On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 19:10 +0200, Robert Derochette wrote: > Package: libgl1-mesa-glx > Version: 6.5.1-0.1 > Severity: normal > > Hi ! > > I know I should not report about programs that are not in Debian. Anyway here > is the problem. Before libgl1-mesa-glx entered sid, I tried several cvs > builds of libgl1-mesa-glx from > experimental. Every time I started Google Earth with those experimental > builds, Google Earth became very very slow (like 1 or 2 FPS). Downgrading to > mesa 6.4 in Sid always solved the > problem. Now that mesa 6.5 is stable and in Sid, the problem with Google > earth is still there.
It's because Google Earth uses functionality that the r300 driver can't accelerate yet, so it has to fall back to software rendering. Enabling the 'Disable Low-impact fallback' option under the 'Performance' tab in driconf should give better performance at the cost of slightly non-conformant rendering. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
