On Tuesday 07 April 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Mick wrote:
> > BTW, the new xorg dri is reaaaaally slow.
>
> You need to enable EXA as acceleration type.  And for that, you *need*
> an xorg.conf.
>
>    Section "Device"
>          Driver      "radeon"
>          Option      "AccelMethod" "EXA"
>    EndSection
>
> I believe the default is "XAA" which is slow.  Also, with that driver,
> it makes more sense to get the latest (~arch) along with ~arch DRI
> kernel modules.  The "unstable" ones (according to portage) are actually
> way more stable and faster than the "stable" ones.

I tried EXA but it made no difference.  I'll wait for the ~arch to become 
stable I guess, as it does not bother me.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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