Hello, On Thu, 9 Apr 2020 13:33:21 +0000 m...@netbsd.org wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 07, 2020 at 10:11:24AM -0400, Todd Gruhn wrote: > > The system I am using was assembled and purchase back in Aug 2019. > > > > Some things I noticed: > > 1) The graphics card (nVidia GEFORCE GTX 1660) needs to be booted using > > boot -c ; disable nouveau; quit > > 2) When I compile a package -- and X Windows is NOT RUNNING -- this thing > > flies > > 3) When I start X (using MWM) -- builds are extremely slow; > > When I do "su root" checking the root passwd takes about 3 minutes > > > > Is there a connection between X, my graphics card, and system slowness? > > Is there a way to fix this; or is it a matter of having support for my > > chip-set? > > > > I find this interesting to know. > > I had the same issue before getting nouveau to work. Had a theory I > never tested that it might be the xf86-video-nv driver causing these > issues. I imagine the best experience you could have is by forcing genfb > somehow and using the x wsfb driver. one way to do it is by selecting > one of the vesa modes in the bootloader, another (I think) is the uefi > bootloader. Hmm, some questions: - check top(1) - is X eating up all the CPU cycles? - which driver is Xorg actually using? If it's actually nv, I have seen issues like that with NV40 hardware - some rectangle fills never complete, the driver waits, times out, resets the blitter, moves on. The visible symptom is X eating up ridiculous amounts of CPU time. have fun Michael