Heads-up, nVidia proprietary drivers with kde4 you may not need the options tweaks!!
Posted 02-06-2009 at 07:28 PM by GlennsPref
Tags xorg kde4 nvidia
Quote:
Originally Posted by GlennsPref
Heads up ppl.
If you use the nvidia proprietary drivers with kde4 you may not need the options tweaks previously used in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
post #6 by txf
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=126835
When I saw this last night, I could not believe it, Did I really need to # out about 10 lines of options,
Well, glxgears is the only benchmark I used, but the improvements were devastatingly positive!
/etc/X11/xorg.conf (Newly modified, I did not think it would even start!)
Test results, comparison...
using glxgears...
Just goes to show ya, that real improvements are being made.
It has not fixed the resizing freeze, ie. grabing the corner of a window and draging to a different size.
But new stuff is comming out all the time.
By the time mandriva releases kde4.2 (not kde4.2mdv, which is 4.1.x in reality, see the errata of 2009.1rc) correct me if I'm wrong, please, I've read so much I might be confused,lol.
It should be better. I guess that means mid year release of Mandriva 2010.0.
Cheers, Glenn
If you use the nvidia proprietary drivers with kde4 you may not need the options tweaks previously used in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
post #6 by txf
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=126835
When I saw this last night, I could not believe it, Did I really need to # out about 10 lines of options,
Well, glxgears is the only benchmark I used, but the improvements were devastatingly positive!
/etc/X11/xorg.conf (Newly modified, I did not think it would even start!)
Code:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Tue Nov 4 17:18:57 PST 2008
# File generated by XFdrake (rev 247269)
# File generated by XFdrake (rev 247269)
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse2" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse2"
Driver "evdev"
Option "device" "/dev/input/by-id/usb-Logitech_USB_Receiver-event-mouse"
Option "HWheelRelativeAxisButtons" "7 6"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
#"DV177/SB"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "MEA"
ModelName "1280x1024 @ 50 Hz"
HorizSync 31.5 - 64.3
VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "GigaByte"
BoardName "GigaByte GeForce 9800gt (GTX+)"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
#Option "BackStoring" "True" #"1"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "PixmapCacheSize" "1600000"
#Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "DPMS"
Option "BackStoring" "0" #"True" #"1"
#Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "true"
#Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"
#Option "DamageEvents" "1"
#Option "AllowSHMPixmaps" "0"
#Option "TripleBuffer" "1"
#Option "RenderAccel" "True"
#Option "UseEvents" "false"
Option "HWCursor"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite"
Option "RENDER" "Enable"
EndSection
using glxgears...
Code:
NoPat glxgears. without nopat, normal xorg.conf (I thought this was the best I could get, lol) glenn@GamesBox:~$ glxgears (25-01 15:26) 19355 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3870.968 FPS 20132 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4025.476 FPS 19408 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3881.587 FPS 19533 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3898.408 FPS 18845 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3768.947 FPS 18656 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3731.070 FPS 18741 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3748.169 FPS 18556 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3707.013 FPS 18442 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3688.389 FPS 18633 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3726.489 FPS glenn@GamesBox:~$ With nopat kernel boot param. Nice improvement, but a bit jumpy/jittery glenn@GamesBox:~$ glxgears (25-01 15:34) 29822 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5963.993 FPS 32055 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6410.964 FPS 28150 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5629.852 FPS 28034 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5606.756 FPS 33237 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6647.276 FPS 32036 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6407.151 FPS 29417 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5882.160 FPS 27982 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5596.388 FPS 28162 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5632.326 FPS 27887 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5577.261 FPS glenn@GamesBox:~$ (25-01 15:37) with most mods removed from xorg.conf without nopat music@GamesBox:~$ glxgears 47174 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9434.789 FPS 44911 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8980.790 FPS 46844 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9361.882 FPS 47305 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9460.989 FPS 48113 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9622.578 FPS 47165 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9432.910 FPS 47554 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9510.770 FPS 47433 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9486.521 FPS 47155 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9430.994 FPS 47329 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9465.761 FPS music@GamesBox:~$ (04-02 23:27)
It has not fixed the resizing freeze, ie. grabing the corner of a window and draging to a different size.
But new stuff is comming out all the time.
By the time mandriva releases kde4.2 (not kde4.2mdv, which is 4.1.x in reality, see the errata of 2009.1rc) correct me if I'm wrong, please, I've read so much I might be confused,lol.
It should be better. I guess that means mid year release of Mandriva 2010.0.
Cheers, Glenn
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