Bug 752506 - nvidia performance 8600m GT
Summary: nvidia performance 8600m GT
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Status: CLOSED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: distribution
Version: 16
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Bill Nottingham
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-11-09 17:54 UTC by Eric L. Frederich
Modified: 2014-03-17 03:29 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-11-09 18:11:06 UTC
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Description Eric L. Frederich 2011-11-09 17:54:22 UTC
Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Reference: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=204752

1. Clean install of F16 x86_64
2. Create initial user; log in (to setup networking); log out
3. ctrl-alt-f5; login as root; yum update -y
# now follow the forum posting
4. yum update kernel\* # nothing should happen
5. reboot
6. yum --nogpgcheck install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm
yum install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686
7. mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r)-nouveau.img
dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)
8. yum --nogpgcheck update libsepol http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/selinux-policy/3.10.0/53.fc16/noarch/selinux-policy-3.10.0-53.fc16.noarch.rpm \
http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/selinux-policy/3.10.0/53.fc16/noarch/selinux-policy-targeted-3.10.0-53.fc16.noarch.rpm --enablerepo=u*g
9. reboot
  
Actual results:

Resizing windows is extremely slow.  Having 3 or more windows open is slow.  Using volume keys or adjusting screen brightness (basically triggering the overlay with the icon and the meter) locks the system for 15 or so seconds.

Expected results:

It should run faster with NVidia than with Nouveau

Additional info:

http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_fda941b7-4159-4df5-87bc-aff7fc15bbd9

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2011-11-09 18:11:06 UTC
I suggest you report this to the NVidia driver maintainers. We don't ship that driver, and we can't fix it.


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