Re: X is slow on 2.6-test6 kernel
Stephen Cormier wrote:
>On September 28, 2003 10:04 pm, Nathan Weston wrote:
>> I just installed 2.6.0-test6, and X is incredibly slow -- if I minimize a
>> window which covers most of the screen, I can watch the redraw creep down
>> the screen, taking about 1 second to finish.
>>
>> I'm using a PCI GeForce2 MX with the 4496 driver from NVidia. Under 2.4.21,
>> the same driver produces good results. I haven't been able to test other
>> cards or drivers.
>>
>> Nathan
>Have you tried the patch file from http://www.minion.de/ I used the method
>described in the readme file as "2) install the kernel module (as root):"
>near the top of the file it worked perfectly. The page describes the patch as
>for test5 which I was using it on but it worked for test6 as well.
>The files refered too:
>http://www.minion.de/files/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4496-README
>http://www.minion.de/files/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4496-2-6.diff
I installed the drivers using nvidia-installer and the patches from minion.de.
Nathan
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