[Intel-gfx] i915GM 2D+3D intel driver regression

[Sergio Monteiro Basto]

Why don't send to the list , and to Marc Deop i Argemí.
I think you try compile intel-drv , but it is not easy , got kernel,
lib-drm, mesa , xserver and intel "Synced".
thanks, 

On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 18:45 -0700, SD wrote: 
> Actually, last update in Fedora 13:
> kernel-PAE-2.6.33.3-72.fc13.i686
> xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.11.0-3.fc13.i686
> made 2D works quick enough.
> 
> I can confirm - there was big improvement.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --- On Wed, 5/5/10, Sergio Monteiro Basto <sergio at sergiomb.no-ip.org> wrote:
> 
> > From: Sergio Monteiro Basto <sergio at sergiomb.no-ip.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] i915GM 2D+3D intel driver regression
> > To: "Marc Deop i Argemí" <damnshock at gmail.com>
> > Cc: intel-gfx at lists.freedesktop.org
> > Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 5:31 AM
> > On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 21:48 +0200,
> > Marc Deop i Argemí wrote: 
> > > On Friday April 30 2010 22:56:12 Clemens Eisserer
> > wrote:
> > > > And although so much has changed, I still
> > > > - Can't scroll through my gmail inbox "fluently",
> > not with firefox
> > > > nore with Opera
> > > > - Can't play even simple OpenGL games at
> > 1280x800
> > > > - Still have to disable Composition because it
> > dramatically slows down
> > > > window-resize performance.
> > > > 
> > > > So yep, it still sucks. However it doesn't crash
> > every 2 hours as it
> > > > did with intel-2.7/2.8.
> > > 
> > > I see I'm not the only one with this really bad
> > performance. I thought it was 
> > > my system which was buggy or somethings :S
> > > 
> > > My experience with an intel 945GM on linux has been
> > *TERRIBLE*. I was even 
> > > thinkig to switch back to Windows for some time (in
> > fact, I even got to 
> > > install Windows 7 although it didn't last long...).
> > > 
> > > However, I must thank the devs an intel because I feel
> > they are headed in the 
> > > right direction. Even though the performance is still
> > terrible, I see that 
> > > there are improvements with every driver release and
> > kernel update.
> > > 
> > > I hope I'll get a really usable driver in short :)
> > 
> > If you use intel-drv shipped on distros, should have
> > problems , do you
> > use ubuntu ?
> > 
> > I got a desktop with 945GM , don't have performance
> > problems , neither
> > locks or crashes .
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Sérgio M. B.
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> 
>       

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Sérgio M. B.
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