S. Hakim Hamdani wrote: > Hi again, > > it was suggested to me off-list, that I try to use XAA instead of EXA > in my xorg.conf file. > > I added this to my xorg.conf file to enable XAA, I googled XAA and the > only configuration example I found was for enabling EXA like this, I > just substituted exa with xaa: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Intel950GMA" > Driver "i810" > VendorName "Intel Corporation" > BoardName "Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller" > BusID "PCI:0:2:0" > Option "AccelMethod" "xaa" > EndSection > > Is EXA enabled by default? I thought this was still an experimental > feature? >
EXA as default since intel_driver 2.2.0. b84 should still use intel driver 2.1.1, so XAA enabled by default. Please check the /var/log/Xorg.0.log, "Using XXX for acceleration". > Anyway, this is my normal, working xorg.conf (albeit with those lags > since build 77), I used it since build 58 like this: > > When I run this file, X works just fine, except that the performance > is lower than before build 77 and the only warnings in the log are the > ones I already posted. > > Can you offer any additional insights? Much obliged. I'd like to have > my X performance back! :) > > Cheers, h I think the performance and other 3D issues will be fixed after the mesa upgrading. We once plan to upgrade to 7.4/1.5, but the 7.4/1.5 release date is slipping. For the short term we would look to make Mesa 7.0.2 working with Xorg 1.3. Once we finished, will let the community know soon. Thanks! Liang Kan
