-------- Original Message -------- From: - Sat Mar 05 10:21:57 2011 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00800000 X-Mozilla-Keys: Message-ID: <4d720ec4.2060...@rektau.ukfsn.org> Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 10:21:56 +0000 From: rob <r...@rektau.ukfsn.org> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101213 Icedove/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jason Melbye <jason.mel...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [e-users] Video Settings References: <aanlktimuossvepavyrtw87rvtzfnnugg0hnt8m0tt...@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <aanlktimuossvepavyrtw87rvtzfnnugg0hnt8m0tt...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
On 05/03/11 02:52, Jason Melbye wrote: > Hi all, > > Thanks to help from this list, I've been able to build e and get it up > and running (I used to use it 2-3 years ago, but after replacing my > machine I never picked it back up). I've been playing with arranging > modules/gadgets and with the various settings. I do like my ibar to > be transparent, which seems to only be available when I enable the > composite module. However, when composite is enabled, I do notice a > sluggish video response when moving / resizing windows, clicking > through menus, etc. > > I'm looking for any thoughts on fine-tuning my setup for video > performance. For hardware, I have a Core i3-530 with integrated > graphics. I've taken this processor for a ride by playing a 1080p, > high quality version of Avatar on it and playback was real smooth, > with CPU utilization usually between 20-30%. If I drag a terminal > around my desktop, 2 of my 4 virtual CPUs (it is a dual core chip with > hyper-threading, so it shows up as 4 CPUs in system monitor), I get 2 > of those cores up over 50% utilization. Software engine seems to > perform better than OpenGL. I haven't played with any of the other > composite settings (don't really know what they do). XOrg is picking > up the "intel" driver, and from what I can tell looking over the log, > it looks fine. Kernel is 2.6.32-26-generic, distribution is Ubuntu > 10.04. > > I'm wondering if anyone else has similar video hardware or otherwise > and can provide tips for performance tweaks (I was expecting > performance to be a major plus of using e)? I'd be happy to provide > more system information to identify hardware, logs, etc. > > Thanks for the help, and it feels real good to have a nice clean > desktop with all my (your) gadgets again :) > > Jason > Not running composite here and ibar is transparent so: Is the ibar a gadget or on a shelf? Do you have retained settings in your home directory from previous installation under /home/yourusername/.e? Are you using the default theme? Probably the easiest thing to do is create a new user account for testing purposes. Log in to new account and set up gadgets/shelves as you want but with the default theme. As to Intel graphics I saw it mentioned recently, not sure where, that Intel may have produced a new/better driver which I assume you would need to download from them. rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
