FC14 good/bad news

[Bill Davidsen]

Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On 11/17/2010 08:33 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> Now I can select enhanced effects for video, and they work fine (for values of
>> fine considering I wanted to see if they work, not that I want them on).
>> However, the display is still dog slow, glxgears runs at 60fps, video is jerky,
>> etc. So the "better" video now doesn't crash, does provide effects I don't need,
>> and is still too slow to be useful, even on a non-game machine. So much for not
>> using vendor drivers.
>
> Examine /var/log/Xorg.0.log.  Make sure it's loading the "radeon"
> driver.  If you don't feel comfortable interpreting the file, post it
> somewhere that others can see it.
>
> I don't have an R700 based card, so I don't know too much about their
> support level.  The F13 release notes indicated that 3D support for that
> chipset had been added.  I'd expect F14 to have somewhat improved drivers...

As noted above, I have 3D effects, should I ever find any joy at all in wobbling 
windows, I can have them, the cube effect is a bit interesting, but hardly a 
reason to use a driver which is otherwise slow.

IIRC the vendor driver gave me ~600fps under my previous Fedora release, and the 
vesa drivers gets to ~200fps (that from notes, machine is being used for "real 
work" ATM).

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