[ltp] Thinking of leaving Thinkpads

[Shot (Piotr Szotkowski)]

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Jesse Sheidlower:

> On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 10:35:23AM +0200, Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) wrote:

>> I=E2=80=99m sticking to Ubuntu 9.04 on my X301, because both 9.10 and
>> 10.04 use newer Intel video drivers (without support for some
>> crucial three-letter acronym) and the 3D performance is definitely
>> worse (framerate in glxgears is almost exactly halved, for example).

> I don't know, to be honest. I don't do anything graphics-intensive,
> and the default install works fine for my needs, so I never looked
> into it further.

I don=E2=80=99t do anything graphics-intensive either =E2=80=93 but I was a=
ble to see
(and, more importantly, feel) the degradation even in Compiz=E2=80=99s basic
effects.

> But if there's something I can run to give you statistics,
> without reinstalling the OS or whatever, I'm happy to do so.

If you could simply boot into Ubuntu 10.04, install the mesa-utils
package if you don=E2=80=99t have it, open the terminal, run glxgears for a=
bout
half a minute and then send me the terminal output that would be great.

(I get ~5000 frames in five seconds (~1000 FPS) in Ubuntu 9.04
and ~2500 frames in five seconds (~500 FPS) in 9.10 and 10.04.)

On a related note: did you try using your X301 with an external
display connected to the DisplayPort (as opposed to the VGA output)?

I first had a lot of problems with a DisplayPort-DVI connector, finally
got the right(-number-of-pins) one, only to be able to use it for half
an hour and then it stopped working again; I=E2=80=99m not sure whether my
hardware broke or is it some software problem. (I can=E2=80=99t see the boot
screens on DisplayPort anymore, so I=E2=80=99m thinking it=E2=80=99s a hard=
ware issue.)

=E2=80=94 Shot
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=E2=80=98Humor. It is a difficult concept. It is not logical.=E2=80=99
=E2=80=98We learn by doing.=E2=80=99
          [Saavik, Kirk, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan]

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