mailinglist...@gmail.com writes:
> My x is a bit slow. Lets say I have a minimized
> web browser with a page with pictures and text.
> If I maximize it, the drawing of the page and
> the widgets doesn't happen instantly, but it
> takes a moment.
> I tried ubuntu livecd, and this test was much
> faster, I didn't recognize any problem.
> dri is working, I tried playing openarena, so
> I think my x is configured correctly, maybe it's
> some kind of kernel or USE flag problem.
> Any of you experienced similap problem?
>
> Where should I put emerge --info output? Here or
> pastebin?
I'd prefer it here, but I doubt USE flags matter much.
> I have a radeon 7500 , 512MB of RAM, 1,5GHz AMD
> and fluxbox, 1.6.5-r1 x server.
Which drivers do you use, ati-drivers / fglrx or xf86-video-ati / radeon?
Is the 3D performance okay?
Daniel Troeder just wrote in the 'ATI RV710/730' thread:
ATI: 3D is very good - a must for gaming, 2D is SLOW! (thou they did
something about that with 10.6 - experience differs for users - its
said that window management is fast now, but video still has tearing
effect [also my exp.])
Latest driver (10.6) work with xorg-server-1.7.x only and kernel module
has problems with >=2.6.34 (exp. differ).
Xorg: 3D is basic and very slow but works (the newer the driver/server
the better, development is VERY fast), 2D is a dream (very fast, no
tearing with video)!
Driver is released with Xorg - so work always with newest Xorg, kernel
module is in-kernel - work always with newest kernel :) Driver supports
both KMS and user space MS.
I only use the ati-drivers, and 2D does not seem slow to me, but I cannot
compare with the radeon driver, because the dammn thing never worked for
me.
Wonko
