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 1PFbyH-0000zZ-Cy for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:21:57 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6BE24E0BDA; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:21:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ey0-f181.google.com (mail-ey0-f181.google.com [209.85.215.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E67BE0BDA for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:21:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyb6 with SMTP id 6so3705980eyb.40 for ; Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:21:17 -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 :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=em4WNO4N59Rh5DE1vHdVNUsaQjGXm0u3vQ+IUxvxPC8=; b=TzHUvWAMCZocbIFRyQc3f0ZHEoYvKfUc0UAUq32CZq86LDHTCn1IJcu1S2ch0L8I3e bjX2ZsdUNGX4KyaTWqC4CNlP5d02P9uL7dzc75RssJd9D8Aeg3nL5nr+YFMWQpeNlMFR H8zUs3nHQJ8SpIzk9KMyKhL051/6LJlxvxDTQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Ke7ELppBwe1PVslYO4+GSe8NTCBfqCMlurw/lbg8byRlH+mLXZPBH6riVpezXs+eZ8 iUdtVD5qoj26B+0xLMno/cx68CbKbGcmcm2tXTIjn1B+TQMPPsfCKa4R1dj1ONiUY67c Dx+e9hJLiTsXmMGjHpW4ro+FW7DALCtQu8qlU= Received: by 10.213.108.201 with SMTP id g9mr4989360ebp.46.1289262077601; Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:21:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-0-66-245.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.66.245]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x54sm501900eeh.23.2010.11.08.16.21.16 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:21:17 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4CD893FA.2000002@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:21:14 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.15) Gecko/20101028 Gentoo/2.0.10 SeaMonkey/2.0.10 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from FX-5200 to a GeForce 6200 512MB References: <4CBD4C85.2010500@gmail.com> <201011070306.11120.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> <4CD73F51.8030605@gmail.com> <201011082125.59336.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> <4CD8323F.1080308@gmail.com> <4CD869A0.6040106@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 22d88c94-b016-45a8-adb1-56bd29df9beb X-Archives-Hash: 3e8d9fa18346893b1dfe059f138aa632 walt wrote: > On 11/08/2010 01:20 PM, Dale wrote: >> Dale wrote: >>> >>> I was thinking the same thing. I figure something worked for a while >>> and then had some sort of a error and then switched to something >>> else that was slow. I don't know the inner workings of opengl so I >>> am just guessing.I just know it worked for a while >>> then didn't until I told it to switch again. It is weird tho. >>> >>> I did do this last night tho. I upgraded my kernel and updated to >>> the latest nvidia drivers. I checked it again a few minutes ago by >>> playing a video and it is still working like it should. At almost >>> full screen my CPU was running at about 40 to 50% >>> which is about like it was a while back. So, I figure it was either >>> some sort of kernel issue or even more likely a nvidia driver issue. >>> >>> I'm just hoping it keeps working like this. Those little wheels are >>> turning pretty good now. >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> :-) :-) >> >> Well, I worked on my air compressor and played in the dirt in my >> garden for a while and now I get this again: >> >> 2 frames in 7.6 seconds = 0.263 FPS >> 2 frames in 7.7 seconds = 0.259 FPS > > Is it possible that something slowly fills up RAM so your system has to > start swapping? > > KDE used to have a 'system monitor' thingy that displays usage of all the > various system resources like RAM and swap and CPU. I always have the > equivalent gnome applet displayed on the gnome panel and it's alerted me > to countless similar bugs over the years. > According to top, gkrellm and cat /proc/meminfo there is no swap in use. I have 2Gbs of ram and have swappiness set to 20 or 30. I rarely use swap unless I am compiling something huge, OOo comes to mind, or have a LOT of images open with GIMP. I did check to make sure tho. My swappiness did get magically changed once before. I wish it was something that easy tho. Still open to ideas. I started a emerge -e world. Dale :-) :-)