On 9 Apr, this message from Michel Dänzer echoed through cyberspace: > Charles Sebold wrote: > >> I will say that upgrading to XFree 4 (from woody) significantly slowed >> the video further.
I don't find XF4 slower than XF3... Dou you have the controlfb patches in your kernel? Not sure whether they come with the debian 2.2 kernel patches... > This was true before XFree86 4.0.99.2 due to bad interaction between GNOME and > the old shadowfb implementation which copied the whole area around the damaged > region after each operation. > > I have gotten a patch into 4.0.99.2 which not only remedies this by switching > to the new mishadow layer which only updates the framebuffer contents > periodically, it also adds RENDER and DGA support to the fbdev driver. Will be interesting to try shadowfb again, then. I tried the unpatched one on my 7600, and though some operations were faster, it was slower overall compared to the 'naked' controlfb. Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
