Re: [Sugar-devel] testing composition for speeding up graphics performance

2009-06-21 Thread Chris Marshall
os767 sugar 0.82.1 booting from SD on an XO-1 The composite extension works well. Tabbing between Activities is much zippier. Switching zoom level views seems faster too, although the Home view takes a while to draw the circle of Activity icons. The XO in the center appears first, then a

Re: [Sugar-devel] testing composition for speeding up graphics performance

2009-06-21 Thread Eduardo H. Silva
2009/6/19 Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.com: On 18 Jun 2009, at 10:29, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:21, Sascha Silbesascha-ml-ui-sugar-de...@silbe.org wrote: On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:09:06AM +0200, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: Wonder if that's intended, as going to a zoom level

Re: [Sugar-devel] testing composition for speeding up graphics performance

2009-06-21 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi Eduardo, On 21 Jun 2009, at 23:46, Eduardo H. Silva wrote: 2009/6/19 Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.com: On 18 Jun 2009, at 10:29, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:21, Sascha Silbesascha-ml-ui-sugar-de...@silbe.org wrote: On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:09:06AM +0200, Tomeu

Re: [Sugar-devel] testing composition for speeding up graphics performance

2009-06-18 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 20:00, Gary C Marting...@garycmartin.com wrote: On 16 Jun 2009, at 20:50, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: we are considering using the composite extension in order to improve the perceived graphics performance of Sugar. It would be great if someone could test it by running the

Re: [Sugar-devel] testing composition for speeding up graphics performance

2009-06-18 Thread Sascha Silbe
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:09:06AM +0200, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: Wonder if that's intended, as going to a zoom level involves some kind of animation, i.e. is not intended to take you there as fast as possible. What kind of animation? I can't remember ever having seen one (unless you count the

Re: [Sugar-devel] testing composition for speeding up graphics performance

2009-06-18 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:21, Sascha Silbesascha-ml-ui-sugar-de...@silbe.org wrote: On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:09:06AM +0200, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: Wonder if that's intended, as going to a zoom level involves some kind of animation, i.e. is not intended to take you there as fast as possible.

Re: [Sugar-devel] testing composition for speeding up graphics performance

2009-06-18 Thread Gary C Martin
On 18 Jun 2009, at 10:29, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:21, Sascha Silbesascha-ml-ui-sugar-de...@silbe.org wrote: On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:09:06AM +0200, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: Wonder if that's intended, as going to a zoom level involves some kind of animation, i.e. is

Re: [Sugar-devel] testing composition for speeding up graphics performance

2009-06-17 Thread Martin Dengler
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:39:30PM +0100, Lucian Branescu wrote: I've put xcompmgr -a in my .xsession file I've had ti there for a while too. and everything works great. I haven't seen any artefacts anywhere in fact. Please change the volume from Terminal and observe the speaker icon's lack

Re: [Sugar-devel] testing composition for speeding up graphics performance

2009-06-17 Thread Lucian Branescu
I've finally found an artefact, but I'm not sure what caused it. There is now a tall grey-ish bar on the left of the frame. It moves with the frame. 2009/6/17 Martin Dengler mar...@martindengler.com: On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:39:30PM +0100, Lucian Branescu wrote: I've put xcompmgr -a in my

Re: [Sugar-devel] testing composition for speeding up graphics performance

2009-06-17 Thread Gary C Martin
On 16 Jun 2009, at 20:50, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: we are considering using the composite extension in order to improve the perceived graphics performance of Sugar. It would be great if someone could test it by running the following. As root: yum install xcompmgr As normal user in the terminal

[Sugar-devel] testing composition for speeding up graphics performance

2009-06-16 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
Hi, we are considering using the composite extension in order to improve the perceived graphics performance of Sugar. It would be great if someone could test it by running the following. As root: yum install xcompmgr As normal user in the terminal activity: xcompmgr -a And report any

Re: [Sugar-devel] testing composition for speeding up graphics performance

2009-06-16 Thread Martin Dengler
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 09:50:03PM +0200, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: [test xcompmgr and] report any performance improvements when switching windows, sliding the frame in and out, and any other operations that involve redrawing parts of the screen. I see significant performance improvements on my XO

Re: [Sugar-devel] testing composition for speeding up graphics performance

2009-06-16 Thread Lucian Branescu
I've just tried xcompmgr on my XO with 0.82 (f9). I also see significant perceived performance improvements when sliding the frame and especially when switching windows. I have however noticed some artefacts on the top of the frame and the edges of Terminal (the activity where I started

Re: [Sugar-devel] testing composition for speeding up graphics performance

2009-06-16 Thread Lucian Branescu
I've just tried xcompmgr on my XO with 0.82 (f9). I also see significant perceived performance improvements when sliding the frame and especially when switching windows. I have however noticed some artefacts on the top of the frame and the edges of Terminal (the activity where I started

Re: [Sugar-devel] testing composition for speeding up graphics performance

2009-06-16 Thread Martin Dengler
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 09:54:32PM +0100, Lucian Branescu wrote: I've just tried xcompmgr on my XO with 0.82 (f9). [...] I have however noticed some artefacts on the top of the frame and the edges of Terminal (the activity where I started xcompmgr). They disappear after I restart an activity,

Re: [Sugar-devel] testing composition for speeding up graphics performance

2009-06-16 Thread Lucian Branescu
I've put xcompmgr -a in my .xsession file and everything works great. I haven't seen any artefacts anywhere in fact. 2009/6/16 Martin Dengler mar...@martindengler.com: On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 09:54:32PM +0100, Lucian Branescu wrote: I've just tried xcompmgr on my XO with 0.82 (f9). [...] I