[Mageia-dev] GNOME llvmpipe rendering in gnome-session-3.6.0-2.mga3

Mon Oct 8 19:07:47 CEST 2012

On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 12:32:16PM -0400, andre999 wrote:
+> Olav Vitters a écrit :
+> >On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 02:32:24PM +0200, ovitters wrote:
+> >>Name        : gnome-session                Relocations: (not relocatable)
+> >>Version     : 3.6.0                             Vendor: Mageia.Org
+> >>Release     : 2.mga3                        Build Date: Mon Oct  8 14:26:33 2012
+> >
+> >>ovitters <ovitters> 3.6.0-2.mga3:
+> >>+ Revision: 303504
+> >>- add patch to unblacklist llvmpipe
+> >
+> >I've unblacklisted llvmpipe like Fedora has done for a few releases. In
+> >some cases I noticed my normal driver not working (reason unknown), so
+> >in case GNOME is sometimes slow, check if it isn't rendering using
+> >llvmpipe.
+> >
+> On my system, running mga2, unblacklisting llvmpipe (so as to use
+> regular gnome3, instead of classic/fallback mode) makes all display
+> in regular gnome3 run extremely slow.
+> It must be that llvmpipe is used for all display, even when
+> acceleration isn't indicated.
+
+Hmm, that is not good. I'll test for a few days, otherwise I'll revert.
+
+What is reported in System Settings → Details under Graphics? llvmpipe
+or something else?
+
+> BTW, regular gnome3 might well be called "tablet mode".  A lot of
+> extensions have been developped to revert to a display more like
+> gnome2.
+
+I am not using a tablet and suggest you first try it on a tablet.
+
+-- 
+Regards,
+Olav
+