Nvidia graphic card: lower resolution, glx performance for one user
Distro: Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
-------------------------------------------------- Hallo forum in my system I have installed a Nvidia graphic card: Code:
lspci: Code:
dpkg -l nvidia* Only screen resolution is changed from "Auto" to 1920 x 1200 I got the modification saved in xorg.conf (not merged). Now, xorg.conf looks like this: Code:
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings The GLX performance looks like this which seems OK. Code:
glxgears When I log in as 2nd user (no admin), the screen resolution starts with 1280x1024 instead of 1920x1200 GLX performance is also much worse: Code:
glxgears Code:
glxinfo Additional issues (both admin and no-admin) When I just scroll the views (e. g. browser) with my mouse wheel, the motion looks "bumpy" (not smooth) and the CPU load goes up to 100 % (AMD Sempron 2800+, 1,5 GB RAM). Who can help me to trace and solve this problem? thanks in advance and kind regards Rai |
10.04 is end of life, out of support (for desktop use). Upgrade to a newer version, or a different distro.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases glxgears is not a benchmark. nVidia 6XXX cards (including the very rare 'GeForce 6610 XL' model) should use the 195.36 drivers with 10.04, up to the 304.XX drivers with newer/current distros. 173.XX will work, but the newer drivers work better. |
You might want to at least get the latest driver, 195.36 if cascade is correct.
But Nvidia keeps per user configs so you could easily have different settings for each user. To set it as each user run NvidiaConfig. Also, as noted, glxgears is not a good benchmark. |
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Rai |
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Maybe someone can point the right way - I'll be back at my Nvidia box tomorrow. |
OK, here is how it works...
When you run NvidiaConfig it creates a file in the user's home directory... Code:
~/.nvidia-settings-rc Code:
nvidia-settings --load-config-only In my own case it goes into my ~/.fluxbox/startup script, but you can add it to the ~/.xinitrc or other script that starts the DE/WM, just as long as it appears before the exec line. You should also have a man page with more info: Code:
man nvidia-settings |
Thanks for your support.
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Unfortunally, the jumpy scrolling of a view e. g. in Firefox still persists. I have checked "soft scrolling" and "use HW accelleration if available" in FF settings. CPU usage still rises up to 100 % during scrolling. Maybe I have to live with this? |
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Using jockey to get the repos drivers should still work. Even though 10.04 is 'end of life' for desktop use, its still supported as a server. But becauise its no longer supported for desktop use, its not a good idea to keep using it as a desktop.... |
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