[linux]open tremulous in second terminal very slow?

[jaapz]

hello

i've got some issues with tremulous starting under gnome, so i thought "lets open it in an other terminal" so i opened a new x server in tty12 (terminal 12) and tried to start tremulous. it actually started, but now the problem is that the screen width and height is like 640x480, which is way to small, and tremulous runs very slow, and shocking (or shocky, whatever you say it in english ). so how can i get trem work normal?

info: i have Ubuntu 7.10 and the latest version of tremulous and i configured tremulous to run in 1024x786 mode.

thx!
jaapz

[jaapz]

ok screen issue is now solved, i was logged in as root but had to be logged in as my own account...  :shame:
but we still have that its running slow and it shocks, how to solve that?

[Thorn]

Machine specs?

[asc]

The first two things that spring to mind are to check whether direct rendering is enabled ('glxinfo  | grep rendering') and to make sure that desktop effects are disabled.

(and like Thorn said: Machine specs?)

[jaapz]

direct rendering is enabled! (it says "direct rendering: yes")
sorry i forgot to mention my specs:
1.6ghz pentium 4
650 mb RAM
ATI Radeon 9200C

[zybork]

Try if it is gnome that slows down the stuff.

Try to desactivate X/gdm (run as root: /etc/init.d/gdm stop) and then login on text-console, type in

   X
(wait for X to start, switch back to tty and then)
   xterm -display :0 &

Now you should have an X-Server with a plain xterm open. In that xterm, simply type

   /usr/games/tremulous

and then watch. If it runs fast now, gnome consumes too many ressources.

[jaapz]

it was gnome using to many resources... well probably because i got compiz-fusion and emerald hehe

[asc]

Yes, desktop effects will seriously **** up other 3D performance.

[zybork]

agree. Turn off compiz and try again.