On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 10:08 +0300, Martin Vermeer wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 03:34:53PM +1000, Darren Freeman wrote:
> > I have a Radeon 9200SE.
> > 
> > It is certainly using DRI at 24bpp.
> > 
> > I can't test the X settings hypothesis right now as I have a lot of
> > unsaved work open. Sounds likely though!
> 
> Google Earth, Celestia, Stellarium, glxgears: slow or fast?

GE = proprietary, never heard of the others.

glxgears: 250 FPS in default small window, 53 FPS full-screen.
Noticeable intermittent jerkiness.

I don't know if that's right or not but I gather it's supposed to
happily sync to the vertical refresh considering how simple it is.

> > We really have two problems here. One, LyX is inefficiently redrawing
> > too much for simple text edits. Two, the X server is running badly due
> > to likely driver issues.
> > 
> > The first one should be fixed as a priority as it really hurts the
> > cause.
> 
> I expect that if the second gets fixed, the first will be less
> hurtful (I wonder if the wide() thingy still works as
> designed...)
> 
> The trouble with issue two is that it may be an upstream qt 
> issue. I wonder if it affects other apps besides LyX.

um.. you mean like glxgears :)

Have fun,
Darren

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