Public bug reported: Running Lubuntu 12.04 on old AMD Athlon XP machine glxgears reports 25 frames per second.
Running Ubuntu 9.10 on the same machine glxgears reports 400 frames per second. Under 12.04 Hardinfo -> Display reports the following for OpenGL Vendor: VMware, Inc Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on softpipe Under 9.10 Vendor: S3 Graphics Inc Renderer: Mesa DRI Prosavage DDR 20061110 russ@RussLubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 russ@RussLubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy xorg xorg: Installed: 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri May 4 17:22:30 2012 InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 performance precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994878 Title: glxgears very slow To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/994878/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp