Comment 12 for bug 238629

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Fritz Heinrichmeyer (fritz-heinrichmeyer) wrote : Re: Java plugin causes massive Xorg CPU usage, fixed by changing Xorg acceleration mode [i965GM]

yesterday i also recognized big performance differences with java programms when using "EXA" with an older celeron and ati RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO]. Gtkperf performance is practically identical with EXA/XAA but java programs make a big difference (tvbrowser, netbeans). I use intrepid xserver and ati drivers.

Reverting to XAA made java programs useable again:

Architecture: i386
Source: sun-java6
Version: 6-10-0ubuntu2

Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
Version: 1:6.9.0+git20081003.f9826a56-0ubuntu2

Architecture: i386
Source: xorg-server
Version: 2:1.5.2-2ubuntu1