[Mageia-dev] Fwd: fallback mode

Tue Nov 6 11:03:22 CET 2012

'Twas brillig, and Olav Vitters at 05/11/12 23:01 did gyre and gimble:
+> On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 11:39:41PM +0100, Olivier Blin wrote:
+>> Olav Vitters <olav at vitters.nl> writes:
+>>
+>>> On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 07:27:26PM +0100, Olivier Blin wrote:
+>>>> Even an Intel Core2 Duo (E8400) from 2008 + Intel Q35 chipset from 2007
+>>>> can not handle the load with Gnome Shell on a 1920x1080 display, using
+>>>> accelerated GL drivers.
+>>>
+>>> Sure it is not using llvmpipe accidentally? What kind of driver does
+>>> that Q35 use? I have an intel chipset in my old laptop, no clue what,
+>>> but it is really smooth.
+>>
+>> Q35 has an Intel GMA3100 chipset, it is using i915.
+>> I don't think it is using llvmpipe, since
+>> /usr/lib64/gnome-session-check-accelerated-helper succeeds.
+>> Is there a better way to check that?
+> 
+> System Settings → Details.
+> 
+>> Which Intel chipset is your old laptop using? 
+> 
+> Intel® 965GM. I guess that is newer than your laptop. My laptop has a
+> BIOS from 2007, I guess it was made around that time. GNOME shell seems
+> really smooth, same as my main machine though resolution is just
+> 1280×1024.
+
+My ~4year old primary machine with i945 (so somewhere in between) is
+also pretty smooth overall (could be smoother but it is 4 years old!)
+
+Col
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