[arch-general] gnome-shell performance problems

[Pico Geyer]

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Pico Geyer <picogeyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Jan Steffens <jan.steffens at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Pico Geyer <picogeyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi damjan,
>>>
>>> Here we go:
>>> direct rendering: Yes
>>> OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x301)
>>>     GL_NV_conditional_render, GL_AMD_draw_buffers_blend,
>>>
>>> Pico
>>
>> You're using software rendering. No wonder it's slow.
>>
>> What's your video card? Are the drivers installed?
>> How do you start gnome? startx? GDM?
>
> Oh, I didn't realize.
> llvm-pipe = software rendering?
>
> I thought all I had to do was install xf86-video-nouveau.
> I start GDM with the inittab method:
> x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
>
> The graphics card seems to be a nvidia NVS 3100M
> Here's the line from lspci:
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GT218
> [NVS 3100M] [10de:0a6c] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Pico

Ok, so I installed nouveau-dri and the problem went away.
I can't claim to understand this, I terminal output would only need
xf86-video-nouveau.
I thought nouveau-dri was mainly for opengl type acceleration.
Is there something I can go read to clear this up?

Thanks all for the help.
Pico