jaunty good, except for low video performance...

laurent.bellegarde laurent.bellegarde at free.fr
Tue Apr 28 06:23:56 BST 2009


surian a écrit :
> Hi folks
> first i wish to thanks the ubuntu studio team for this new release, 
> the system is always great, thanks!
> My new jaunty Desktop is running fine, i can run jack with low latency 
> (5.8) ans stable using a m-audio audiophile 2496.
>
> The only problem i noticed, so far, is that the video is running far 
> more low than the Hardy Heron (8.04) I was using till yesterday.
> Like, for example, when running an Ardour session, I open the mixer 
> window and the level bars are lagging/freezin..
> The windows in general are opening low. (maybe the whole system is 
> runnin lower...)
>
> Does someone could help to detect where's the problem?
>
> My video card is a nvidia 8600GT, and i have 1 Gb Ram. The visual 
> effects on "appearance" are disabled.
>
> Maybe could it be the nvidia driver? I'm using the version 180 that 
> seems to be the recommended one in the restricted drivers area.
> Maybe version 173 (the other option) could work better?
>
> maybe is my memory lock (70%) too high?
>
> I really apreciate your help.
>
> um abraço,    ---> PT(br)
>
> surian
>
Hi,

if i compared jaunty to hardy only for video, jaunty is running a little 
bit slower too here, with an ati card. I think it's a small trouble 
coming from the new xorg, but I've no idea of what is wrong.

Laurent



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