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imperiumZero

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Problem with new propietary ATI Driver.
« on: September 29, 2007, 06:11:04 pm »
I've finally got the new driver installed and it works alright, but there is one problem.

In Tremulous, mouse input lags about a 3/4 second behind the actual physical movement. For instance, I can move the mouse over one inch on the mousepad, and about a 3/4 second later the cursor moves, sliding into it's spot.

This is a pretty large problem, as Tremulous is a FPS involving quick mouse movement, and a 750ms lag is a bit of a problem.

fglrxinfo:
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon Xpress Series
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6747 (8.40.4)

Anyone know how to fix this problem?

PS: And yes, I know ATI + Linux sucks, but I don't have the money or desire to upgrade the family computer when I don't need to.
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lt;kevlarman> because microsoft's drivers are absolutely horrible that couldn't accelerate glxgears if they tried

kevlarman

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Problem with new propietary ATI Driver.
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2007, 06:45:55 pm »
how exactly did you assume ati's drivers are to blame?
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imperiumZero

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Problem with new propietary ATI Driver.
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2007, 02:04:53 am »
Because they've be extremely fussy to set up properly among other things
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lt;kevlarman> because microsoft's drivers are absolutely horrible that couldn't accelerate glxgears if they tried

guest

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Problem with new propietary ATI Driver.
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2007, 05:34:46 am »
8.41 is the newest
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blood2.0

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« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2007, 05:36:26 am »
dud i use 8.39 u suk
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Caveman

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« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2007, 12:41:24 pm »
Version 8.40.4 can do that, yes.
- Get another one, but preferably another VGA.
- recompile your kernel with an increased polling-frequency.
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imperiumZero

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« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2007, 01:24:48 pm »
Quote from: "Caveman"
Version 8.40.4 can do that, yes.
- Get another one, but preferably another VGA.
- recompile your kernel with an increased polling-frequency.


I'm using a debian stock kernel, so I will download and install a vanilla kernel and make-kpkg it.

My polling I assume you mean mouse polling interval? By default it is set at 500 which works on every other computer I run tremulous on. Nevertheless, I will do what you say because I've never had this problem before and I don't have the money to get a new graphics card.
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lt;kevlarman> because microsoft's drivers are absolutely horrible that couldn't accelerate glxgears if they tried

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« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2007, 01:42:30 pm »
IF you are using debian-stock then the polling is set at 250 and not 500, check /boot/kconfig26 for CONFIG_HZ_*
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imperiumZero

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« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2007, 02:54:36 pm »
Oh...I didn't know that. Thank you Caveman. The vanilla kernel is set to 500 when I defconfig it.
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lt;kevlarman> because microsoft's drivers are absolutely horrible that couldn't accelerate glxgears if they tried

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« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2007, 08:08:28 pm »
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dud i use 8.39 u suk


You have Windows.

Your name is Dexter.

You probably don't know what a graphics driver is.
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