> Mark Kaiman wrote: > > I downloaded snv_93 to my ThinkPad recently. It > seems much slower than previous builds when redrawing > windows, launching applications, etc... Anyone else > notice this? I am actually thinking of reinstalling > the original 2008.05. It ran much more smoothly. > > You don't mention what graphics are in your laptop, > so I don't > know if it's the same issue, but... > > Several of us have noticed the recently added DRI > support makes > the ATI Radeon x700 in the Ferrari 4000 laptops much > slower than > before - simply adding the Option "DRI" "False" line > to the driver > section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf cured it. > > (If you're running the default of no xorg.conf, you > can create one > by killing the current desktop with "svcadm gdm > disable", logging > in on the command line, running "/usr/X11/bin/Xorg > -configure" and > then moving /root/xorg.conf.new to > /etc/X11/xorg.conf and editing > it - adding "pfexec" to those commands where needed > if not logged > in as root. Once it's in place, "svcadm gdm enable > ; exit" to > switch back from command line to gui login.) > > -- > -Alan Coopersmith- > - alan.coopersmith at sun.com > Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System > em Engineering >
Based on Mark's previous posts, I suspect he was talking about ThinkPad R61i (Intel GMA 3100 chipset). I have a similar machine and am noticing a similar slowness problem. Will the above workaround apply to GMA 3100 as well? This message posted from opensolaris.org
