On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 16:22:51 -0300, Bruno Buys wrote: > I don't know exactly when this started, but my debian notebook is slow > on changing screens and programs. I alt+tab to switch programs and the > screen takes a while to rebuild. I mean, its not like its obviously > broken or buggy, but its enough to annoy. I use kde, and noticed > non-kde programs do this more than kde programs. Switching back to > konqueror is ok, switching to iceweasel or icedove takes a moment. > Switching to openoffice does take a moment. Sometimes I release > alt+tab but the window menu list keeps showing in the screen, needs an > extra 'tab' to go away. > System is an updated debian sid, in an Acer 5570z, 1.73GHz Pentium > dual core T2080, 2GB mem. Video card is Intel950, xorg driver is > 'intel'. 128MB video memory set in the bios. Its got the 3D accel > working ok, I can do googleearth and compiz, etc. But the real problem > is indeed switching programs. xorg.conf goes below. > Thanks for any input! > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
[...] > Section "Device" > Identifier "intel950" > Driver "intel" > BusID "PCI:0:2:0" > VideoRam 128000 > Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" > Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" > EndSection Try to add this line to the "Device" section: Option "AccelMethod" "XAA" The intel driver started to activate the new acceleration architecture (EXA) by default a while ago. I have two computers with Intel graphics (855GM and 965Q, respectively) and for both systems I find that using XAA (the older acceleration architecture) makes my display redraw noticeably faster. Maybe it also helps with the 950 chipset. [...] > PS: > To comply with the lists rules, I must say I don't subscribe to it. (That is fine, of course, but note that you have to state it explicitly if you want to be CC'd.) -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
