Memory issue with libcairo/gl and -nvidia binary driver

[Levi Schuck]

That last part seems pretty sad.... 

On Mar 24, 2011, at 12:31, cat <zixon65 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Bryce Harrington <bryce at canonical.com> wrote:
> In testing, we found an oddball issue that with enabling GL for
> libcairo, when running under NVIDIA's proprietary driver applications
> see significantly increased memory utilization.
> 
>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cairo/+bug/725434
> 
> For ubuntu we're working around this by having gl and non-gl binary
> packages in libcairo, so wayland can use the former and everything else
> the latter.  We will be seeking a more proper fix longer term.
> 
> I don't think this affects wayland directly, so just take as an FYI.
> 
> Bryce
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> Forgive me if Im wrong but isn't nvidia ignoring the new graphics technologies(no plan support for kms)?
> really I forsee the driver becoming obsolete. They are ignoring the newer technoloie systems, and the aren't planning to support their own technologies on linux. on top of this the nouveau driver has been shown to out preform the nvidia driver on low end cards
>  
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