On Mon, 19 May 2008 09:14:10 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Amadeus W.M. wrote: >> On Sat, 17 May 2008 09:03:15 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: >> >>> Just an observation, on two machines which were perfectly usable with >>> FC8, after "upgrade" they are really nasty to use in terms of video. >>> Moving a windows leaves a comet trail of window outlines which take >>> 1-2 seconds to clear, minimizing a window results in a trail of >>> shrinking outlines, the minimize takes seconds and a few seconds after >>> that for the outlines to fade. >>> >>> This feels like vista, in the names of cool features the video has >>> been made painfully slow. All under GNOME, I expect issues with the >>> new KDE, but if this is the "improved" X, the code or the default >>> configuration is aimed at either gamers with $500 video cards or >>> people who like eye candy and effects so much they want time to >>> appreciate them. >>> >>> -- >>> Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> >>> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than >>> from >>> the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot >> >> I'm having similar issues with video in F9. I have an onboard intel >> chip that normally uses the i810 driver. I figured it's probably not >> using acceleration and glxinfo showed DRI = no at one point, now when I >> run glxinfo X crashes alltogether. However if I boot off the Live cd >> everything is perfect. That's the weird thing. With the live cd there >> is no /etc/X11/xorg.conf meaning that X uses builtin configuration for >> my video chip and that works very well. I don't understand why the >> full- fledged F9 doesn't do the same. >> >> Also, if I boot in runlevel 5, sound works. In runlevel 3 it doesn't. >> Yeah, and there's no sound configuration tool anymore. >> >> I'm downloading CentOS as we speak. >> > I got reasonable performance with 16 bit color instead of 24. The new X > doesn't seem to know how to make any of my video work well, another > machine with i965 chipset video is also dead slow at 24 bit. Both > machines run fine on FC8, so I guess all the effort had gone into > features, not performance for the people who aren't gamers and have low > cost video (which used to work fine). > > I see when I move a window in 24 bit color the CPU goes 100% busy as > long as a move the Windows. At 16 bit iy takes about 30% of the CPU, > more reasonable. > > -- > Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> > "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from > the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot I reinstalled F9 but I renamed my old home directory, and re-created my usual user account anew upon install. I'm also not using compiz for now. The video is fine now. Hope it stays that way when I enable desktop effects. Before, I could hardly scroll in firefox. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
