[plug] Snappy UI

[William Kenworthy]

(presuming XFree 4.x) Looks like only the i810 driver is useful here.
http://www.xfree.org/current/i810.4.html

A past laptop I used had this chipset and it was woeful - but speed was
the least of the problems - hopefully the driver is better now.  One
thing I came across is that the agpgart module is needed for full
control over resolutions etc - and may have an effect on performance. 
DRI is used for acceleration, but that is 3D, not 2D.

"xdpyinfo" will tell you everything neccesary about X itself.  I have
attached (the top part of) mine below.  Resolution and colour depth are
set in XF86conf or XF86conf-4

billk


On Sun, 2004-06-13 at 16:49, Onno Benschop wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-06-13 at 09:24, William Kenworthy wrote:
> > This leaves tuning the system software?  What kernel and desktop (I

> 
> I'm also not sure how I'd determine if I'm using the correct video
> driver, if there are others, etc.

wdk at rattus wdk $ xdpyinfo
name of display:    :0.0
version number:    11.0
vendor string:    Gentoo Linux (XFree86 4.3.0, revision r5)
vendor release number:    40300001
XFree86 version: 4.3.0.1
maximum request size:  4194300 bytes
motion buffer size:  256
bitmap unit, bit order, padding:    32, LSBFirst, 32
image byte order:    LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats:    7
supported pixmap formats:
    depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
    depth 4, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 15, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
    depth 16, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
    depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
    depth 32, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
keycode range:    minimum 8, maximum 255
focus:  window 0x2800009, revert to Parent
number of extensions:    33
    BIG-REQUESTS
    DEC-XTRAP
    DOUBLE-BUFFER
    DPMS
    Extended-Visual-Information
    FontCache
    GLX
    LBX
    MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
    MIT-SHM
    MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
    NV-CONTROL
    NV-GLX
    NVIDIA-GLX
    RANDR
    RECORD
    RENDER
    SECURITY
    SHAPE
    SYNC
    TOG-CUP
    X-Resource
    XC-APPGROUP
    XC-MISC
    XFree86-Bigfont
    XFree86-DGA
    XFree86-Misc
    XFree86-VidModeExtension
    XInputExtension
    XKEYBOARD
    XTEST
    XVideo
    XVideo-MotionCompensation
default screen number:    0
number of screens:    1
 
screen #0:
  dimensions:    1152x864 pixels (322x241 millimeters)
  resolution:    91x91 dots per inch
  depths (7):    24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32
  root window id:    0x8d
  depth of root window:    24 planes
  number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1
  default colormap:    0x20
  default number of colormap cells:    256
  preallocated pixels:    black 0, white 16777215
  options:    backing-store NO, save-unders NO
  largest cursor:    64x64
  current input event mask:    0xfa2033
    KeyPressMask             KeyReleaseMask           EnterWindowMask
    LeaveWindowMask          ButtonMotionMask        
StructureNotifyMask
    SubstructureNotifyMask   SubstructureRedirectMask FocusChangeMask
    PropertyChangeMask       ColormapChangeMask
  number of visuals:    24
  default visual id:  0x21
  visual:
    visual id:    0x21
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits