Brian Mury wrote: > On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 08:51 -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote: >> I don't have access to and r600 or r700 based cards. I have a rv280 at >> home and an rv530 at work and both do 3d currently. > > I also have an rv280 that I have been having problems with. I'm curious > if you are using kernel or user space mode setting, and what you have in > your xorg.conf (if anything). > > My experience is: > > KMS: 3D works but is slow, 2D is so slow it is unusable (can't even > watch a low-def youtube video, for example). > > UMS: 2D and 3D both work at expected speeds (XAA is a bit faster than > the default EXA), but 3D often completely locks up the computer - can't > even SSH to it. > Let me jump in here and say that it is worth learning to use the watchdog timer feature, it gives you a clean shutdown if there is even a glimmer of life left in the kernel. Even when the usual sysreq magic doesn't work. I have a program I can put on a site somewhere, but it's so simple you can probably write it as fast as a download, a few lines does the job. Works for me. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
