KDE Very Slow

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mornindew · Post by **mornindew** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:12 am

Hi all,
I just installed KDE for the first time and it is painfully slow. I am brand new to Gentoo (and KDE) so I don't even know how to begin diagnosing the issue. Here are the symptoms that I am seeing.

1. Once I login it takes about 1-2 minutes to login
2. There seems to be about a 5 second delay on the clicks

It might have been a mistake but since it was my first time installing kde I decided to "emerge kde-meta". I have 3GB of Ram on the box, my swap space is 1024 MB, my Boot space is 512MB and my Root is 300GB. I would appreciate any help in guiding me towards diagnosing why it is so slow. Thank you very much

Mike Hunt · Post by **Mike Hunt** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:26 am

is your /etc/hosts file correctly configured ?

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127.0.0.1 mybox.at.myplace mybox localhost

Are /tmp and /var/tmp chmod 1777 ?

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 drwxrwxrwt  12 root root   4096 Nov  3 19:40 tmp

Is consolekit started ?

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# eselect rc show
Status of init scripts in runlevel "default"
  consolekit                [started]

energyman76b · Post by **energyman76b** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:28 am

and next time start with the juicy bits. Xorg.0.log, dmesg, xorg.conf, kdm.log.

the.root · Post by **the.root** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:03 pm

does "eselect opengl set xorg-x11" then restarting xdm help? Just sounds like my machine after i upgraded to xorg 1.7.1.
please post the following:

xorg.conf
rc-status
emerge -pv xorg-server xorg-drivers
emerge --info

Post by **d2_racing** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:10 pm

Also, can you post this :

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# lspci -v
# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# qlist -IC x11-drivers

mornindew · Post by **mornindew** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:38 pm

thank you all for the reply. Here is the outputs that you were asking for.

Just as an FYI running the command "eselect opengl set xorg-x11" seemed to help but I wouldn't call it fast yet.

xorg.conf (I am using HAL)

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Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice   "Mouse1"  "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1"  "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier "Keyboard1"
   Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier   "Mouse1"
   Driver        "mouse"
   Option         "Protocol"  "auto"
   Option        "Device"    "/dev/input/mice"
   Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
   Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
   Option "AutoAddDevices"  "false"
EndSection

lspci -v

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information <?>
	Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	Memory behind bridge: ed000000-efefffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff
	Capabilities: [88] Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Count=1/1 Enable-
	Capabilities: [a0] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
	Capabilities: [140] Root Complex Link <?>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
	Memory at efffc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Count=1/1 Enable-
	Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
	Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link <?>
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=0b, subordinate=0b, sec-latency=0
	Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
	Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Count=1/1 Enable-
	Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
	Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link <?>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=0c, subordinate=0c, sec-latency=0
	Memory behind bridge: ecf00000-ecffffff
	Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
	Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Count=1/1 Enable-
	Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
	Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link <?>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=09, subordinate=09, sec-latency=0
	Memory behind bridge: ece00000-ecefffff
	Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
	Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Count=1/1 Enable-
	Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
	Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link <?>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
	I/O ports at bf80 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
	I/O ports at bf60 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
	I/O ports at bf40 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
	I/O ports at bf20 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
	Memory at ffa80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
	Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=07, sec-latency=32
	I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
	Memory behind bridge: c8000000-cdffffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c4000000-00000000c7ffffff
	Capabilities: [50] Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information <?>

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
	I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
	I/O ports at bfa0 [size=16]
	Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
	Kernel modules: ata_piix

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 17
	I/O ports at 10c0 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72M [Quadro NVS 110M/GeForce Go 7300] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at ed000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Memory at ee000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at ef000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [68] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Count=1/1 Enable-
	Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
	Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
	Kernel modules: nvidia

03:01.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ601/6912/711E0 CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller (rev 40)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Flags: bus master, stepping, slow devsel, latency 168, IRQ 18
	Memory at cc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Bus: primary=03, secondary=04, subordinate=07, sec-latency=176
	Memory window 0: c4000000-c7fff000 (prefetchable)
	Memory window 1: c8000000-cbfff000
	I/O window 0: 00002000-000020ff
	I/O window 1: 00002400-000024ff
	16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
	Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
	Kernel modules: yenta_socket

09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c2
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	Memory at ecef0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Expansion ROM at <ignored> [disabled]
	Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data <?>
	Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Count=1/8 Enable-
	Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
		UESta:	DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
		UEMsk:	DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
		UESvrt:	DLP+ SDES- TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
		CESta:	RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP+ Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
		CESta:	RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
		AERCap:	First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+ ChkEn-
	Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel <?>
	Kernel driver in use: tg3
	Kernel modules: tg3

