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dangparker

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Registered: 2004-04-13

Posts: 10

Xfree speeds

Hi All!

Been mostly successful in setting up arch!  All is working well so far.  I do have a question though.

How can I make my X faster.  glxgears gives ~65fps (yes I know, very slow).  On Debian Sarge I get ~125fps....

Runing standard 2.6.4 arch kernel, ATI mach64 AGP video card (rage LT pro), loading glx, dri, etc... (same as in debian), running xfree4.4

How can I tell if xfree is using AGP or not?  Could this be the cause of the slow down?

Do I need to install mesa?

Any help would be appreciated as this is the last thing I have to solve before I can say Arch is my new "main" OS.

Daniel Parker

lanrat

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From: Poland

Registered: 2003-10-28

Posts: 1,274

Re: Xfree speeds

I'm not sure about ATI card but nvidia puts some information about agp and other things in xfree log in /var/log - I would start there first.

Bobonov

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From: Roma - Italy

Registered: 2003-05-07

Posts: 295

Re: Xfree speeds

I think the best you can do is to copy directly the xfree conf file from debian to arch linux.

Or you have to post your current xfree conf in order to allow us to understand what's missing

i3839

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Registered: 2004-02-04

Posts: 1,185

Re: Xfree speeds

It looks more like a vsync problem, are the xf86config's the same?

dangparker

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Registered: 2004-04-13

Posts: 10

Re: Xfree speeds

Thanks for the reply's...

I've copied the debian config file directly over to arch.

For what it's worth, here's the config (without the font stuff, left that as is in arch):

Section "Module"
    Load    "GLcore"
    Load    "bitmap"
    Load    "dbe"
    Load    "ddc"
    Load    "dri"
    Load    "extmod"
    Load    "freetype"
    Load    "glx"
    Load    "int10"
    Load    "record"
    Load    "speedo"
    Load    "type1"
    Load    "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver        "keyboard"
    Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules"    "xfree86"
    Option        "XkbModel"    "pc104"
    Option        "XkbLayout"    "us"
    Option        "XkbVariant"    "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "CorePointer"
    Option        "Device"        "/dev/misc/psaux"
    Option        "Protocol"        "PS/2"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons"    "true"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping"        "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Generic Mouse"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
    Option        "Device"        "/dev/usbmouse"
    Option        "Protocol"        "ImPS/2"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons"    "true"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping"        "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Generic Video Card"
    Driver        "ati"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Generic Monitor"
    HorizSync    28-49
    VertRefresh    43-72
    Option        "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    Device        "Generic Video Card"
    Monitor        "Generic Monitor"
    DefaultDepth    16

    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        8
        Modes        "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection

    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        16
        Modes        "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        24
        Modes        "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "Default Layout"
    Screen        "Default Screen"
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
    InputDevice    "Generic Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode    0666
EndSection

apeiro

Daddy

From: Victoria, BC, Canada

Registered: 2002-08-12

Posts: 771

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Re: Xfree speeds

Try upgrading to the 2.6.5 kernel.  I left some AGP stuff built as modules in 2.6.4, and it seems to disable my direct rendering, even if the correct modules are loaded.

[jvinet@mars jvinet]$ grep rendering /var/log/XFree86.0.log
(II) RADEON(0): Direct rendering enabled

Is yours enabled?

dangparker

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Registered: 2004-04-13

Posts: 10

Re: Xfree speeds

Thanks for the suggestion, I will try it over the weekend and let you know.

In the meantime, do I need the xfree headers to compile the dri branch for my mach64?  And if so, where can I get them (in Debian it's like xfree-dev)?

Daniel Parker