I have build myself a newer system with a Ryzen 5 1600 AF CPU, 16 GB RAM DDR 4 and RX 470 graphics. FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE p4 AMD64 with XFCE 4.14 does work on it but there are some hiccups:
1. The system seems to run, how to say, a bit sluggish or stuttering (I'm not sure what term is applicable since English is not my native language) basically it does not run smooth like it does in Debian 10 Linux. I thought that might be due to tearing so I have set "TearFree on" in driver-amdgpu.conf but it made no difference, this stuttering is still present.
It's very obvious when I move windows, they freeze for a second then continue to move then again freeze then move and so on.
2. I'm starting XFCE manually, using the
3. This is more an annoyance than a problem: the
Are there some tips for these issues?
1. The system seems to run, how to say, a bit sluggish or stuttering (I'm not sure what term is applicable since English is not my native language) basically it does not run smooth like it does in Debian 10 Linux. I thought that might be due to tearing so I have set "TearFree on" in driver-amdgpu.conf but it made no difference, this stuttering is still present.
It's very obvious when I move windows, they freeze for a second then continue to move then again freeze then move and so on.
2. I'm starting XFCE manually, using the
startx
command and sometimes when I logout from GUI to console there is a message in console thay says something like this: "X server is refusing to die" and the entire system just freezes completely and I cannot switch to another console with Ctrl+Alt+Fn. The only way to get out of this is to reset the system manually.3. This is more an annoyance than a problem: the
pkg
downloading speed is wildly fluctuating, sometimes is fast then slow then fast again and so on. Before it used to be pretty fast and stable , not so much now.Are there some tips for these issues?