[Call for Testing] X.org 7.5 for FreeBSD

[Paul B Mahol]

On 4/5/10, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Apr 2010, Robert Noland wrote:
>>> Seems functional for desktop use, including composite.  Attempting to run
>>>
>>> nexuiz is a mistake, with the frames showing up at about 1 every twenty
>>> seconds or so.
>>
>> With which version of mesa?  7.4 or 7.6?
>
> Now with 7.6:
>
> Radeon Mobility HD2400 (128M, Toshiba Satellite A215)
>
> At xorg "Virtual 1024x768" and nexuiz 640x480 16-bit and lowest effects
> settings, it's about 2 seconds between screen updates in the GUI
> (higher virtual resolution makes it slower, at native 1280x800 it's 5
> seconds between input and screen update).
>
> The game takes 30 seconds or so to start, and it's seconds between input
> and movement.  In fairness, this is without ACPI (won't boot with it)
> and this Toshiba is basically built for Windows, so it may be something
> else interfering.  Possibly thermal CPU throttling because of the ACPI
> problems.  Data at http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/radeon/mobHD2400/ .
>
> Just for comparison...
>
> Radeon FireGL9000 (32M, Dell Inspiron 8500)
>
> At 1920x1200, nexuiz can be started, but it's about 10 seconds between
> screen updates for the GUI and the game.  At xorg.conf 1024x768 or less,
> with all nexuiz settings at their lowest, it's still not really
> playable, but runs nearly interactively.  Faster than the Toshiba,
> anyway.

In my case (i945GM) nexuiz is unplayable (from the begining), but
other games like urbanterror,
tremulous/tremfusion, openarena,
or even wine + bunch of other games are just fine.
So if this is not regression I would not care about it.