[Partially SOLVED] Re: Slow Xorg performance on dual Opteron + Radeon, Jessie 64-bit

2015-08-08 Thread Chris Edwards
Long story short: Disable ColorTiling in xorg.conf when using bitmap fonts on a Radeon. While searching for clues on this problem, I found this: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/111454/what-are-the-purposes-of-the-different-types-of-xwindows-fonts in which Gilles explains a bit of the

Re: [Partially SOLVED] Re: Slow Xorg performance on dual Opteron + Radeon, Jessie 64-bit

2015-08-08 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Maybe you could also play with Option AccelMethod in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, with can either be EXA or glamor (default for R300, see man radeon(4)). Compare these benchmarks: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTYzMDM -- Regards, Jörg. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: [Partially SOLVED] Re: Slow Xorg performance on dual Opteron + Radeon, Jessie 64-bit

2015-08-08 Thread Chris Edwards
On 08/08/15 22:53, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: Maybe you could also play with Option AccelMethod in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, with can either be EXA or glamor (default for R300, see man radeon(4)). Compare these benchmarks: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTYzMDM Interesting - and very