Public bug reported: https://tjaalton.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/intel-graphics-gen4-and-newer- now-defaults-to-modesetting-driver-on-x/
There are reports that WebKitGTK performance is much worse with Intel's modesetting driver (which was enabled a month ago for yakkety). Upstream bug attached. ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: webkit2gtk (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: webkitgtk (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: iso-testing yakkety ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #85064 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85064 ** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85064 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Also affects: webkit2gtk (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: https://tjaalton.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/intel-graphics-gen4-and-newer- now-defaults-to-modesetting-driver-on-x/ - There are reports that WebKit2 performance is much worse with Intel's + There are reports that WebKitGTK performance is much worse with Intel's modesetting driver (which was enabled a month ago for yakkety). Upstream bug attached. ** Summary changed: - Poor performance with WebKit2 on yakkety with Intel modesetting enabled + Poor performance with WebKit on yakkety with Intel modesetting enabled ** Also affects: webkitgtk (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1615871 Title: Poor performance with WebKit on yakkety with Intel modesetting enabled Status in xf86-video-intel: Unknown Status in webkit2gtk package in Ubuntu: New Status in webkitgtk package in Ubuntu: New Status in xserver-xorg-video-intel package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: https://tjaalton.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/intel-graphics-gen4-and- newer-now-defaults-to-modesetting-driver-on-x/ There are reports that WebKitGTK performance is much worse with Intel's modesetting driver (which was enabled a month ago for yakkety). Upstream bug attached. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1615871/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp