Bug#577976: xserver-xorg-video-vesa: New VESA driver excrutiatingly slow
>> The VESA driver from Debian testing is incredibly slow (I get to see
>> in which order my windows are drawn when switching desktop). Now, I
>> know that VESA is not accelerated, but this is much worse. The VESA
>> driver from Debian stable (from Xorg server 1.4.2) is *much* faster
>> (as in "quite usable for everyday coding"). Has anyone seen this or
>> has any idea how I can get back the normal speed (other than by
>> downgrading to Debian stable's driver)?
> I have no idea whether that would make any difference, but can you
> check what happens if you install libgl1-mesa-dri? (For some reasons a
> dlopen is attempted on swrast_dri.so)
It is installed already.
> You may want to check what happens with fbdev instead?
Yes, that's a good idea, thanks.
Stefan
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