On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 09:50 -0400, Alec Robertson wrote: > > Thanks for the info. A few more questions.
I'm following up to the bug report, please do so as well. > >> * a recommendation I found somewhere (is this necessary?) > >>>> Option "GARTSize" "64" # default is 8 Mb > > > > The default may be too small for demanding 3D applications with the r300 > > Mesa driver. > > Is 64Gb an acceptable amount for a 128Mb ati card on a 1Gb memory > system? Aside from compiz, I really don't use any 3D apps. Then it should be plenty, the default may be fine even. > >> * improve power consumption (I'm on a laptop, does this cause problems) > >>>> Option "DynamicClocks" "on" # default is off > >>>> (on=faster?) > > > > It can cause problems on some hardware setups. > > Are there common symptoms to suggest that hardware problems may be > occurring? No, they tend to vary with the specific setup. > One more option that I had included was: > > Option "EnablePageFlip" "on" # default is off > > * I use page flip because the man page says it improves performance, but > for the old ati driver, I had to turn it off as it caused "tearing" of > the compiz desktop after switching to/from a virtual console (or going > to sleep.) That wasn't tearing but just a page flipping related bug I fixed for 6.7.19x. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer