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Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:34:25 +0200
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On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 10:56 -0400, Jason White wrote:
> Hello, I just upgraded from PCB version "20091103". I was shocked to
> find that it runs at a crawl (less than 1 FPS) on my machine. What
> could cause this in the new version ? Is there any way to potentially
> fix this ? (compile time options ?)
> 
> OS: Xubuntu 12.04, 32bit
> Machine: AMD Anthlon 64, 2.2Ghz
> Ram: 1Gb
> Graphics: Built in Nivida graphics chip
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason White

Latest PCB has OpenGL support, you can disable it when you compile it
yourself.(For Gentoo: $ USE="-opengl" emerge -av pcb) Does other OpenGL
software like glxgears runs fine on your box? (I have about 1000 FPS for
fullscreen window)