Breezy/X.org/nVidia poor performance

[spbasset at ptd.net]

Dave Walker <dave at mudsite.com> said:

> Francis Viviers wrote:
> 
> >On Thursday 01 September 2005 17:50, David Walker wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I also see this problem, not on the login screen but within my favorite
> >>game in the world, tuxracer.  I also noted that glxgears just crawls
> >>along.  There is defiantly a problem here, and it is me not play1)ing
> >>tuxracer ;)
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >OK, i dont use breezy but i think i know what the problem is. Check the 
> >following :
> >
> >1.  That the driver being used in /etc/X11/xorg.conf for your screencard is 
> >nvidia and not something like vesa etc.
> >
> >2. In the same xorg.conf file check if it has : Load "glx" in there somewhere 
> >or something similair.
> >
> >3. Is the open gl packages for your ubuntu system installed.
> >
> >Any one of these can make video performance of nvidia cards slow. I hope this 
> >helps.
> >
> >Francis Viviers
> >
> >  
> >
> 1) Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
>     Driver      "nvidia"
>     BusID       "PCI:2:0:0"
> EndSection
> 
> 
> 
> 2)Section "Module"
>     Load    "GLcore"
>     Load    "bitmap"
>     Load    "dbe"
>     Load    "dri"
>     Load    "extmod"
>     Load    "freetype"
>     Load    "glx"
>     Load    "v4l"
> EndSection
> 
> 
> 3) I have nvidia-glx installed.  I am unaware of any other packages to 
> install for 3d support.
> 
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> dave
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