Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:25:49 +0100 From: Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs.si> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of XAA acceleration in X.org, and older NVIDIA GeForce Message-ID: <60b1d359da424d31e6594bda091c63f3@mailbox.ijs.si> In-Reply-To: <20141222201853.08bfcc64@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> References: <9f15ce6462062541cbaf3919ec420315@mailbox.ijs.si> <20141222201853.08bfcc64@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org>
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Tijl Coosemans wrote: > This card is still supported by x11/nvidia-driver-304 Good suggestion! It does seem to draw screen and scroll much faster than NV (although it seems to stall from time to time (like unresponsive mouse) on a busy host). Will need to test more thoroughly tomorrow when poudriere builds will be over. Thanks! Mark 2014-12-22 20:18, je Tijl Coosemans napisal > <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs.si> wrote: >> /usr/ports/UPDATING: >>> 20141219: >>> AFFECTS: users of x11/xorg and all xorg ports >>> AUTHOR: dumbbell@FreeBSD.org >>> The X.Org server (x11-servers/xorg-server) is updated to 1.14. >>=20 >> http://blogs.freebsdish.org/graphics/2014/11/19/xserver-1-14-update-read= y/ >>> Changes since xserver 1.12 >>> The most visible change is the removal of XAA. This is a 2D >>> acceleration >>> method which was deprecated some time ago, in favor of EXA or >>> Intel-specific=E2=80=99s >>> UXA or SNA. For the end user, this means that some drivers >>> (xf86-video-*) >>> are not supported anymore, mostly for older GPUs according to=20 >>> Phoronix. >>> If you encounter this case, please let us know. >>=20 >> Ouch!!! Upgrading X -related ports went with no problems (FreeBSD=20 >> 10.1), >> but I didn't realize the outcome would be so terrible. Scrolling or >> refreshing a full-screen page in a web browser now feels like in the >> good old days of a 19200 bps line and a glass terminal. Even scrolling >> or paging through plain text with 'less' or editor on a KDE konsole >> or xterm feels sluggish. Certainly the size of the display does not >> help in this regards (2560x1600). >>=20 >> The Xorg.0.log reports: >> NV: Found NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT at 02@00:00:0 >>=20 >> Now I fear that upgrading ports on my other workstation >> (GeForce 7600 GS) would lead to similar results. >>=20 >> I know these graphics boards are not the latest of breed >> (the CPU and mb are still fairly decent). They were chosen for being >> fan-less, and coping sufficiently well with 2D and text even on >> largish displays. >>=20 >> So is my only choice now replacing graphics with heat- and noise- >> sources I don't really need, or being stuck with frozen ports? >> I wonder if I'm the only one in this situation.
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