Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:46:55 +0100 From: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Subject: Re: Performance problems after upgrade from xorg 7.2 -> 7.3 Message-ID: <200711262146.55451.pieter@degoeje.nl> In-Reply-To: <20071126153809.98ff55b4.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> References: <20071126153809.98ff55b4.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
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On Monday 26 November 2007, Bill Moran wrote:
> I upgraded my ports over the holiday, and I'm having a number
> of problems with xorg. I'll address them one at a time, in
> order of most problematic ...
>
> Right now, the worst is the lousy performance. Using the exact
> same xorg.conf that I had in 7.2, the performance of window
> resizes is terrible. I had no problems with this in 7.2.
>
> For example, if I open a terminal window, then hit the maximize
> button, it takes almost 3 seconds to maximize it. Again xorg
> 7.2 didn't have this problem. Is there some new config option
> in 7.3 that I need to enable? I'm not seeing performance
> problems anywhere else that I can find (moving windows around,
> for example, seems to work fine).
>
> Could it be my wm (xfce4) ... as I upgraded it at the same time?
>
> FreeBSD vanquish.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com 6.2-RELEASE-p5
> FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p5 #9: Tue Jun 5 17:33:30 EDT 2007
> root@vanquish.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/VANQUIS
>H i386
>
> $ dmesg | grep Radeon
> drm0: <ATI Radeon RV280 9250> port 0xdc00-0xdcff mem
> 0xe8000000-0xefffffff,0xfe5e0000-0xfe5effff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci4
>
> $ pkg_info | grep xorg
> xorg-7.3_1 X.Org complete distribution metaport
> xorg-apps-7.3 X.org apps meta-port
> xorg-cf-files-1.0.2_2 X.org cf files for use with imake builds
> xorg-docs-1.4,1 X.org documentation files
> xorg-drivers-7.3 X.org drivers meta-port
> xorg-fonts-100dpi-7.3 X.Org 100dpi bitmap fonts
> xorg-fonts-7.3 X.org fonts meta-port
> xorg-fonts-75dpi-7.3 X.Org 75dpi bitmap fonts
> xorg-fonts-cyrillic-7.3 X.Org Cyrillic bitmap fonts
> xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps-7.3 X.Org miscellaneous bitmap fonts
> xorg-fonts-truetype-7.3 X.Org TrueType fonts
> xorg-fonts-type1-7.3 X.Org Type1 fonts
> xorg-libraries-7.3_1 X.org libraries meta-port
> xorg-protos-7.3 X.org protos meta-port
> xorg-server-1.4_3,1 X.Org X server and related programs
>
> $ pkg_info | grep xfce
> gtk-xfce-engine-2.4.1_1 An XFCE engine for GTK 2.0
> libxfce4gui-4.4.1_1 XFce 4 widget library required by xfce4 and xfwm4
> libxfce4mcs-4.4.1_1 XFce 4 settings management library used by most XFce 4
> modu libxfce4util-4.4.1 XFce 4 library with non-graphical helper functions
> mousepad-0.2.12_2 Simple xfce editor
> xfce-4.4.1_1 The "meta-port" for the XFce 4 desktop environment
> xfce4-appfinder-4.4.1_1 Find application in the system supporting Desktop
> entry for xfce4-desktop-4.4.1_1 XFce 4 desktop background manager and root
> menu xfce4-icon-theme-4.4.1_1 Icon themes for XFce 4
> xfce4-mcs-manager-4.4.1_1 XFce 4 settings manager
> xfce4-mcs-plugins-4.4.1_1 XFce 4 settings manager plugins
> xfce4-mixer-4.4.1_1 XFce 4 volume mixer module for xfce4-panel
> xfce4-panel-4.4.1_1 XFce 4 panel module
> xfce4-print-4.4.1_1 XFce 4 graphical frontend for printing
> xfce4-session-4.4.1_1 Session manager for the Xfce 4 desktop environment
> xfce4-utils-4.4.1_1 XFce 4 essential utilities and scripts
> xfce4-wm-4.4.1_2 XFce 4 window manager
> xfce4-wm-themes-4.4.1 XFce 4 window decoration themes for xfwm4
Some components of xfce have trouble with the composite extension, which is
enabled by default in 7.3.
Add the following section to xorg.conf to fix:
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
Hope this helps,
Pieter de Goeje
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