Sluggish Kubuntu performance and menu bar question

[myk]

Hey everyone,
Great site, it has helped me out a LOT getting my system configured for linux.
I have two questions that I cannot figure out.

First, I am running a Dual Monitor display in Kubuntu on my Geforce 6200 dual head card. I currently have it configured correctly for dual monitor support, the left screen is at 1440x900@60Hz and the right screen is at 1024x768@60Hz. Now, my problem is, the KDE menu bar is on the right screen and I want it to be on the larger left screen. I have been trying to fiddle with the xorg.conf file to figure out how to set this but I cannot figure it out. Can anyone point me in the correct direction?

Second, My computer (Asus Pundit-R barebones w/ P4 2.8GHz processor, 1G Ram) has built in ATI Radeon 9100IGP video. It is a pretty good video card, however I could never get dual screen video working on it correctly so that is why I installed the PCI Geforce 6200. When I had kubuntu running w/ the ATI card on the fglrx driver I had great 2D performance, everything was very speedy, but terrible 3d performance (I believe the fglrx driver does not support 3d for my card, but I dont really care about 3d in linux so that is alright). My problem is, my GeForce 6200 is exactly the opposite, 3D performance is great, however 2D performance is terrible. All of my applications are very sluggish and leave screen artifacts when they are dragged around the screen. I am using the nVidia propriatary driver I installed from easyUbuntu installed for the card. Can anyone tell me when to do to get better 2D performance.

Again, thank you all for your help, If you need any other info please ask
I will post my xorg.conf below:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#  sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
 # path to defoma fonts
 FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Load "i2c"
 Load "bitmap"
 Load "ddc"
 Load "extmod"
 Load "freetype"
 Load "int10"
 Load "type1"
 Load "vbe"
 load "glx"
 load "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver "kbd"
 option "CoreKeyboard"
 option "XkbRules" "xorg"
 option "XkbModel" "pc104"
 option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 option "CorePointer"
 option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
 option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
 option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "stylus"
 option "Device" "/dev/wacom"# Change to 
 option "Type" "stylus"
 option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
 # /dev/input/event
 # for USB
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "eraser"
 option "Device" "/dev/wacom"# Change to 
 option "Type" "eraser"
 option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
 # /dev/input/event
 # for USB
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "cursor"
 option "Device" "/dev/wacom"# Change to 
 option "Type" "cursor"
 option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
 # /dev/input/event
 # for USB
EndSection

Section "Device"
 identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon 9100 A5 (R200 IGP)"
 boardname "vesa"
 busid "PCI:1:5:0"
 driver "vesa"
 screen 0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 identifier "HW191D"
 vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
 modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
 modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
 gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon 9100 A5 (R200 IGP)"
 Monitor "HW191D"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  depth 24
  modes "640x480@60"
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 # screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
 screen 0 "screen2" 0 0
 screen 1 "screen1" leftof "screen2"
 InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
 InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
 InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
 InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
 InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
 Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "device" #   
 identifier "device1"
 boardname "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 (generic)"
 busid "PCI:2:14:0"
 driver "nvidia"
 screen 0
 vendorname "NVIDIA"
EndSection

Section "screen" #   
 identifier "screen1"
 device "device1"
 defaultdepth 24
 monitor "monitor1"
 SubSection "Display"
  depth 24
  modes "640x480@60"
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "monitor" #   
 identifier "monitor1"
 vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
 modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
 modeline "1440x900@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
 gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
 option "Xinerama" "true"
EndSection

Section "device" #  
 identifier "device2"
 boardname "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 (generic)"
 busid "PCI:2:14:0"
 driver "nvidia"
 screen 1
 vendorname "NVIDIA"
EndSection

Section "screen" #  
 identifier "screen2"
 device "device2"
 defaultdepth 24
 monitor "monitor2"
 SubSection "Display"
  depth 24
  modes "640x480@60"
 EndSubSection
EndSection

#VA520
Section "monitor" #  
 identifier "monitor2"
 vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
 modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
 modeline "1024x768@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
 gamma 1.0
EndSection

[myk]

Re: Sluggish Kubuntu performance and menu bar question

ok im an idiot the KDE menu bar can just be moved to the other monitor via the mouse haha still though, my other question about how to speed up kubuntu still stands thanks for the help

[lesemi]

Re: Sluggish Kubuntu performance and menu bar question

not sure if you fixed your problem. i have the same video card and i have a few issues with kubuntu dapper. On hoary i didn't have a problem with dual monitor. In this version well it's a constant fight.

To help you with the problem - i had to do an apt-get install nvidia-glx-legacy and that supported the gforce 6200 much better.

however - my right monitor is my lcd 1440x900 (opposite of yours) and i find the resolution sucks i keep playing with display settings and i can't get any better results.

maybe you have an answer?