On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Michael Hennebry wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Michael Hennebry wrote:
>> From glxinfo:
>> direct rendering: Yes
>
>> OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer
>
> I guess that the second means I don't have hardware aceleration.
> What does the first one mean?
>
>> From sysinfo:/ :
>> Display Info
>> Vendor: Mesa Project
>> Model: Software Rasterizer
>> Driver: 2.1 Mesa 7.1 rc1
>
> No mention of my geforce graphics card (GX5200LE 128 MB AGP).
>
> Would this sort of thing cause mplayer and ffplay to freeze?
> Each of them last a couple before seconds before freezing.
> ffplay keeps a little over 1% of the cpu.
> Don't remember about mplayer.
Rebooting has mplayer and ffplay running again.
I even have sound.
mplayer occasionally claims my system is too slow.
This is likely because I still have software rendering?
True?
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