[Mageia-dev] GNOME llvmpipe rendering in gnome-session-3.6.0-2.mga3

[zago]

On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 12:32:16PM -0400, andre999 wrote:
> Olav Vitters a écrit :
> >On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 02:32:24PM +0200, ovitters wrote:
> >>Name        : gnome-session                Relocations: (not relocatable)
> >>Version     : 3.6.0                             Vendor: Mageia.Org
> >>Release     : 2.mga3                        Build Date: Mon Oct  8 14:26:33 2012
> >
> >>ovitters <ovitters> 3.6.0-2.mga3:
> >>+ Revision: 303504
> >>- add patch to unblacklist llvmpipe
> >
> >I've unblacklisted llvmpipe like Fedora has done for a few releases. In
> >some cases I noticed my normal driver not working (reason unknown), so
> >in case GNOME is sometimes slow, check if it isn't rendering using
> >llvmpipe.
> >
> On my system, running mga2, unblacklisting llvmpipe (so as to use
> regular gnome3, instead of classic/fallback mode) makes all display
> in regular gnome3 run extremely slow.
> It must be that llvmpipe is used for all display, even when
> acceleration isn't indicated.

Hmm, that is not good. I'll test for a few days, otherwise I'll revert.

What is reported in System Settings → Details under Graphics? llvmpipe
or something else?

> BTW, regular gnome3 might well be called "tablet mode".  A lot of
> extensions have been developped to revert to a display more like
> gnome2.

I am not using a tablet and suggest you first try it on a tablet.

-- 
Regards,
Olav