Re: ATI video problem - slow desktop - 100% cpu load [semi-solved]
On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 08:41:21PM -0700, Carl Johnson wrote: > Vincent Stemen writes: > > > You must load radeonkms.ko after the system is fully booted. > > > > # kldload radeonkms > > > > That automatically loads the other 3 modules and initializes the console > > where > > the console text goes into higher resolution mode. Then X and the desktop > > environments work and seem to be fully functional, including transparency, > > etc. > > > > So I can either put it in /etc/rc.local, to be run at boot time, or put it > > in > > an X startup script wrapper. Note that it must be run prior to startx > > because > > it must be loaded before launching the X server. So it cannot be put in > > ~/.xinitrc. > > Have you tried loading it with kld_list in /etc/rc.conf? Those get > loaded during boot, but it might be late enough to work. That would be > automated, so it might be a little more convenient. > -- > Carl Johnson ca...@peak.org Thanks Carl. Yes, that also worked. So, in summary, you can load the radeonkms.ko module from $kld_list in /etc/rc.conf or put "kldload radeonkms" in /etc/rc.local. I find it to be about the same convenience either way. Vince ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: ATI video problem - slow desktop - 100% cpu load [semi-solved]
On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 07:53:42PM +0200, Niclas Zeising wrote: > On 06/23/18 00:40, Mark Saad wrote: > > Vincent > >I used the scfb driver in openbsd land for a work project > >. Currently I am using 11-STABLE with the Radeon driver but at > >one point I had a different card under 11.0 that didn???t work > >unless I used the scfb driver . > > Hi! > If you are using FreeBSD 11.2 or later (stable or current) you should be > able to use graphics/drm-stable-kmod and get acceleration with your ATI > video cards. Please try it out! > Regards > -- > Niclas Thanks for the info. I'll make note of it for when I get a chance to upgrade. Right now, I am still running 11.1. Vince ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: ATI video problem - slow desktop - 100% cpu load [semi-solved]
On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 05:13:17PM -0400, Mark Saad wrote: > Vincent > I am running 11.2-PRERELEASE with a Cedar PRO [Radeon HD 5450/6350] > and I dont have any issues like that > > here is what I do to get it working for me; and I have used more or > less the same setup since 10.3-RELEASE > > In my loader.conf I have > > radeonkms_load="YES" > radeonkmsfw_CEDAR_pfp_load="YES" > radeonkmsfw_CEDAR_rlc_load="YES" > radeonkmsfw_CEDAR_me_load="YES" > > I use a static xorg.conf as well In there I have the following bits > > > Also if the redeon driver is not working for you try scfb . It works > better the vesa it some cases Thank you very much Mark! The scfb driver works! I didn't know what the scfb driver was for or that it will use the radeon kernel modules. This seems to confirm that the problem lies in the radeon X server driver that's in the xf86-video-ati package. I tagged this as semi-solved in the subject because it solves our immediate problem and gets us working, but it seems to be a work around to fixing the ati driver problem. Unless FreeBSD is going in the direction of using the scfb driver and not needing the ati driver at all, but I have found no documentation indicating this. The man page for scfb says it is a non-accelerated driver. So far as I can tell, that is not necessarily the case. It is using the radeon kernel modules and I seem to have full desktop features, resolution, and performance, including transparencies. I even tested moving windows around that are playing high def videos. I am curious how you discovered the use of this driver for ATI cards since I have not found docs that say anything about it. BTW, I did test with all three ATI Radeon card models that I mentioned, and it works fine with all of them. Anyway, there are some caveats to getting it working. Since I spent the last few days working on this issue, I am posting my notes below to help others who might be experiencing the same issue. Solution to getting ATI Radeon graphics cards working = Use the "scfb" driver from the xf86-video-scfb package rather than the "radeon" driver from the xf86-video-ati package. /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "Device" ... Driver "scfb" ... EndSection This driver also requires the radeon kernel modules to be loaded, but does not automatically load them like the radeon driver does. I tried loading them in /boot/loader.conf, /boot/loader.conf radeonkms_load = yes radeonkmsfw_RS780_pfp_load = yes radeonkmsfw_RS780_me_load = yes radeonkmsfw_R600_rlc = yes This did not work. The radeonkmsfw_R600_rlc.ko module does not get loaded and the console does not get initialized. Apparently it has something to do with loader loading the modules first, when the kernel is not running yet to have detected the PCIe devices. Even if you manually load radeonkmsfw_R600_rlc after booting, using kldload, it still does not initialize the console. You must load radeonkms.ko after the system is fully booted. # kldload radeonkms That automatically loads the other 3 modules and initializes the console where the console text goes into higher resolution mode. Then X and the desktop environments work and seem to be fully functional, including transparency, etc. So I can either put it in /etc/rc.local, to be run at boot time, or put it in an X startup script wrapper. Note that it must be run prior to startx because it must be loaded before launching the X server. So it cannot be put in ~/.xinitrc. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: ATI video problem - extremely slow desktop - 100% cpu load
I have now tested with two additional ATI cards. A Radeon HD 5450 and and older card that shows as "RV370 [Radeon X300 SE]" in the PCI info. Same problem on all of them. Before, it would come up and run correctly once in a while. It doesn't seem to at all now. This seems to be some kind of core radeon driver bug. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
ATI video problem - extremely slow desktop - 100% cpu load
Hi. FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE Motherboard:gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 R2 Video: Integrated ATI Radeon HD 3000 graphics System runs fine with a simple stand alone window manager such as jwm, openbox, etc. But anytime I run a desktop environment that has a panel and/or desktop icons, the X desktop takes a very long time to start up and runs extremely slow and unresponsive, the pointer jumps instead of moving smoothly, and the main Xorg process runs at 100% load on one core. I have tried several different desktops, such as xfce, enlightenment, lumina, etc. Similar problem on all of them. It appears to be any environment that is using DBUS. That could just be a coincidence. The weird thing is that it does not always do it. Once in a while, when I launch X, it comes up quick and runs fine. Shut down X and re-run it and it's back doing it again. Sometimes it will come up running fine several times in a row. Once it comes up working correctly, it stays working until I restart X. Even after a reboot, it is inconsistent about doing it the first time X is run. I have tried re-installing all the ports from X11 and the desktop environments from FreeBSD 11 release_1, release_2, quarterly, and latest. Same problem with all of them. Does anybody have any idea what could be causing this? I don't know if for sure if this is a FreeBSD or a port problem. There are radeon modules running. # kldstat 51 0x82431000 12b4a0 radeonkms.ko ... 101 0x825b9000 103e radeonkmsfw_RS780_pfp.ko 111 0x825bb000 5b3f radeonkmsfw_RS780_me.ko 121 0x825c1000 1338 radeonkmsfw_R600_rlc.ko X is using the ati driver from the xf86-video-ati-7.9.0_1,1 package. The evidence seems to be pointing toward the xf86-video-ati package being the problem. If I edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use the "vesa" driver rather than the "radeon" driver the problem goes away. But, of course, the vesa driver is low resolution and does not re-initialize the console when I exit X. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
