From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 11 16:20:13 2005 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 A24C916A4CE for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:20:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out011.verizon.net (out011pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D39443D31 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:20:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from FreeBSD@keyslapper.org) Received: from keyslapper.org ([68.163.251.221]) by out011.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20050111162010.ZJPS4717.out011.verizon.net@keyslapper.org> for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:20:10 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keyslapper.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3536115EC for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:20:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from keyslapper.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (keyslapper.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 32431-09 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:20:09 -0500 (EST) Received: by keyslapper.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id AF8B811531; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:20:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:20:09 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050111162009.GA33518@keyslapper.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <41E3F862.3030004@navigator.lv> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <41E3F862.3030004@navigator.lv> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at keyslapper.org X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out011.verizon.net from [68.163.251.221] at Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:20:10 -0600 Subject: Re: jerky opengl, nvidia drivers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:20:13 -0000 On 01/11/05 06:01 PM, zork sat at the `puter and typed: > To get accelerated OpenGL, i installed Nvidia's drivers > for my Geforce4 MX 440 on a FreeBSD 5.3-release machine. > > The problem is, most of the games and apps that use OpenGL > do not run smoothly - every second or so they would freeze > for a little while which makes it impossible to enjoy them. > > At first I thought my system could be too slow or something, > however, this also happens with simple apps, even screensavers. > > What's more, the game Tuxracer runs smoothly without any problems, > and since it's a pretty fancy one, i guess that rules > out system performance. > > Does anybody have a clue as to what could be causing this? Are you loading the glx module in your Xorg config? Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ QOTD: "I used to get high on life but lately I've built up a resistance."