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In +</I>>>><i> some cases I noticed my normal driver not working (reason unknown), so +</I>>>><i> in case GNOME is sometimes slow, check if it isn't rendering using +</I>>>><i> llvmpipe. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> On my system, running mga2, unblacklisting llvmpipe (so as to use +</I>>><i> regular gnome3, instead of classic/fallback mode) makes all display +</I>>><i> in regular gnome3 run extremely slow. +</I> +This includes the virtual console, or scrolling in gedit, neither of +which has any need for accelerated display. + +>><i> It must be that llvmpipe is used for all display, even when +</I>>><i> acceleration isn't indicated. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Hmm, that is not good. I'll test for a few days, otherwise I'll revert. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> What is reported in System Settings → Details under Graphics? llvmpipe +</I>><i> or something else? +</I> +It says +"Carte graphique Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x300)" + +Strangely enough, I have now uninstalled llvmpipe and am running gnome3 +in fallback/classic mode. +But it said the same thing before uninstalling. +I guess that the message is only set/reset under regular gnome. +I don't think classic mode was slow with llvmpipe installed, but +uninstalled it since llvmpipe was in the libllvm-devel package (version +3.0 on mga2), which is huge (1 G in size). +The equivalent package on fedora is apparently llvm-devel. +(I uninstalled it to leave more space on /.) +><i> +</I>>><i> BTW, regular gnome3 might well be called "tablet mode". A lot of +</I>>><i> extensions have been developped to revert to a display more like +</I>>><i> gnome2. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I am not using a tablet and suggest you first try it on a tablet. +</I>><i> +</I>My wife has a tablet-like android computer. The default regular gnome3 +has the same appearance (and awkwardness to quickly access applications). +Sorry, but don't have access to a tablet powerful enough to run gnome3. +I looked at a number of extensions, and it was surprising how many were +oriented to bringing back a more gnome2-like (and/or less tablet-like) +appearance. +So there are already solutions for most of the appearance problems. +(And if necessary, I'll modify some to regain a convenient environment.) + +I'm surprised at the performance problems of llvmpipe. Although my cpu +is 32-bit and 64-bit is recommended, it does have the recommended sse2 +function. +See <A HREF="http://www.mesa3d.org/llvmpipe.html">http://www.mesa3d.org/llvmpipe.html</A> + +(It has taken me ages to get gnome3 -- classic -- in a usable state. +Next to regain access to svn.) + +-- +André +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="019244.html">[Mageia-dev] GNOME llvmpipe rendering in gnome-session-3.6.0-2.mga3 +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="019266.html">[Mageia-dev] GNOME llvmpipe rendering in gnome-session-3.6.0-2.mga3 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#19256">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#19256">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#19256">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#19256">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |