Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xscreensaver is very slow

[Jack]

On 6/18/19 1:11 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> On 2019-06-18 11:54, Philip Webb wrote:
>>> Does CPU use seem to go way up when xscreensaver starts?
>> No.  The problem seems to be with the 3-D savers :
>> Gkrellm shows heavy use of  1  CPU (out of  8  ) at a time when they run.
>>> Is glxgears running as it should ?
>> I can't find an executable or pkg called 'glxgears',
>> but the saver called 'gears' small preview runs at  60 fps ,
>> but the big preview runs at  14 fps ;
>> previously, the latter also did  60 fps .
> These findings harden my suspicion that the *GL* stuff (of which I have
> only the minutest clue) is broken for you.
>
> Do install the mesa-progs package that Dale found and run glxgears.  It
> should have almost no effect on CPU use if things are working right.
What does "eselect opengl list" show?
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