That solves the nvidia problem but what about the general slow behavior of linux on my 486 and P-1 machines, they have simple 1 MB PCI cards like SIS, OPTI, sometimes S3 ?
Kamran On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 10:22, Mark Vojkovich wrote: > On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Andy Goth wrote: > > > On Monday, June 2, 2003 2:42 pm, Kamran wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I want to ask a simple question pinching me for past two years. Why the > > > linux system is slow on the GUI side ? I have installed and run RH 6.2, > > > 7.2 ,7.3 and now 8 on various systems. But I get a not very good > > > performance my computers as compared to the performance of windoze on > > > the same platform (on dual boot systems). I have tried to run TUX racer > > > on linux and now adays I am trying to run cube, BUT it is too damn slow > > > on linux. Once I reboot the machine in windoze 98 I get more than > > > excellent performance. I have a p-2 350 MHz with 128 MB RAM and 16 MB > > > nVidia AGP card. Where does the problem lie ? is it the window manager ? > > > Where are the claims of Linux of good memeory management, etc ? I need > > > help on this issue. I am one of the promoters and supporters of linux > > > and am sometimes spell bound once some one argues with me on this issue. > > > Please guide. > > > > Is the 2d stuff fast or slow? If it's slow, you might not be using an optimal > > driver for X. XFree86 comes with "nvidia" (check /etc/X11/XF86Config or a > > similarly named file---I have no clue what Red Hat calls it), or you could > > get "nv" from the nVidia web site. > > > > If it's fast but the 3d is slow, you're not taking advantage of hardware > > acceleration. Look into OpenGL. Probably for 3d, "nv" is your best bet > > performance-wise, except that in my experience it was buggy (I had to reboot > > occasionally to reset the graphics card to get my display back), but that was > > a long time ago for an old card. If you want to stick with open stuff, use > > "nvidia". > > > > You have those backwards. "nv" is the open source driver, "nvidia" > is NVIDIA's binary driver. The open source driver has no hardware 3D. > support. If you want hardware 3D with that card you need to be using > the "nvidia" driver. > > > Mark. > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > -- Computer bugs are like ship-wrecks, they are not found unless they want to be found." _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
