Fedora 9 - Slow GUI Response

Manish Kathuria mkathuria at tuxtechnologies.co.in
Fri May 30 02:52:10 UTC 2008




On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 03:55 +0000, Amadeus W.M. wrote: 
> On Wed, 28 May 2008 08:19:10 -0400, Jeffrey Ross wrote:
> 
> > Manish Kathuria wrote:
> >> I upgrade my existing Fedora 8 x86_64 installation to Fedora 9 using
> >> yum successfully but I am facing some problems related to the GUI. I
> >> use GNOME as the desktop environment and ever since I have upgraded to
> >> Fedora 9, the response time of the GUI has slowed. There is an
> >> increased delay when the windows are refreshed and when I change from
> >> one workspace to another one. The applications most frequently used by
> >> me include evolution, firefox, open office and the gnome terminal
> >> besides a few others and the delay is noticeable in case of all of
> >> them.
> >>
> >> I am using a Core 2 Duo based Dell Vostro laptop with a 15.4" LCD and
> >> an Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller
> >> and the display resolution is set at 1280 x 800 at 24 bits. The display
> >> adapter has been configured to use the "intel" driver.
> >>
> >> Has anyone experienced a similar problem or any such issue ? Any
> >> comments and suggestions ?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Manish
> >>
> >>
> > Best I can tell you is it seems to be a problem with the Intel video
> > driver, I have the same problem on my desktop machine with an Intel
> > driver ( mine is an Intel 82G965).
> > 
> > glxgears gets me roughly 1050 fps, pretty pitiful.  Unfortunately I
> > don't have a solution for you.
> > 
> > Jeff
> 
> Same here, onboard Intel 82865G, using the intel driver (as opposed to 
> i815 that it used before F9).  Slow but usable under compiz. Ok with 
> metacity (no games though).
> 
> glxgears 
> Failed to initialize TTM buffer manager.  Falling back to classic.
> 6199 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1239.664 FPS
> 2543 frames in 5.0 seconds = 508.400 FPS
> 2306 frames in 5.0 seconds = 461.152 FPS
> 2313 frames in 5.0 seconds = 462.475 FPS
> 2309 frames in 5.0 seconds = 461.644 FPS

Are any fixes expected in the near future ? There were a number of
updates yesterday but nothing related to X. 

--
Manish 




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