Blender running slow

[Apollux]

On your linux box, inside of blender, please do this:

Help -> System -> System Information

Then open a text editor window. Click and hold on the buffer selection button (it's tooltip says "Browses existing choices or adds NEW¨. From the pull-down meny choose "system-info.txt"

Scroll up the page, copy all the text and paste it here, so we can see exactly what are you lacking.

[Apollux]

This is what mine yields:


====================================
= Blender 236 System Information =
====================================


Platform: linux2
========

Python:
======

- Version: 2.3.4 (#2, Nov 16 2004, 13:27:16)
[GCC 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)]

- Path:

/usr/lib/python23.zip
/usr/lib/python2.3/
/usr/lib/python2.3/plat-linux2
/usr/lib/python2.3/lib-tk
/usr/lib/python2.3/lib-dynload
/home/octakon/Blender/blender-2.36-linux-glibc2.2.5-i386-1
/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages
/usr/lib/site-python
/home/octakon/.blender/scripts

- Default folder for registered scripts:

/home/octakon/.blender/scripts/

- Modules: all basic ones were found.

OpenGL:
======

- Renderer: GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X/AGP/SSE2
- Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
- Version: 1.4.1 NVIDIA 53.36

- Extensions:

GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_imaging GL_ARB_multisample
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_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
GL_ARB_vertex_program 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_compiled_vertex_array
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays
GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_paletted_texture GL_EXT_point_parameters
GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shadow_funcs
GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture3D
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_HP_occlusion_test GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip
GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_KTX_buffer_region GL_NV_blend_square
GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color GL_NV_depth_clamp GL_NV_fence
GL_NV_fog_distance GL_NV_light_max_exponent
GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint GL_NV_occlusion_query
GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil GL_NV_pixel_data_range GL_NV_point_sprite
GL_NV_register_combiners GL_NV_register_combiners2
GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc
GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_NV_texture_rectangle
GL_NV_texture_shader GL_NV_texture_shader2 GL_NV_texture_shader3
GL_NV_vertex_array_range GL_NV_vertex_array_range2
GL_NV_vertex_program GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 GL_NVX_ycrcb
GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_multitexture GL_SGIS_texture_lod
GL_SGIX_depth_texture GL_SGIX_shadow GL_SUN_slice_accum


- Simplistic almost useless benchmark:

Redrawing all areas 10 times took 0.32640504837 seconds.

==
No problems were found (scroll up for details).


Yours should be something quite similar to that.

[menocid]

====================================
= Blender 236 System Information =
====================================


Platform: linux2
========

Python:
======

- Version: 2.3.4 (#2, Nov 16 2004, 13:27:16)
[GCC 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)]

- Path:

/usr/lib/python23.zip
/usr/lib/python2.3/
/usr/lib/python2.3/plat-linux2
/usr/lib/python2.3/lib-tk
/usr/lib/python2.3/lib-dynload
/blender-2.36
/root/.blender/scripts

- Default folder for registered scripts:

/root/.blender/scripts/

- Modules: all basic ones were found.

OpenGL:
======

- Renderer: Mesa X11
- Vendor: Brian Paul
- Version: 1.2 Mesa 3.4.2

- Extensions:

GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_transpose_matrix
GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_func_separate
GL_EXT_blend_logic_op GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract
GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_histogram
GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_paletted_texture GL_EXT_point_parameters
GL_EXT_polygon_offset GL_EXT_rescale_normal
GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture3D
GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_env_combine
GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_HP_occlusion_test GL_INGR_blend_func_separate
GL_MESA_window_pos GL_MESA_resize_buffers GL_NV_texgen_reflection
GL_PGI_misc_hints GL_SGI_color_matrix GL_SGI_color_table
GL_SGIS_pixel_texture GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp GL_SGIX_pixel_texture


- Simplistic almost useless benchmark:

Redrawing all areas 10 times took 0.608485937119 seconds.

==
No problems were found (scroll up for details).

[Apollux]

Here it is !!


OpenGL:
============

Renderer: Mesa X11


This means that your OpenGL setup is using generic drivers for your card, not the ones developed especifically for your ATI card. Here is a quote about that issue, from the Blender-Linux FAQ (that ships with every Blender for Linux release):


Find out which GLX driver is been used on your system (more info on that bellow); if you get “Mesa GLX Indirect” it means that you are NOT using any hardware acceleration at all.




Check if your graphics card maker provides Linux drivers for your card. By replacing the general purpose Indirect Mesa driver with a driver made specifically for your card you could see speed increases up to 400% (my own experience) or more.




Nvidia, ATI and many other graphics card manufacturers provide Linux specific drivers for their cards. Bear in mind that those speed increases might come at the cost of some stability issues.




Blender supports both Mesa and proprietary glx drivers, but some users have reported buggy behavior coming from using proprietary drivers, while other users have reported outstanding

[Apollux]

On a Blender unrelated note, I just noticed from the output you posted, that you are running Blender logged in the super-user account (root), that is VERY BAD linux practice and can only get you into serious trouble in the long run.

The root user can install, uninstall, mess, twist and generally speaking break your system configuration without any barrier. That account should only be used to install system-wide software and do mainteinance, not to run your day-to-day programs.

If any of your daily used programs has a bug or virus, and you are using it as the root user, the damage will spread system wide in no time, something that wouldn't happend if you were using a regular user account.

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