On 08/09/2010 10:06 AM, C wrote:
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 09:47, Frans de Boer wrote:
My solution for the nVidia/11.3 sluggishness problem was to bump up to the 2.6.35 kernel. Someone else has had success with booting with vmalloc=192M. I haven't tried the vmalloc boot parameter, but moving to 2.6.35 made a HUGE difference in my KDE4 performance.
You can get the 2.6.35 kernel from this repository: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_11.3/
C.
This sounds like the problem the kernel developers had before with the 2.6.34-git8 and up. That's why they removed the git versions for 2.6.34, incorporated it in the 2.6.35 RC1 version and corrected the problem there. I have problems with 2.6.34-12 too with or without nvidia drivers in that the system is always unresponsive when switching desktops.. There are more problems with 11.3 so I have gone back to the 11.2 version awaiting the 11.4 version to correct all the quirks.
Just curious... why revert to 11.2 instead of simply using the 2.6.35 kernel in 11.3? Overall, once I "fixed" the kernel/Xorg issue and sorted the nVidia binary driver fight with Nouveau, 11.3 has been a nice upgrade over 11.2. I'm not facing any other significant issues, and it's generally better than 11.2. To be honest, if you wait on the next release to fix all the issues in the current release, you'reWell, going to be waiting a long time. Each release has had its quirks, oddities, and miscellaneous warts.Well,
I'm running 11.3 with KDE4.4.95 from Factory, kernel 2.6.35 from kernel head, and it's nice... very nice. Fast boot, video works well.. it's quite a nice release. I'm able to use it for my work on a daily basis (ie actually be productive with my job) and do leisure things like gaming (Wine 1.3 is working VERY well these days).
KDE4.4.95 is working very well (two minor bugs I've bumbled on so far... one in dbus which caused problems with Dolphin... fixed by installing latest dbus.... and one in the KUpdateApplet... still not fixed).
C.
Well, 11.2 works with all additions I made myself - newest libraries and software. Furthermore, Thunderbird is not working with even a unchanged install - normally I strip the installation and make the application additions later when needed. So, I can try 2.6.35 to see if the nvidia problem is solved, but unless Thunderbird (IMAP) is working I stick to 11.2 since I can compile the newest libraries and applications myself if needed. I expect that 11.4 is due in another half year or so, maybe when Thunderbird is fixed I switch to 11.3. By the way: is resolution changing using CTRL-ALT-+/- working? It did not work under 11.3 with the nvidia driver installed. The thing is it is missing the mode settings in the xorg.conf file (so I copied the file from the 11.2 partition). I dislike the use of Kmag because it clutters my screen to much and is not practical when using the full 3360x1050 resolution for an application. Thanks anyhow for the suggestion, Frans. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org