FC 10 Running "Choppy"
 

ehlo,

I recently installed FC10 64-bit on a AMD s754 1.8Ghz, 1.0gig DDR400, XFX 6600GT 128MB AGP system.
I installed the newest drivers from nVidia - 180.51
However everything seems to be pretty "choppy".
A good example is the main page of Yahoo! to the right with mail, messenger, etc and how it drops down when you mouse over to display more info...there is hesitation and not smooth at all.
I'm running native 1440x900 @ 60 refresh.

I boot this system with Windows 7 /w Aero and it runs no problem...which is making me think I have some sort of problem here since Aero is a hog.

I'm not really sure where to begin..as..I'm pretty nubbish troubleshooting Linux.


edit: changed RAM from 1.5g to 1.0. Forgot i took out 512 last week!

post /etc/X11/xorg.conf
How did you install the drivers?

rpmfusion.org ?

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Fri Apr 17 00:40:57 PDT 2009

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Fri Apr 17 00:40:10 PDT 2009

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "ViewSonic Q19wb"
HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 6600 GT"
Option "Coolbits" "1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
Option "metamodes" "1440x900_60 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection


installation:
ctrl+alt+F1
logged in as root
init 3
sh nvidia...
needed other things installed -
installed kernel-devel kernel-headers
ran nvidia again, said it was good
init 5
ctrl+atl+F7


edit: enabled coolbits afterwards.

Try playing with the nvidia settings
reduce effects, optimize for performance or overclock a bit
Also edit system-config-services for unused services


If it does not help then
uninstall that

Go to www.rpmfusion.org

Follow instructions

install the nvidia driver with yum or smart package manager

how would i go about uninstalling the driver?