Games are ridiculously slow

**fredwilby** · 07-30-2008

I have sid system installed via debootstrap with a custom compiled kernel. I am running xfce4 without compositing, and 3d games are very slow. So far I have tried neverball and supertux, and supertux is a normal speed, when I have OpenGL unchecked. When I check the OpenGL option it is also really slow.

I am running a pentium4 3.00Ghz 2GB ram (don't know what type) with an ATI Radeon 256Mb PCI graphics card.

Games in windows of a similar quality run fine.

**techieMoe** · 07-30-2008

From the looks of that xorg.conf, your X Windows environment hasn't been configured at all. Have you installed the ATI drivers already? You might also try:

Code:

dpkg --reconfigure xserver-xorg

**fredwilby** · 07-30-2008

Code:

dpkg --reconfigure xserver-xorg

returns dpkg: unknown option --reconfigure

I tried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, and the only difference was
It didn't have

Code:

Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"

which I added, and use FBDev was uncommented

**techieMoe** · 07-31-2008

Sorry, my syntax was off on the original command, but you seem to have figured it out. You're saying your ran dpkg-reconfigure and it came up with the same xorg.conf, minus the line you mentioned? That's odd. Usually a properly configured xorg.conf will have Display properties such as screen resolutions, listings for display drivers, and a number of other things I don't see in your original file.

**coopstah13** · 07-31-2008

newer versions of xorg do more autodetection of hardware capability, and don't require an xorg.conf file to be so filled with things, i'm not sure that the fglrx driver is in use, what is output of

Code:

glxinfo | grep direct

if that command doesn't work you might have to install mesa-utils

**fredwilby** · 07-31-2008

Code:

direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

I am using the radeon driver not fglrx because the newer fglrx doesn't support my card

**coopstah13** · 08-01-2008

well unfortunately then you are out of luck if its not supported by proprietary ati drivers, you won't get any 3d acceleration and those games will run poorly if you try to use opengl instead of software rendering

**fredwilby** · 08-01-2008

I think I'll try the older fglrx drivers, that do support my card
thanks for the help

**fredwilby** · 08-02-2008

I reinstalled debian ( to an amd64 lenny ) and direct rendering is on, and neverball is fine at low settings, but supertuxkart and freedroidrpg are still very slow

Thread Tools

Display

Games are ridiculously slow

Posting Permissions