Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:27:55 -0600 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Joseph Kerian <jkerian@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Slow 2d performance in X / opera / nvidia drivers Message-ID: <200601121027.55758.josh@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <282b2dd90601120225x39403341mf7a01f37837791ee@mail.gmail.com> References: <200601101604.55833.josh@tcbug.org> <4dd4cddf0601110443r5e726a86t@mail.gmail.com> <282b2dd90601120225x39403341mf7a01f37837791ee@mail.gmail.com>
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--Boundary-00=_LOoxD7mL2A/UciU Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 12 January 2006 04:25 am, Joseph Kerian wrote: > On 1/11/06, Martin Tournoy <carpetsmoker@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 10/01/06, Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> 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=59981 Well, I think I may have found the problem but can't seem to find a fix to test my theory. Xorg is loading Xinerama and I've found some noise via google that there is a 'nvidia-xinerama' that is faster than the native 'xorg-xinerama'. I've tried disabling xinerama in my Xorg conf file but it loads anyways. Attached is my xorg.log -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel --Boundary-00=_LOoxD7mL2A/UciU--
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