On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 03:31:34PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote: > Hi gang! > > I have two netbooks, an Asus 901 eeepc, and a newer Acer Aspire One > D255E. > > on the older Asus, GoogleEarth runs quite nicely (for such a minimally- > powered system). it's clearly getting some graphical acceleration from > the video chipset. (Thismachine is still running F17, soon to be upgraded, > I hope.) Well, I have a sort-of solution... I noted that the Asus is running an older (by about a year) version of Google Earth, so I went looking for that same version. I don't seem to have a copy of it locally, and didn't quickly see a way to get into the Adobe archives, but they do have a link to "previous" version, so I downloaded that, "yum remove"d the new one, and installed that "previous" version. Voila, I now get 3D Accel! Perhaps the newer one is looking for a newer/higher version of OpenGL, or something. But as long as I can remember not to update the package, I'm all set now. > > the Acer, OTOH runs Google Earth so poorly as to be painful to watch > it slowly accumulate bits on the screen, taking several minutes to > build up the default image upon startup. (This machine is running F19.) > > The Asus is an old Atom N270 where "lsmod | grep video" reports: > > $ lsmod | grep video > uvcvideo 71406 0 > videobuf2_vmalloc 13003 1 uvcvideo > videobuf2_memops 13001 1 videobuf2_vmalloc > videobuf2_core 37715 1 uvcvideo > videodev 97059 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core > media 19719 2 uvcvideo,videodev > video 18551 1 i915 > i2c_core 28312 6 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,videodev > > the Acer (Atom N570, dual core) reports this from lsmod | grep video: > > acer aspire one D255E > > # lsmod | grep video > uvcvideo 71417 0 > videobuf2_vmalloc 13003 1 uvcvideo > videobuf2_memops 13001 1 videobuf2_vmalloc > videobuf2_core 37679 1 uvcvideo > videodev 97069 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core > media 19691 2 uvcvideo,videodev > i2c_core 28434 6 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,videodev > video 18551 2 i915,acer_wmi > > > they appear virtually identical, except that the Acer includes "acer_wmi" > along with i915 for "video". > > Given that they seemto use the same Intel drivers, I'd expect them to > provide more or less the same video performance but at least for Google > Earth, they donot. > > Anyone got any cles? > > thanks! > > Fred > > -- > ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- > I can do all things through Christ > who strengthens me. > ------------------------------ Philippians 4:13 ------------------------------- > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." ------------------------------ Matthew 7:21 (niv) ----------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
