tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007357716194504923.post6510509105072566327..comments2015-12-09T14:11:24.913-08:00Comments on I learned today...: why you should avoid putting Ubuntu Jaunty on a t60piblearninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07752233731317620953noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007357716194504923.post-84001594809685860732009-04-30T22:23:00.000-07:002009-04-30T22:23:00.000-07:00Hm, so glxgears gives a good frame rate (e.g. >...Hm, so glxgears gives a good frame rate (e.g. >1000 fps)?<br /><br />If you don't have it, you could try adding the "AccelMethod" "exa" option to your xorg.conf. Or possibly try using the radeonhd driver instead.<br /><br />That's all I can think of...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237055899879463210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007357716194504923.post-4657678640386640082009-04-30T13:02:00.000-07:002009-04-30T13:02:00.000-07:00I took another look and xdpyinfo lists GLX and DRI...I took another look and xdpyinfo lists GLX and DRI2 as loaded extensions.<br /><br />glxinfo lists direct rendering as enabled but any sort of compositing is unusably slow.<br /><br />I'm going to check out that page and see if there isn't some tweaking that can be done. Look for a new post if I come up with something (and if you have any other pointers I'd be happy to check them out)iblearninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752233731317620953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007357716194504923.post-53951755776150899932009-04-30T11:30:00.000-07:002009-04-30T11:30:00.000-07:00Well that's unfortunate... that's not exactly an o...Well that's unfortunate... that's not exactly an old laptop! I'm surprised you don't have 2d acceleration with the open-source radeon driver though.. apparently that card is RV530-based, and according to <A HREF="http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIRadeon#line-274" REL="nofollow">this page</A>, 2d as well as 3d acceleration should be supported...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237055899879463210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007357716194504923.post-29647721801393543692009-04-28T19:08:00.000-07:002009-04-28T19:08:00.000-07:00I suppose I should call that out as well. Nvidia ...I suppose I should call that out as well. Nvidia and Intel graphics cards are fine.iblearninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752233731317620953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007357716194504923.post-443081114827426982009-04-28T19:06:00.000-07:002009-04-28T19:06:00.000-07:00I got lucky and my T61p has an NVidia card. Other ...I got lucky and my T61p has an NVidia card. Other than that Jaunty doesn't have anything that major for me since suspend and wireless worked fairly well in Intrepid.spihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617902598639485436noreply@blogger.com