From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4780C138010 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:09:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0BB06E0462; Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:09:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wp065.webpack.hosteurope.de (wp065.webpack.hosteurope.de [80.237.132.72]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07354E0230 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:07:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from g224053020.adsl.alicedsl.de ([92.224.53.20] helo=[192.168.25.10]); authenticated by wp065.webpack.hosteurope.de running ExIM with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) id 1TO7oE-0005rU-8Y; Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:07:50 +0200 Message-ID: <507D6A35.3080804@ccube.de> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:07:49 +0200 From: mindrunner User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120913 Thunderbird/15.0.1 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 CC: walt Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gnome3 haters: you should try the new cinnamon-1.6.1 References: <507BBA49.3070905@ccube.de> <507C0050.7090304@gmail.com> <507C669C.5000104@ccube.de> <507C9717.5060702@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <507C9717.5060702@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-bounce-key: webpack.hosteurope.de;kernel@ccube.de;1350396473;60984885; X-Archives-Salt: fbde419e-26eb-4bc6-a459-1b7c3893e85c X-Archives-Hash: 69f597c000e7b1656fffa913f8fd261d This was my thread right before switching to lxde http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-928750-start-0.html i assume that everything is correct in my system. sometimes i use the one driver, sometimes the other. both have advantages against the other one, but gnome3 experience is always HELL. (fglrx wasnt working at all for months with gnome shell) dont know if this is fixed already.... On 10/16/2012 01:07 AM, walt wrote: > On 10/15/2012 12:40 PM, mindrunner wrote: >> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI >> Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series] > > Are you using the proprietary ati drivers? (x11-drivers/ati-drivers) > If yes, does fgl_glxgears run okay? > > >> On 10/15/2012 02:23 PM, walt wrote: >>> >On 10/15/2012 12:24 AM, mindrunner wrote: >>> > >>>> >>Ive had soo many problem with gnome 3 (mainly performance), so i >>>> >>switched to lxde. >>> > >>> >The performance penalty can be due to old video hardware because >>> >both gnome-shell and cinnamon use video compositing for silly and >>> >unnecessary stuff like transparent windows. >>> > > > > >