Re: Downgrading xorg xserver from 1.7 to 1.6
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:00 AM, tv.debian@googlemail.com
<tv.debian@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> before going the (hard) downgrade way, did you try using the free
> "radeon" driver (or whichever is relevant for your card). I "fixed" a
> computer crippled by the same problem yesterday, running an Ati
> HD2600XT, and the result is so nice that the owner doesn't want to go
> back to fglrx ! I just removed the xorg.conf file and rebooted, "fixed".
Yes I am using the free driver now but the performance is poor. Actually
I get a strange behavior:
with metacity as compositing manager -- I have fast window movements and
fast scrolling in applications like iceweasel, but windows resize is
very slow, as is workspace switching (takes between 1 and 2 seconds,
which is the thing I hate most)
with metacity as NON compositing manager -- workspace switching is
instant and resize is fast, but movement and scrolling is terribly slow
(you can see the frames being redrawn one by one)
Also, as I understand it, one of the problems is that part of the
graphic calculations are delegated to the CPU, which would explain why
since the upgrade the fan is almost constantly spinning while before it
was resting 80% of the time (same environmental conditions of course).
> Of course your luck will depend on how well supported your hardware is,
> but even without "3D" acceleration it would be a workaround, I read that
> Ati is about to release a new driver, maybe this one will finally catch
> up with xorg and kernel development (for now...).
>
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzkzMQ
I hope it will be a fast release. I know that downgrading can be a real
pain, and I honestly don't even know where to find the packages I need,
I was actually thinking about installing a lenny system to fall back on
whenever things get broken like this.
Thanks for your reply.
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