Hi folks, It's seems that ever since I did my last dist-upgrade on testing, I've got something weird happening with my hardware graphics rendering.
I'm running a 32M Matrox G450 (with X 4.03, I think - whatever's in testing at the moment), and usually the gl screensavers (the only programs I think I have which do hardware gl) look fantasic and smooth. Since I've done my last upgrade, however, they don't. It seems to be doing software rendering - they aren't nearly as smooth and they use well over two thirds of the CPU. Interestingly, however, X seems to report that DRI/DRM is enabled and working (both from xdpyinfo and /var/log/XFree86.log). When running the xscreensaver-gl hacks manually, they work fine. For example running pulsar, I get between 60 and 90 fps both as a window, and running on the root window. Running it from xscreensaver-demo gives me less than 10fps. I checked bugs.debian.org, and there doesn't seem to be any bugs filed against xscreensaver-gl (or xscreensaver), so I'm wondering if I'm the only one seeing this, or if it's just xscreensaver-gl specific. FWIW, Quake3 still runs fantastically, and is obviously using hardware 3d. If there any other simple, full-screen gl programs that I might be able to use to test? cheers, damon -- Damon Muller :: Department of Criminology :: University of Melbourne I shall despair. There is no creature loves me; And if I die, no soul shall pity me: Nay, wherefore should they, since that I myself Find in myself no pity to myself? -- Richard III
