On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:41:10 +0200 Jan Steffens <jan.steffens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Christoph Glaubitz > <chris+arch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I installed gnome3 from testing today, and it works fine so far. > > But in dual screen mode, the gnome-shell uses between 50 and 100% > > cpu continuous. Just after login, without any other programs > > running. > > > > If I switch off one of my displays - it does not matter which one, > > the laptop display or the vga plugged - gnome-shell runs on 1% cpu > > usage again. It is also possible to switch between the displays > > without problems, as long as one of them is switched off. > > > > Since this is a 6(?) year old Intel 915GM chipset, it's maybe just > > related to too little grafical power. > > > > Is anyone able to confirm this on a more powerful machine? > > > > -- > > chris > > > > The issue is probably that the dual screen desktop size exceeds your > card's maximum texture size, triggering software rendering fallbacks > in OpenGL all over the place. Thanks, Jan. I also think so. -- chris
