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190618 Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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> Does CPU use seem to go way up when xscreensaver starts? |
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>> No. The problem seems to be with the 3-D savers : |
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>> Gkrellm shows heavy use of 1 CPU (out of 8 ) at a time when they run. |
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> Is glxgears running as it should ? |
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>> I can't find an executable or pkg called 'glxgears', |
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>> but the saver called 'gears' small preview runs at 60 fps , |
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>> but the big preview runs at 14 fps ; |
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>> previously, the latter also did 60 fps . |
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> These findings harden my suspicion that the *GL* stuff |
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> (of which I have only the minutest clue) is broken for you. |
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> Do install the mesa-progs package that Dale found and run glxgears. |
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> It should have almost no effect on CPU use if things are working right. |
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I've installed Mesa-progs & run Glxgears, which is running properly. |
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It can show GL info as below. 'eselect' shows : |
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root:625 ~> eselect opengl list |
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Available OpenGL implementations: |
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[1] xorg-x11 * |
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817: ~> glxgears -info |
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Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be |
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approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate. |
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GL_RENDERER = NVD9 |
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GL_VERSION = 4.3 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 18.3.6 |
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GL_VENDOR = nouveau |
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GL_EXTENSIONS = GL_ARB_multisample GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra ... |
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VisualID 943, 0x3af |
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302 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.376 FPS |
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I am using Mesa-18.3.6 . |
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The flags I use are shown by : |
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root:630 ~> eix xscreensaver |
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[I] x11-misc/xscreensaver |
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Available versions: 5.38 5.40 5.42 |
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{gdm jpeg new-login offensive opengl pam +perl selinux suid xinerama} |
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Installed versions: 5.42 |
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(jpeg opengl -gdm -new-login -offensive -pam -perl -selinux -suid -xinerama) |
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Something seems to have changed in 5.42 : |
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I haven't merged anything else which would affect it. |
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I can restore 40 or 38 , but does anyone have further suggestions first ? |
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