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 1PEp2m-0005vk-6d for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 06 Nov 2010 20:07:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2F1DDE0D63; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 20:06:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kcout01.prserv.net (kcout01.prserv.net [12.154.55.31]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11FD3E0D63 for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 20:06:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from opal.binro.org (adsl-dynamic-58-136-70-93.csloxinfo.net[58.136.70.93]) by prserv.net (kcout01) with ESMTP id <2010110620062320100ab7ede> (Authid: gbinet.atwoodr); Sat, 6 Nov 2010 20:06:24 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [58.136.70.93] Received: from opal.binro.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by opal.binro.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oA6K6CZ1026367 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 03:06:13 +0700 Received: (from robin@localhost) by opal.binro.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id oA6K6ChB026366 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 03:06:12 +0700 X-Authentication-Warning: opal.binro.org: robin set sender to robin.atwood@attglobal.net using -f From: Robin Atwood To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from FX-5200 to a GeForce 6200 512MB Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 03:06:07 +0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.35-gentoo-r8; KDE/4.5.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <4CBD4C85.2010500@gmail.com> <4CC7D7EB.8060606@gmail.com> <4CD56E24.2060403@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4CD56E24.2060403@gmail.com> X-Face: .c^^1Tm5bSr;@/t2T;-0HM`{~wj)F]2C]Zr#!Ig5fi&$LV1E^;5jL{]08F@tj{f3,U(I[9 ;7R4jB8A7|mw7{K\OYFzCL_e/tAb)0_@07[e.}H`OE*na@7m=Op1.s0v3_3*|?#l|XD}n* ARBV@IdaVd!V&bo;Z/TEb}oJi_(}3VOa^tj;$zlk96>K*hb>PYbe6J`'7qh`?m!!/k]ezl _VIifMR#4kg*"'n/S&^4@4: 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: <201011070306.11120.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> X-Archives-Salt: 7c2ecb48-e8fe-4d27-8150-0e8918130238 X-Archives-Hash: 4664a6337f079c344624a512d1e3603f On Saturday 06 November 2010, Dale wrote: > Dale wrote: > This is getting weird. I haven't rebooted in a few weeks now. I tried > to watch a video a bit ago and it was slow again. It was down to about > 2 or 3 frames per second. It is awful. If I go tell it to switch to > opengl, it gets fast again but after a while it will go back to being > really slow. Why do I have to keep telling it to use nvidia's opengl > when it says it is using it and I have switched to a few times? If it > is using it, why does it slow down until I tell it to switch? > > I did do a huge KDE upgrade the other day. I don't recall seeing > anything else X related being updated but I could have missed something > in that LONG list. I did do a baselayout upgrade and portage itself has > been upgraded a few times. > > Any ideas on why this thing keeps doing this? Would a reboot even help > in this situation? When it gets very slow start up top and see what's using the CPU. My bet is the Xserver. I have a GeForce 9400 GT 512MB and the xserver will happily use 90% while nothing much is happening. Start a KDE4 app which constantly updates (ktorrent, kps are good 3rd party examples) and the xserver goes crazy. HTH -Robin -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling ----------------------------------------------------------------------