Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:53:16 -0400 From: FreeBSD <freebsd@optiksecurite.com> To: george+freebsd@m5p.com Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Degraded X Performance in 7.0 Message-ID: <489B1A6C.2070001@optiksecurite.com> In-Reply-To: <200807211604.m6LG45j0017384@m5p.com> References: <200807211604.m6LG45j0017384@m5p.com>
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george+freebsd@m5p.com a écrit : > Yesterday, I wrote: >> On: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:28:19 -0400 >> "Ben Kaduk" <minimarmot@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 1:49 PM, <george+freebsd@m5p.com> wrote: >>>> Between FreeBSD 6.2 and FreeBSD 7.0, something has happened with >>>> performance. Using a generic 6.2 kernel and the X server which >>>> shipped with it, and mplayer built with the defaults from ports, >>>> I would play a movie from an NFS-mounted disk, with mplayer using >>>> roughly 30% of the CPU time and xorg less than 5%. On the very same >>>> hardware upgraded to a generic 7.0 kernel and the X server which >>>> shipped with it, and mplayer built with the defaults from ports, >>>> playing the same movie from the same NFS-mounted disk, mplayer >>>> still takes roughly 30% of the CPU, but xorg is taking 35-40% of >>>> the CPU! The quality of the playback is noticeably rough. What >>>> should I be looking for? The diff between an old Xorg.0.log and >>>> a new one is pretty massive. I have an ATI Technologies Inc Rage >>>> XL AGP 2X rev 39, Mem @ 0xce000000/24, 0xcfeff000/12, I/O @ 0x8800/8, >>>> BIOS @ 0xcfec0000/17 according to the log. >>>> >>> It sounds like your graphics card isn't doing as much work as it should. >>> Could you post the results of dmesg and your Xorg.0.log somewhere >>> accessible? It would be best if versions before and after the upgrade >>> were available. >>> >>> -Ben Kaduk >>> >> Here's the info: >> >> http://www.m5p.com/~george/freebsd/ >> >> and thanks for your attention! -- George Mitchell > > Now I've fixed the premissions so you can actually read them. Sorry! > -- George Mitchell > Did you finally resolved your problem? If so, I would be interested in some indications. Martin
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