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Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> posted |
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5bdc1c8b0906251550i682319ecp7189f52e4cfefbb7@××××××××××.com, excerpted |
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below, on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:50:51 -0700: |
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>> Try adding this line to that section: |
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>> Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" |
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>> Nikos suggested it on this list a while back and it made my XFCE with |
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>> ATI graphics card perform much faster... a night and day difference. |
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FWIW, EXA (as opposed to XAA) will eventually become the default. It may |
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be on ~arch xorg-server/xf86-video-ati already, I don't know as I've been |
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using EXA for years, now, since I first started playing with composite |
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(back when it was still buggy and could crash X on occasion), back in |
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early 2006, KDE 3.5.1 and xorg 7.0. |
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Yes, it does make a BIG difference. But as I said, it was originally |
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buggy, so wasn't the default. With the stable xorg and drivers, it's |
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obviously still not the default, but it will be eventually, as XAA is |
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being deprecated and may eventually be removed. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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