From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 25 02:03:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 039C016A4CE for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2004 02:03:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail3.panix.com (mail3.panix.com [166.84.1.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B634E43D3F for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2004 02:03:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fj@panix.com) Received: from panix5.panix.com (panix5.panix.com [166.84.1.5]) by mail3.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A43D981C0; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 21:03:24 -0500 (EST) Received: (from fj@localhost) by panix5.panix.com (8.11.6p3/8.8.8/PanixN1.1) id iBP23Ot05641; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 21:03:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 21:03:24 -0500 From: Joe Altman To: Adrian Patino II Message-ID: <20041225020323.GA21919@panix.com> Mail-Followup-To: Joe Altman , Adrian Patino II , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <889d6df04122318205038485f@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <889d6df04122318205038485f@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 Xorg jerky X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 02:03:25 -0000 On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 08:20:30PM -0600, Adrian Patino II wrote: > Hello, > > Fairly new to FreeBSD. Recently did a fresh install from 4.10 to 5.3, > and noticed that when in X, things are a bit jerky, enough for me to > notice at least. Anything scrolling jerks and SDL video programs are > very jerky. Wondering what in particular should I look into to fix > this? > Anyways, I guess im wondering if there was > anything I might have been doing insanely wrong, so that I can prevent > that from happening in the future. > I know this questions are very broad, but im too new to this game to > make them more specific, hopefully someone can point me in the right No, I cannot see what you might have done wrong. But as you say, you didn't provide a lot of detail. My guess: it does sound like something is amiss with your hardware. Do you have an idea how to go about gathering the information you need to troubleshoot, and eliminate it, as a source of whatever it is you are seeing?