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 1N6AZK-0007qr-PI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:12:39 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7F5ECE0D1A; Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:12:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E041E0D1A for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:12:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1FCD67289 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:12:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.599 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.599 required=5.5 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id GJV8uRwDI6TN for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:12:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-px0-f174.google.com (mail-px0-f174.google.com [209.85.216.174]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8201D6795D for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:12:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi4 with SMTP id 4so284976pxi.6 for ; Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:12:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:references:in-reply-to; bh=LgGHJtInf/8G4BFriMIV2Bw+5etAZEvg/yZaeWte57g=; b=CR2os2fzBV8t3vJ/YCisBuJx41vb1SCNo/VuKpM3nQwuz3KPOg3TFOSllJJNnzWdvj XVe83cMVPRXsWQJTmud7Km+p7LeZz0L2J1+ViKZlcLn+5TE0g6AL0BW5936bwzUnM+sB tGwea79YjGq9XkEAIcqRP2m+3u67A5E0YyPYk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:references:in-reply-to; b=VYaiw8DwcVZ6SKH0nFNmgpauyZXs3U8diJcy/rVMRx1MmpjHbmxSmiuQVwVysYc12o wRtjcMtY3nJ5IMZ5fVuAvFZnqF3gX4va7QXNcm0S0LfRajaEXaAsGzmp0NNUTX3F4N21 3bDT8BEXH9HD/V/ISyuVF918v/n9smLGkVWHo= Received: by 10.115.117.4 with SMTP id u4mr5398279wam.43.1257459149803; Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:12:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?127.0.0.1? ([204.209.56.56]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 21sm1410418pzk.3.2009.11.05.14.12.23 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:12:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4AF34DA5.2060801@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:49 -0500 From: 7v5w7go9ub0o <7v5w7go9ub0o@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Gtk+ update results in slow Firefox References: <4AF0ED3B.6050102@gmail.com> <200911051129.35068.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> In-Reply-To: <200911051129.35068.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> 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 X-Archives-Salt: 9b2ff9bb-bfeb-47f4-afb7-817564fff669 X-Archives-Hash: af458e11064c90efb4427d66872161e5 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday 04 November 2009 02:55:55 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: > >> NVidia updated their drivers at about the time you started having >> problems. Their latest driver update changed the permissions on >> /dev/nvidia0 nvidiactl ; resulting in VERY slow scrolling response on >> my box (amd64) using googleearth. Changing the permissions to crwxrw-rw- >> resulted in instant speed up; you may get by with r--r-- (?). > > I don't have that device on either of my systems using a GeForce 7300 GS. Nor > can I find an nvidiactl. > That device appears when you use the NV proprietary driver. There are basically three options with an NV card: - use the generic built-in driver additionally, - use the additional, open-source NV drivers. or - alternatively use the proprietary NV driver. This may be useful: FWIW, the NV drivers are blocked in portage for my hardened AMD64, so I get the drivers here: HTH