On Monday 05 January 2009 19:48:39 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Monday 05 January 2009 18:23:39 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> Rex Dieter wrote: > >>> David Carlos Manuelda wrote: > >>>> For example, since I click the K button to raise menu until the menu > >>>> is raised, it is a second or two. The same when running dolphin and > >>>> clicking in folders for example. I don't note this too much while > >>>> running them inside a 3.5.10. > >>> > >>> I've never seen such operations take more than an instant, regardless > >>> of which DE is in use. > >>> > >>> I would venture there's a different explanation other than the general > >>> "kde4 is slower". > >> > >> This happens if compositing is enabled and a binary-only, proprietary > >> NVidia or ATI driver is used or if EXA acceleration is not enabled (in > >> the case of open source drivers; the proprietary ones don't support > >> EXA.) > > > > I'm using the free ATi driver and cannot use Desktop Effects without > > random freezes. How is this EXA enabled? > > Section "Device" > Option "UseAtomBIOS" "true" > Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" > # ... > EndSection > > This works with both the radeon as well as the radeonhd driver but only > with cards up to an X1950. HD2xxx and above aren't supported yet. > So the X600 should be OK. Does that "UseAtomBIOS" apply to all these older cards? Anne
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