performance on a better machine? (and other questions)

[clockworks]

Hello,
I am running Compiz Fusion on an Athlon XP 2.0 ghz system using an Nvidia 6200 128 mb agp card. Performance is good if my computer is 95% idle, but anytime the computer is doing anything, my entire interface slows down to a crawl. And I'm not just talking about Compiz Fusions effects, I mean my mouse cursor slows down and gets super choppy, moving windows (I use the normal window movement plugin, not the wobbly one), typing text, etc.

Is that normal?

Btw, when I type "glxinfo | grep direct rendering" it shows "direct rendering: No". Is that correct? I thought using the native binary Nvidia drivers would enable direct rendering?

Anyways, on to my question. Would a more up to date system drastically improve my situation? Maybe a dual core system? As of now, compiling anything from source renders my computer useless. Even a temporary spike in cpu usage is annoying because everything get's super choppy during that time.

Thansk for the info.

[kriko]

Yes, this is normal :)
See other threads, this issue seems to be already fixed in git repository (at least for me). You can try it out.

[adamk]

Whether or not there are performance issues with compiz, you definitely want to get direct rendering working. What's the full output of 'glxinfo'?

[kriko]

@adamk: Everything is fine with system, direct rendering is working.

I've been testing cf-git by putting my computer under stress. Animations becomes a bit skippy (or they are being skipped at all sometimes), but mouse doesn't lag at all anymore, overall desktop seems much more responsive :)

Looks to me that compiz-fusion responsiveness under load is the same as in 2d environment, which is great.

[adamk]

@adamk: Everything is fine with system, direct rendering is working.


I thought it was pretty clear I was talking to clockworks since he said that direct rendering was not enabled :-)

Adam

[clockworks]

Yes, this is normal :)
See other threads, this issue seems to be already fixed in git repository (at least for me). You can try it out.
Just to be sure, you are saying that mouse movement and text input getting super choppy is normal?

Honestly, I don't so much care about the animations becoming choppy or bad, it's when the functionally of my computer (mouse movement, keyboard input) suffers that I become concerned.

What is git?

Whether or not there are performance issues with compiz, you definitely want to get direct rendering working. What's the full output of 'glxinfo'?
Adam, I'm a bit confused... is direct rendering not the same as accelerated 3d graphics? Anyways, here's the glxinfo along with my xorg.conf.

$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info,
GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_NV_video_out, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_NV_float_buffer, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float,
GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX version: 1.3
GLX extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_get_proc_address
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce2 MX/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!
OpenGL version string: 1.5.8 NVIDIA 96.43.01
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object,
GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shader_objects,
GL_ARB_shading_language_100, GL_ARB_texture_compression,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle,
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object,
GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ARB_window_pos,
GL_S3_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra,
GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract,
GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_Cg_shader,
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord,
GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays,
GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_paletted_texture, GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object,
GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette,
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc,
GL_EXT_texture_cube_map, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_lod,
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_vertex_array,
GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat,
GL_KTX_buffer_region, GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_fence,
GL_NV_fog_distance, GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil,
GL_NV_pixel_data_range, GL_NV_point_sprite, GL_NV_register_combiners,
GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_NV_texture_env_combine4,
GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_NV_vertex_array_range,
GL_NV_vertex_array_range2, GL_NV_vertex_program, GL_NV_vertex_program1_1,
GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_multitexture, GL_SGIS_texture_lod,
GL_SUN_slice_accum

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x21 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x22 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x24 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x25 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x26 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x27 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x28 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x29 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2a 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2b 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2c 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2d 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2e 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2f 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x30 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x31 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x32 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x33 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x34 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x35 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x36 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x37 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x38 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x39 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x3a 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x3b 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x3c 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x3d 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x3e 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x3f 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x40 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x41 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x23 32 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x42 32 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x43 32 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x44 32 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x45 32 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x46 32 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x47 32 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x48 32 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x49 32 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x4a 32 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x4b 32 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x4c 32 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x4d 32 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x4e 32 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x4f 32 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x50 32 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None


Thanks for the help.

P.S. my xorg.conf file is uploaded as xorg.txt because of file attachment limitations of this forum.

[adamk]

Previously you said that direct rendering was showing 'No' but that says 'Yes' :-)

Adam

[kriko]

@clockworks: I was being sarcastic, though it is kinda normal for current release to be choppy :) . We all have same problems (at least most of us).

