From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 8 18:32:11 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D2751065670 for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2011 18:32:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B49898FC15 for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2011 18:32:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p28IW8h5055705; Tue, 8 Mar 2011 19:32:08 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8AA05BA8F; Tue, 8 Mar 2011 19:32:04 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 19:32:04 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: "O. Hartmann" Message-ID: <20110308183204.GB25750@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <4D767265.80406@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="aVD9QWMuhilNxW9f" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D767265.80406@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg-driver/xf86-video-ati-6.14.0: Worse performance since last update X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:32:11 -0000 --aVD9QWMuhilNxW9f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 07:16:05PM +0100, O. Hartmann wrote: > Since the last update of Xorg stuff, including the=20 > xf86-video-ati-6.14.0, the video performance of all of our=20 > AMD/ATi-driven boxes went worse. > The bad performance also occur with the recommendations made in=20 > ports/UPDATING for driver "radeon". Without those recommendated adding=20 > of options even with a working xorg.conf file the performance stays worse. The recommendations have been removed from UPDATING; with the exception of = the "DynamicPM" option, all the others are at their default settings and theref= ore not necessary. > Worse means: using vlc (also after recompilation after upgrades made!),= =20 > videos are massively bumpy and can not be watched with vlc-screen fully= =20 > expanded to 1900x1200 pixel with HD4830 graphics card - this worked=20 > perfectly before. Check out the logfile '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' if you see anything unusual. > Moving windows around now looks like having chunks of video content=20 > floating around - as on unaccelerated/slow graphics boards. When looking at the logfile '/var/log/Xorg.0.log', does it say the followin= g; (II) RADEON(0): Acceleration enabled (II) RADEON(0): Set up textured video Personally, I have built this port with one of the patches removed. In my c= ase the patch in question hung my machine every time! (there was quite a large thread about it on the mailing-list) Try removing the patch /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati/files/patch-src-radeon_driver.c and re-install the driver. If that works you can make the change permanent like this: # cd /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati/files # truncate -s 0 patch-src-radeon_driver.c # chflags schg,sunlnk patch-src-radeon_driver.c Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --aVD9QWMuhilNxW9f Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk12diQACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVHhACfUDWosvSk4J43F4jBpwqOzMWJ VfsAnjO2zK3Lcx5g7fEXM3rE3Foi1n+s =c28S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --aVD9QWMuhilNxW9f--