Re: FC9 - S-L-O-W video

["Amadeus W.M." <amadeus84@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 17 May 2008 09:03:15 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:

> Just an observation, on two machines which were perfectly usable with
> FC8, after "upgrade" they are really nasty to use in terms of video.
> Moving a windows leaves a comet trail of window outlines which take 1-2
> seconds to clear, minimizing a window results in a trail of shrinking
> outlines, the minimize takes seconds and a few seconds after that for
> the outlines to fade.
> 
> This feels like vista, in the names of cool features the video has been
> made painfully slow. All under GNOME, I expect issues with the new KDE,
> but if this is the "improved" X, the code or the default configuration
> is aimed at either gamers with $500 video cards or people who like eye
> candy and effects so much they want time to appreciate them.
> 
> --
> Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
>    "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
> the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot

I'm having similar issues with video in F9. I have an onboard intel chip 
that normally uses the i810 driver. I figured it's probably not using 
acceleration and glxinfo showed DRI = no at one point, now when I run 
glxinfo X crashes alltogether. However if I boot off the Live cd 
everything is perfect. That's the weird thing. With the live cd there is 
no /etc/X11/xorg.conf meaning that X uses builtin configuration for my 
video chip and that works very well. I don't understand why the full-
fledged F9 doesn't do the same. 

Also, if I boot in runlevel 5, sound works. In runlevel 3 it doesn't. 
Yeah, and there's no sound configuration tool anymore. 

I'm downloading CentOS as we speak. 

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