[ltp] x40 display settings and glxgears

John Sullivan linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:37:50 -0400


come se fosse antani <antani@gmail.com> writes:

> On 10/18/05, Giuseppe Castagna <Giuseppe.Castagna@ens.fr> wrote:
>> come se fosse antani wrote:
>> > On 10/18/05, Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@gmx.de> wrote:
>> >
>> >>On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 17:22:19 +0000, come se fosse antani wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>Hi.
>> >>>I'm using debian unstable on a x40 (with intel gfx chip) with 768mb
>> >>>ram; I use x.org from apt (6.8.2) and a 2.6.12.6 kernel, compiled with
>> >>>i915 as a module.
>> >>>in my xorg.conf the video driver is setted as "i810".
>> >>>
>> >>>glxgears shows me a fps rate of 750, but on a webpage I found that's
>> >>>possibile to reach 1450...
>> >>>
>> >>>where is my error? :D
>
>> Same for me (same configuration) and glxgear returns about 760 fps (and I use
>> Alan Houraine's i810 experimental driver
>> http://www.fairlite.demon.co.uk/intel.html
>> ---Beppe---
>
> hi beppe.  I use the stock in-kernel and in-xorg drivers. so it seems that
> "your drivers" are not so useful... or they have other features?  The webpage I
> refer is this one [1].  perhaps my english skills are too bad but it seems that
> the author of this page use the same configuration...  perhaps I've to write
> him. :D
>

I use the experimental driver, because it's the only way I've been able to get
my x40 to drive a 1680x1050 external lcd. 

The stock i810 driver doesn't seem to work for that.


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