[ltp] Re: Ubuntu Hardy: Intel video driver slow/broken on Thinkpad X41

[Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV]

On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 21:44 +0200, Rolf Kutz wrote:
> On 09/05/08 21:41 -0400, Charles E Rick Taylor IV wrote:
> >I realized that 3D isn't going to be fast on an X41, but I observe that
> >certain apps that used to run acceptably (celestia, some of the OpenGL
> >screensavers, Google Earth) now display a single frame per second or
> >less - making them totally unusable.

> Did you try googleearth-4.2 instead of 4.3? I
> noticed that googleearth-4.3 is really slow
> compared to googleearth-4.2 on a T60 with Intel
> graphics.

I think that's part of it.  I did discover that turning off the
atmosphere rendering in Google Earth 4.3 made it usable (rather than a
slideshow).  I'll try to see if 4.2 is significantly faster on my X41,
though.  Thanks for the tip.

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