0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	Memory at ecffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Count=1/1 Enable-
	Capabilities: [d0] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
		UESta:	DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
		UEMsk:	DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
		UESvrt:	DLP+ SDES- TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
		CESta:	RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
		CESta:	RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
		AERCap:	First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+ ChkEn-
	Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel <?>
	Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
	Kernel modules: ssb

rc-status

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Runlevel: [36;01mdefault[0m
 consolekit                                                         [34;01m[ [32;01mstarted  [34;01m][0m
 dbus                                                               [34;01m[ [32;01mstarted  [34;01m][0m
 hald                                                               [34;01m[ [32;01mstarted  [34;01m][0m
 local                                                              [34;01m[ [32;01mstarted  [34;01m][0m
 net.eth0                                                           [34;01m[ [32;01mstarted  [34;01m][0m
 netmount                                                           [34;01m[ [32;01mstarted  [34;01m][0m
 syslog-ng                                                          [34;01m[ [32;01mstarted  [34;01m][0m
 vixie-cron                                                         [34;01m[ [32;01mstarted  [34;01m][0m
 wicd                                                               [34;01m[ [32;01mstarted  [34;01m][0m
 xdm                                                                [34;01m[ [32;01mstarted  [34;01m][0m

qlist -IC x11-drivers

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x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev
x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard
x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse
x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev
x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv
x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa

emerge -info

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Portage 2.1.6.13 (default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.4, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.30-gentoo-r8 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r8-i686-Genuine_Intel-R-_CPU_T2600_@_2.16GHz-with-gentoo-1.12.11.1
Timestamp of tree: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:00:20 +0000
app-shells/bash:     4.0_p28
dev-java/java-config: 2.1.9-r1
dev-lang/python:     2.6.2-r1
dev-util/cmake:      2.6.4
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.6-r2
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.63-r1
sys-devel/automake:  1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.18-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1
sys-devel/libtool:   2.2.6a
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.27-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo/"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups dbus dri dts dvd dvdr eds emboss encode evo fam firefox flac fortran gdbm gif gpm gstreamer hal iconv ipv6 jpeg kde ldap libnotify mad mikmod mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl sql ssl startup-notification svg sysfs tcpd thunar tiff truetype unicode usb vorbis webkit win32codecs x264 x86 xml xorg xulrunner xv xvid xvmc zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

emerge -pv xorg-server xorg-drivers

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These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies  .... ... done!
[ebuild   R   ] x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.6  INPUT_DEVICES="evdev -acecad -aiptek -citron -elographics -fpit -hyperpen -joystick -keyboard -mouse -mutouch -penmount -synaptics -tslib -virtualbox -vmmouse -void -wacom" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia -apm -ark -ast -chips -cirrus -dummy -epson -fbdev -fglrx -geode -glint -i128 -i740 (-impact) -imstt -intel -mach64 -mga -neomagic (-newport) -nv -r128 -radeon -radeonhd -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb (-sunbw2) (-suncg14) (-suncg3) (-suncg6) (-sunffb) (-sunleo) (-suntcx) -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -v4l -vermilion -vesa -via -virtualbox -vmware (-voodoo) -xgi" 0 kB
[ebuild   R   ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r2  USE="hal ipv6 nptl sdl xorg -debug -dmx -kdrive -minimal -tslib" 0 kB

Total: 2 packages (2 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 kB

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energyman76b · Post by **energyman76b** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:52 pm

still missing the most important things:
Xorg.0.log, kdm.log, nvidia drivers version, glxinfo output.

techcode · Post by **techcode** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:00 pm

That looks almost exactly like my laptop (Dell D620) except I have Intel wireless...

I had same problem with xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r + gentoo-sources-2.6.30 + both nvidia-drivers-190 and latest 180. driver... etc. KDE decided to turn off eye candy after some time. Using older kernel until they fix issues with nvidia drivers that while worked fast(er) made the whole thing do crazy stuff, like scrollbars working OK when you pull them with mouse - but not going all the way to each end if you do it with pg up/dn or arrow keys ...

So right now I have:
xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r
2.6.29-gentoo-r5 kernel
nvidia-drivers-180.60 and it's working OK with eye-candy (cube and all)