--- Michel D�nzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 23:57, Tim Krieglstein wrote: > > > > My hardware is a nforce2 mb, radeon 9200 pci (the agp card is > broken) > > under Debian unstable running linux 2.6.0-test11. > > [...] > > > 1. sometimes all signals of the gfx-card go missing. The screen > turns > > black. One time it was possible to revive the output by pressing > > str-alt-f1 and then str-alt-f7 eg. switching to the console and > back. > > I havent figured out yet if this is a whole lockup or just the > xserver. > > That would be interesting, can you log into the machine over the > network? >
Another user has a similar problem: his dvi port turns off when he runs an opengl app. closing the app brings the display back as I recall. I haven't been able to reproduce it on my 9200. Hui is also looking into it. do you have display problems with the DRI disabled? > > > 3. glxinfo shows that dri is working: > > name of display: :0.0 > > display: :0 screen: 0 > > direct rendering: Yes > > server glx vendor string: SGI > > server glx version string: 1.2 > > ... > > OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc. > > OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R200 20030328 x86/MMX+/3DNow!+ TCL > > OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 5.0.2 > > ... > > but the performance is *really* bad: > > 41 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8.200 FPS > > Ouch. (Some people complain about 260 FPS...) > > There has recently been some discussion about poor DRI performance of > PCI Radeons on the dri-devel mailing list, but unfortunately, it's > basically a mystery. > > > > 4. the window painting seems somehow slow, but this could also be > to > > working on a pci device. > > It's probably related to 3., you may want to try running with DRI > disabled. > > > > PS: I am not on the list so please cc me if replying > > I usually do, but the configuration of this list makes it rather > inconvenient... > > -- > Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI > developer > Software libre enthusiast | > http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
