OpenGL screensavers MUCH slower now

[Douglas Stewart]

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Jeremy Portzer wrote:
| On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 14:55, Douglas Stewart wrote:
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|>Since the slew of upgrades over the past few days, I've noticed that
|>OpenGL screensavers run far, far slower than they used to.  Also, when
|>they run, my laptop fan kicks on with far greater frequency than it ever
|>used to.
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| Try running "glxinfo" to see if Direct Rendering is working, or if it's
| using software rendering ("Mesa GLX Indirect").  You can also check your
| frame rate with "glxgears" -- though that doesn't help too much if you
| have don't have a previous reading to compare to.
|
| Also, note that there's no longer an option to configure DRI in the GUI
| redhat-config-xfree86 -- perhaps you need to re-enable the appropriate
| options in your XF86Config .
|
| --Jeremy
|


Yes, I now see the "Mesa GLX Indirect" string in glxinfo output.  What
do I need to adjust in my XF86config?  I have 'Load "dri"' in the
"Module" section and

Section "DRI"
~        Group        0
~        Mode         0666
EndSection


What else do I need?
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Doug Stewart
Systems Administrator/Web Applications Developer
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs

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