much > faster, I didn't recognize any problem. > dri is working, I tried playing openarena, so > I think my x is configured correctly, maybe it's > some kind of kernel or USE flag problem. > Any of you experienced similap problem? > > Where should I put emerge --info output? Here or > pastebin? I'd prefer it here, but I doubt USE flags matter much. > I have a radeon 7500 , 512MB of RAM, 1,5GHz AMD > and fluxbox, 1.6.5-r1 x server. Which drivers do you use, ati-drivers / fglrx or xf86-video-ati / radeon? Is the 3D performance okay? Daniel Troeder just wrote in the 'ATI RV710/730' thread: ATI: 3D is very good - a must for gaming, 2D is SLOW! (thou they did something about that with 10.6 - experience differs for users - its said that window management is fast now, but video still has tearing effect [also my exp.]) Latest driver (10.6) work with xorg-server-1.7.x only and kernel module has problems with >=2.6.34 (exp. differ). Xorg: 3D is basic and very slow but works (the newer the driver/server the better, development is VERY fast), 2D is a dream (very fast, no tearing with video)! Driver is released with Xorg - so work always with newest Xorg, kernel module is in-kernel - work always with newest kernel :) Driver supports both KMS and user space MS. I only use the ati-drivers, and 2D does not seem slow to me, but I cannot compare with the radeon driver, because the dammn thing never worked for me. Wonko