gregoa@belanna:~$ glxinfo | grep direct direct rendering: Yes gregoa@belanna:~$ glxgears 379 frames in 5.1 seconds = 74.989 FPS 82 frames in 5.3 seconds = 15.381 FPS 66 frames in 5.1 seconds = 13.059 FPS 82 frames in 5.1 seconds = 16.237 FPS 80 frames in 5.0 seconds = 15.954 FPS 82 frames in 5.1 seconds = 16.209 FPS gregoa@belanna:~$how?
reading logs (i.e.
/var/log/Xorg.0.log in this case) is often
helpful; it told me to use the i915 instead of the i830 kernel module. [0] - new
kernel - new luck.
update 1: tried some things. now glxgears is getting faster. don't ask me why exactly ...
gregoa@belanna:~$ glxgears 594 frames in 5.0 seconds = 118.757 FPS 662 frames in 5.0 seconds = 132.250 FPS 647 frames in 5.0 seconds = 128.470 FPS 660 frames in 5.0 seconds = 131.886 FPS 710 frames in 5.0 seconds = 141.882 FPS 727 frames in 5.0 seconds = 145.335 FPS 692 frames in 5.0 seconds = 138.279 FPS 732 frames in 5.0 seconds = 146.280 FPS gregoa@belanna:~$update 2: & now it's slow again:
gregoa@belanna:~$ glxgears 345 frames in 5.0 seconds = 68.716 FPS 81 frames in 5.0 seconds = 16.142 FPS 82 frames in 5.1 seconds = 16.196 FPS 81 frames in 5.0 seconds = 16.140 FPS 81 frames in 5.0 seconds = 16.099 FPS 76 frames in 5.0 seconds = 15.130 FPS 62 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12.340 FPS 81 frames in 5.0 seconds = 16.064 FPS 81 frames in 5.0 seconds = 16.193 FPS 81 frames in 5.0 seconds = 16.102 FPS 81 frames in 5.0 seconds = 16.132 FPS 81 frames in 5.1 seconds = 16.017 FPS 80 frames in 5.1 seconds = 15.838 FPS 81 frames in 5.0 seconds = 16.083 FPS 81 frames in 5.0 seconds = 16.183 FPSupdate 3: better weather today?! or is it the new X server? or the new kernel?
gregoa@belanna:~$ glxgears 3730 frames in 5.0 seconds = 745.987 FPS 4943 frames in 5.0 seconds = 981.419 FPS 1112 frames in 5.0 seconds = 221.716 FPS 4423 frames in 5.0 seconds = 881.946 FPS 5083 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1016.595 FPS 5226 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1041.151 FPS 4654 frames in 5.1 seconds = 921.170 FPS 4479 frames in 5.1 seconds = 874.422 FPS 2713 frames in 5.0 seconds = 539.345 FPS 5328 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1065.594 FPS 4946 frames in 5.0 seconds = 987.530 FPS 5181 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1036.035 FPS 5084 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1009.898 FPS 5375 frames in 5.1 seconds = 1063.975 FPS 5264 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1044.412 FPS 5323 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1064.588 FPS 5034 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1001.461 FPS[0] CONFIG_DRM_I915=y
