On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Jason Melbye <jason.mel...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 4:21 AM, rob <r...@rektau.ukfsn.org> wrote: >> 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? > The ibar is on a shelf. If I set the shelf style to invisible, the > back of the ibar appears black when composite is not enabled. I just > tried adding it as a gadget, and the transparency works find without > composite. Using the shelf helps with layout and centering (I have an > ibar and ibox together in the bottom center of my screen, the ibox > reacts the same with respect to the invisible shelf style. Both are > using the "plain" style). > >> >> Do you have retained settings in your home directory from previous >> installation under /home/yourusername/.e? > I wiped .e before reinstalling > >> >> Are you using the default theme? > Yes > >> >> 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. > I'll poke around some. The graphics device works fine for everything > else I ask it to do, so I'm still thinking I just don't have something > set up optimally on my end.
After poking around, I found that my kernel and xorg drivers were old, and better drivers were available. I upgraded to ubuntu 10.10, which gives me a newer kernel (2.5.35) and a newer version of the intel xorg driver (2.12). I'm still not able to get a transparent ibar in a shelf without composite enabled, but the composite performance is now great. Jason ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
