On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:10:04 +0100, Jan de Groot <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 15:00 -0500, pyther wrote: > > There's no such thing as a 90% performance drop, glxgears is not a > benchmark. As for vsync, it means that your framerate is tied to your > refreshrate. This is done by default now to avoid heavy tearing issues > when using 3D on intel chips. > To restore to the old behaviour, put this in your ~/.drirc: > > <driconf> > <device screen="0" driver="i915"> > <application name="Default"> > <option name="vblank_mode" value="0" /> > </application> > </device> > </driconf> > > Replace i915 with the driver that suits your intel chip. > > I would advise against using xf86-video-intel-2.5.x and libdrm-2.4.x > until GEM is merged into the kernel and things start using it. We're > sticking to xf86-video-intel-2.4.x and libdrm-2.3.1 now because the > newer versions cause regressions. The main improvements in the 2.5 > series are related to GEM, and as long as our kernel doesn't have that, > there's no need for a newer driver than 2.4.x. > That works wonders! Thank you so much and I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused! I am surprised I did not find that anywhere through Google. As I am sure this is going to be any issue for other users should this information be put into a wiki entry? Then there could be a post-install message for xf86-video-intel which directs users to that wiki page? Also do you mind if I put that information on the gentoo bug tracker? Sorry Again!
