Re: FC14 good/bad news

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Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On 11/17/2010 08:33 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> Now I can select enhanced effects for video, and they work fine (for values of
>> fine considering I wanted to see if they work, not that I want them on).
>> However, the display is still dog slow, glxgears runs at 60fps, video is jerky,
>> etc. So the "better" video now doesn't crash, does provide effects I don't need,
>> and is still too slow to be useful, even on a non-game machine. So much for not
>> using vendor drivers.
>
> Examine /var/log/Xorg.0.log.  Make sure it's loading the "radeon"
> driver.  If you don't feel comfortable interpreting the file, post it
> somewhere that others can see it.
>
Sorry, I forgot to post a reply to your other suggestion, the radeon driver does 
get loaded, the framebuffer (/proc/fb) is radeondrmfb, and as noted, 3D effects 
are functional, if useless. But thanks for the suggestion, at least I am pretty 
sure I haven't missed anything major.

> I don't have an R700 based card, so I don't know too much about their
> support level.  The F13 release notes indicated that 3D support for that
> chipset had been added.  I'd expect F14 to have somewhat improved drivers...


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