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.
Sorry, I forgot to post a reply to your other suggestion, the radeon driver does
get loaded, the framebuffer (/proc/fb) is radeondrmfb, and as noted, 3D effects
are functional, if useless. But thanks for the suggestion, at least I am pretty
sure I haven't missed anything major.
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...
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