Git is a repository of current source code (development). I'm running a version from git now, that means I'm using a build that is being under development. And it works as it should (no lagging, no mouse choppiness).

[clockworks]

Previously you said that direct rendering was showing 'No' but that says 'Yes' :-)
Wow, I feel really dumb. I think I had had one too many margaritas when I posted that last time, because I posted that info for a completely different computer.

The computer that says "direct rendering: No" is actually my work computer. I can't get the glxinfo output via ssh because no display is open, so it'll have to wait till Monday.

Please keep an eye out for replies on Monday, thanks! :)

[clockworks]

Ok, here's the info for the proper computer...


$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer,
GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX version: 1.4
GLX extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 6200/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1.0 NVIDIA 97.55)
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_fragment_program,
GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture,
GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite,
GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two,
GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_program,
GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract,
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays,
GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_rescale_normal,
GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_separate_specular_color,
GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_texture3D,
GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic,
GL_EXT_texture_lod, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp,
GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array,
GL_ATI_texture_float, GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip,
GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_INGR_blend_func_separate,
GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color, GL_NV_depth_clamp,
GL_NV_fog_distance, GL_NV_fragment_program_option,
GL_NV_fragment_program2, GL_NV_light_max_exponent,
GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint, GL_NV_texgen_reflection,
GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc, GL_NV_texture_env_combine4,
GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_NV_vertex_program2_option,
GL_NV_vertex_program3, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap,
GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_depth_texture, GL_SGIX_shadow,
GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays, GL_SUN_slice_accum

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x21 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x22 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x24 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x25 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x26 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x27 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x28 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x29 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2a 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2b 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2c 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2d 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2e 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2f 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x30 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x31 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x32 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x33 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x34 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x35 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x36 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x37 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x38 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x39 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x3a 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x3b 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x3c 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x3d 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x3e 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x3f 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x40 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x41 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x42 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x43 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x44 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
0x45 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Ncon
...


xorg.conf is attached.

Thanks for the help!

[adamk]

direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer,
GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4


Your 3D drivers are not installed properly. The glx vendor string should read 'NVIDIA Corporation' instead of SGI, and you should have direct rendering :-)

I suggest reinstalling the drivers and try again.

Adam

[kriko]

Please provide nvidia-bug-report on affected machine.
#sudo nvidia-bug-report.sh

[clockworks]

Oh boy, now X won't start. It says

Error: API mismatch: this NVIDIA driver component has version
100.14.19, but the NVIDIA kernel module's version does not match.
Please make sure that the kernel moduel and all NVIDIA driver
components have the same version.
I installed the the Nvidia drivers from their website. I'm using a Kubuntu Edgy system and I edited /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common to contain

DISABLED_MODULES="nv"

Any ideas? Thanks

[kriko]

So clearly nvidia module wasn't working, instead nv was used. Now that you blacklisted nv you can't get into X.
Current nvidia drivers don't fit current running kernel. Please reinstall nvidia drivers.

EDIT: Were you using nvidia installer or drivers from repository for your distro?

[adamk]

Oh boy, now X won't start. It says

Error: API mismatch: this NVIDIA driver component has version
100.14.19, but the NVIDIA kernel module's version does not match.
Please make sure that the kernel moduel and all NVIDIA driver
components have the same version.
I installed the the Nvidia drivers from their website. I'm using a Kubuntu Edgy system and I edited /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common to contain

DISABLED_MODULES="nv"

Any ideas? Thanks

Did you make sure you removed the file /lib/linux-restricted-modules/.nvidia_new_installed ? If you ever installed the drivers from feisty's repo, you'll need to remove that file before the drivers downloaded from nvidia's website will work.

Adam

[clockworks]

Did you make sure you removed the file /lib/linux-restricted-modules/.nvidia_new_installed ? If you ever installed the drivers from feisty's repo, you'll need to remove that file before the drivers downloaded from nvidia's website will work.
Wow, you got all the answers... :) Many thanks to you, kind sir. Everything is running correctly now, direct rendering and all.

Also thanks Kriko.

So now I just have to be patient and wait for a new release to fix the mouse/keyboard input choppiness when cpu is under load.

Thanks again.