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 1PFbkI-0006y6-1n for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:07:30 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D17651C299; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:06:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE50B1C299 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:06:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5539A1B423A for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:06:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.894 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.894 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.295, 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 YHU-3sCme7fE for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:06:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F0AA1B427F for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:06:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PFbjH-0004IM-4V for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:06:27 +0100 Received: from adsl-69-234-199-205.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net ([69.234.199.205]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:06:27 +0100 Received: from w41ter by adsl-69-234-199-205.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:06:27 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: walt Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from FX-5200 to a GeForce 6200 512MB Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:06:08 -0800 Message-ID: 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> 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; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-69-234-199-205.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0b8pre) Gecko/20101103 Thunderbird/3.3a1pre In-Reply-To: <4CD869A0.6040106@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 2c127a14-04a2-422f-b3f2-5fbb74c300af X-Archives-Hash: d7748090f2adff5bafb365d4e900cdd5 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.