From 97d632c1c02e5e2e5e65882228f02978080c5e52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Beier Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 13:44:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README: document the various known Intel quirks Closes #58 #100 #102 --- README | 23 +++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 467ab50b..8d7e9d40 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2173,7 +2173,8 @@ http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/faq.html: donation? Q-133: I am experiencing extreme framebuffer update lags and am - using the `intel` x.org driver. What to do? + using an Intel graphics card. What to do? + _________________________________________________________________ @@ -9279,10 +9280,24 @@ or: Q-133: I am experiencing extreme framebuffer update lags and am - using the `intel` x.org driver. What to do? + using an Intel graphics card. What to do? + + Depending on your graphics card model and x.org driver used, several + approaches might work out for you: + + Some users [have reported](https://github.com/LibVNC/x11vnc/issues/58) + that when using the 'intel' x.org driver, switching the driver's + option named "AccelMethod" to "UXA" helped. + + Others [reported](https://github.com/LibVNC/x11vnc/issues/100) that + using the 'modesetting' x.org driver caused the lags and switching to + the 'intel' x.org driver helped. - Try to set the drivers option named "AccelMethod" to "UXA" or use - the `modesetting` driver instead of `intel`. + Some [reported](https://github.com/LibVNC/x11vnc/issues/102) that + lags only occured with xfwm as window manager and with x11vnc started + with monitors off, no matter what the x.org driver. In their case, one + of disabling vsync, using 'modesetting' with "AccelMethod" "none" or + disabling compositing all helped. =======================================================================