Hello.
I've just fresh installed Debian Testing on an Atom N270 with Intel i945 GME graphics chip.
GNOME 3 performs slow so KDE does.
I've read somewhere that the problem is that the Intel driver emulates via software some functionalities to comply OpenGL 2.1 version.
But the hardware only supports truly up to 1.4 ARB.
And those desktop environments make use of those functionalities if notice that there are avaliable.
So, what I wish to know is how may I force OpenGL to 1.4 prior to lauch X and where I should set it the more elegantly
PS : I have another laptop, with Intel Centriino M 1.6GHz with an Intel i915 GM chip.
=614&cmp[]=1158]Both processors are low performant, but the interesting thing here is that the graphic chip is inferior.
But GNOME 3 performs well.
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Force OpenGL version
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Re: Force OpenGL version
The Atom N270's is a pretty slow chip compared to that Centrino, so I think that's at the root of KDE and GNOME 3's slowness. Those are rather heavy desktops.
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Re: Force OpenGL version
I concur, the desktops are too heavy. I had an intel t4400 and gnome 3 was miserably slow.
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Re: Force OpenGL version
Ummh.
This looks interesting : http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n ... nGL-2-Drop
I wonder if Gnome Shell will work with OpenGL 1.4 only.
This looks interesting : http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n ... nGL-2-Drop
I wonder if Gnome Shell will work with OpenGL 1.4 only.
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Re: Force OpenGL version
You should also now be able to upgrade the kernel, Intel driver, and Mesa stack from jessie-backports to see if that increases the version of openGL supported. From what I gather, it does: https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=1185
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ok, i'll do a bit of thread hijacking if i may...
i just tried this on my netbook (acer aspire one ZG5, a.k.a. AOA 150) and it seems to work! the utility does not error out, and simply reading out the new clock gives the expected 166MHz first, and 400MHz after.
my question:
- what are the implications of this? more heat? battery drain? both?
- my intel chip isn't exactly gma 950, it's:
how can i test the difference?
thanks for this!wizard10000 wrote:The other reason the i945 is slow is that on netbooks it's underclocked. Design spec is 400MHz but in netbooks the chipset is run at either 133 or 166MHz.
There's a free utility I use called GMABooster to raise my video chipset back to 400MHz and it does make a fair bit of difference.
http://gmabooster.com
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i just tried this on my netbook (acer aspire one ZG5, a.k.a. AOA 150) and it seems to work! the utility does not error out, and simply reading out the new clock gives the expected 166MHz first, and 400MHz after.
my question:
- what are the implications of this? more heat? battery drain? both?
- my intel chip isn't exactly gma 950, it's:
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00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
how can i test the difference?
Re: Force OpenGL version
thanks for the additional info!
and, yoo-hoo, another little boost for my netbook. they don't make 'em like this anymore!
now back on topic (serious face).
and, yoo-hoo, another little boost for my netbook. they don't make 'em like this anymore!
now back on topic (serious face).