Re: debian and graphics drivers [was google earth and graphics drivers]

2006-12-08 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 22:01 +, Tyler wrote: > > This sounds like hardware acceleration is turned off for Google Earth, > > but you don't experience it as slow? > > > Not at all. Actually, I'm pretty sure it's faster than when I use XP > with the latest intel drivers on the same machine. Plus

Re: debian and graphics drivers [was google earth and graphics drivers]

2006-12-08 Thread Tyler
This sounds like hardware acceleration is turned off for Google Earth, but you don't experience it as slow? Not at all. Actually, I'm pretty sure it's faster than when I use XP with the latest intel drivers on the same machine. Plus it doesn't crash, so... Anyway, first of all, make sure h

Re: debian and graphics drivers [was google earth and graphics drivers]

2006-12-08 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 04:06 +, Tyler wrote: > Ok, it looks like I've sort of figured out my problem. > > I was using the "vesa" driver instead of the "i810" driver. So I changed > that field in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, gave and updated the identifier > appropriately(?). The modified lines in xo

Re: debian and graphics drivers [was google earth and graphics drivers]

2006-12-07 Thread Tyler
Ok, it looks like I've sort of figured out my problem. I was using the "vesa" driver instead of the "i810" driver. So I changed that field in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, gave and updated the identifier appropriately(?). The modified lines in xorg.conf are: Section "Device" Identifier