Subject: XFree86 4.0.2 *slower* than 3.3.6?
From: Paul J. Lucas (pauljlucas@mac.com)
Date: Sun Sep 02 2001 - 20:04:56 MDT
OK, so I don't think it's my imaginiation any more, but XFree86
4.0.2 as shipped with YDL 2.0 seems *slower* on my Lombard
Powerbook (which uses an ATI Mach64 LT/Pro graphics chip).
For example, vertical scrolls in an aterm window doing
transparency seem a tad sluggish; dragging a window around, I
can *watch* the other aterm windws behind it repaint text; the
"ifs" xscreensaver module runs at a *crawl* and soaks up all
the CPU whereas it ran just fine under 3.3.6.
In looking at the XFree86.log file, it seems to find and use the
"ati" driver for Mac64 located at 0:17:0 on the PCI bus. It
says it loads XXA.
So what's the deal? Anybody out there running XFree86 4.x on a
Lombard Powerbook with it faster? (Use the "ifs" screensaver as
a test -- you'll know if it's slow.)
- Paul
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