To clarify the situation a bit I made the following tests: With no compiz activated:
$ glxinfo | grep direct direct rendering: Yes $ sudo glxinfo | grep direct direct rendering: Yes $ glxgears 2844 frames in 5.0 seconds = 568.693 FPS 2986 frames in 5.0 seconds = 597.155 FPS 2900 frames in 5.0 seconds = 579.849 FPS $ sudo glxgears 2736 frames in 5.0 seconds = 547.065 FPS 3057 frames in 5.0 seconds = 611.340 FPS 3069 frames in 5.0 seconds = 613.760 FPS With compiz activated: $ glxinfo | grep direct direct rendering: Yes $ sudo glxinfo | grep direct direct rendering: Yes $ glxgears 2946 frames in 5.0 seconds = 589.101 FPS 2995 frames in 5.0 seconds = 598.924 FPS 3015 frames in 5.0 seconds = 602.967 FPS $ sudo glxgears 2930 frames in 5.0 seconds = 585.985 FPS 2676 frames in 5.0 seconds = 535.103 FPS 2656 frames in 5.0 seconds = 531.038 FPS My conclusions: 1. If your direct rendering as a user is not working according to glxinfo check if it works with compiz disabled. And vice versa. 2. There is no significant difference in performance when run with user previliges or root previliges. -- Poor graphics performance and rendering errors on Intel GM965 system, Ubuntu 8.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252094 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
