From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 12 10:26:15 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB16E16A41F for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:26:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jkerian@gmail.com) Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 188CC43D6A for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:26:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jkerian@gmail.com) Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id q29so154593nfc for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:26:02 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=EnNQqzpe3T7DyG7VuTeQNm34NBg0t3H+gcHq9vPIjKBiz3fMpEr/y922tOnkM9vNPJOpRP/MC56uUukI6Xe47Uu7HXKODEkZrhuOusAyO58oNYdpdufSelmpo5s90EgeMOGT2cNZaKLyLU42x+x20aNIdPx5KSeD/h6cZqH6As8= Received: by 10.48.220.12 with SMTP id s12mr123270nfg; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:25:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.49.93.2 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:25:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <282b2dd90601120225x39403341mf7a01f37837791ee@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:25:55 +0900 From: Joseph Kerian To: Josh Paetzel In-Reply-To: <4dd4cddf0601110443r5e726a86t@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <200601101604.55833.josh@tcbug.org> <4dd4cddf0601110443r5e726a86t@mail.gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Slow 2d performance in X / opera / nvidia drivers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:26:15 -0000 On 1/11/06, Martin Tournoy wrote: > On 10/01/06, Josh Paetzel wrote: *many helpful attachments snipped* > > I've been having terrible 2d performance with opera (linux-opera and > > native 8.51 and 9.0) using the nvidia drivers. When I windowshade it > > and then restore it there is a sizeable delay while it redraws the > > window. If I rapidly shade and restore the window my idle CPU time > > goes to 0% and mp3 playback will occassionally skip. > > > > The problem first started when Opera 8 was released, I hoped that > > further releases would address it but so far that has not been the > > case. Any suggestions for a fix welcome. > > > > (Yes, I have been seeking support on opera.com but this feels like a > > FreeBSD mis-configuration of some sort on my end. :) > > You might try turning the twinview of, it takes up heaps of resources > on my machine, then again, your machine has 300% more RAM and > clockspeed, so it should be able to handle it fine.... > > Try using freebsd AGP, the nvidia should work better but you might > want to try it anyway... The other useful file for this might be your Xorg log. > Which window manager do you use, I noted that KDE can be really, > really slow even on newer machines (Krap Desktop Enviorment) *bites the troll* > Is this problem ONLY with opera? or with other applications to? if you > have another QT application you might want try how that runs. > Also check you QT version, maybe it's ancient? > > Did you try using both the static/shared QT versions? If not, it might > make a diffrence. I haven't had this problem at all with Opera on the ports KDE, using a far inferior nvidia card. I have had a bit of shared library wierdness, but Opera simply refused to run until I fixed that. If this is a PCI-Express card, note the discussion of 3d performance here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=3D59981