Re: OLPC and GLX

2008-01-20 Thread Bryan Duff
I'm working do duplicate this part presently by setting up a gentoo on the OLPC to make sure I'm not missing anything. Outside of that I'll try out OSMesa. -Bryan Bernardo Innocenti wrote: > Bryan Duff wrote: > >> After compiling in mesa source to get GLX working on the FC7-based >> builds. Run

Re: OLPC and GLX

2008-01-20 Thread Chris Ball
Hi, > There should be no particular reason why Ubuntu would have better > *software* GL rendering performance than Fedora, although hardy > ships with gcc 4.2, which could make a big difference. glxgears opens a window, but the software rendering performance will depend not just on that

Re: OLPC and GLX

2008-01-20 Thread Bernardo Innocenti
Bryan Duff wrote: > After compiling in mesa source to get GLX working on the FC7-based > builds. Running `glxgears -fullscreen` I get ~25 fps. Compared to > Ubuntu which gets 65 fps, this is rather poor. One last thing: I'm very curious about this disparity: could you please provide more detail

Re: OLPC and GLX

2008-01-20 Thread Bernardo Innocenti
(please forgive minor mistakes as I was in a hurry and I had no time to double-check some of the facts reported below. Feel free to point out corrections, of course). Bryan Duff wrote: > After compiling in mesa source to get GLX working on the FC7-based > builds. Running `glxgears -fullscreen` I

Re: OLPC and GLX

2008-01-20 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
Bryan Duff wrote: > After compiling in mesa source to get GLX working on the FC7-based > builds. Running `glxgears -fullscreen` I get ~25 fps. Compared to > Ubuntu which gets 65 fps, this is rather poor. > > I think the Ubuntu performance shows that 3D (albeit simple 3D) is very > possible and w

OLPC and GLX

2008-01-20 Thread Bryan Duff
After compiling in mesa source to get GLX working on the FC7-based builds. Running `glxgears -fullscreen` I get ~25 fps. Compared to Ubuntu which gets 65 fps, this is rather poor. I think the Ubuntu performance shows that 3D (albeit simple 3D) is very possible and worthwhile. I've tried the amd