[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
I'm I the only person on the planet using ubuntu that experiences changing of performance? After using the pc for anytime from 1 hours to 6 hours, when performance is generally sluggish on flash video and firefox scrolling, out of nowhere performance just explodes and everything starts working great. I tried to have a look at various logs but nothing really stands out as to reveal what happens. I tried the recommended xorg.conf configuration on an ATI Mobility Radoen 9700 running radeon driver, lspci describes as: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] And saw no visible increase in performance. Xorg.0.log reveals this weird sequence though: (**) RADEON(0): Option AccelMethod XAA (**) RADEON(0): Using XAA acceleration architecture (II) RADEON(0): XAA Render acceleration unsupported on Radeon 9500/9700 and newer. Please use EXA instead. (II) RADEON(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA) I guess the XAA parameter passes, it's in use, but... maybe it's not? No one with the same graphics card/chipset (300s series) sees this on the log? -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 23:33, JorgeAzevedo cenom...@gmail.com wrote: I'm I the only person on the planet using ubuntu that experiences changing of performance? Hopefully not.. :) After using the pc for anytime from 1 hours to 6 hours, when performance is generally sluggish on flash video and firefox scrolling, out of nowhere performance just explodes and everything starts working great. Interesting. I will try this, with XAA things are still not that crash hot. Things seem slower than in Intrepid but it is hard to gauge. oocalc for one still seems slow. 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] Seems we are identical (Mine is a T42 Thinkpad running the internal 15 LCD + 27 LCD via DVI on a docking station). 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] No one with the same graphics card/chipset (300s series) sees this on the log? I see this also: 636 (II) RADEON(0): Direct rendering enabled 637 (II) RADEON(0): XAA Render acceleration unsupported on Radeon 9500/9700 and newer. Please use EXA instead. 638 (II) RADEON(0): Render acceleration disabled But didn't think much of it. Perhaps there is more to this than originally thought. I will go back to EXA and wait a few hours instead of getting impatient. I am very interested in your exact config so that I can try to replicate what you are getting. -- Andrew Janke (a.ja...@gmail.com || http://a.janke.googlepages.com/) Canberra-Australia+61 (402) 700 883 -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
Solution works for me too. My System is a Dell Latitude D600. 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Device 011d Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 Memory at e800 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] I/O ports at c000 [size=256] Memory at fcff (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] [virtual] Expansion ROM at fc00 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: access denied Kernel modules: radeonfb I'm just wondering if using a much older Acceleration Method can be a solution for good... -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
Solution works for me too. My System is a Dell Latitude D600. 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Device 011d Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 Memory at e800 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] I/O ports at c000 [size=256] Memory at fcff (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] [virtual] Expansion ROM at fc00 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: access denied Kernel modules: radeonfb I'm just wondering if using a much older Acceleration Method can be a solution for good... -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
crjackson's options really improved things for me. ATI Radeon Mobility 9600. Had been using the fglrx drivers under Intrepid, but support was dropped by ATI in their xserver 1.6 compatible drivers, so I am using the open source drivers now. I had been contemplating downgrading back to Intrepid, or worse downgrading just xserver to 1.5, but this saved me from that insanity, thank you crjackson! -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
confirming problem of Jaunty xorg eating up way too many CPU cycles and making the system generally sluggish. I also confirm the XAA fix. Furthermore, I did experience screen artifacts and corruption as reported by some other people here. I hope that maybe they'll be gone, too. I'll send a bug report upstream and include a link here in a minute. -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
Forget the most important information. My computer is a Thinkpad X24. 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY [1002:4c59] Subsystem: IBM Device [1014:0239] Flags: bus master, stepping, fast Back2Back, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11 Memory at e000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] I/O ports at 2000 [size=256] Memory at c010 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] [virtual] Expansion ROM at c012 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: access denied Kernel modules: radeonfb ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #21683 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21683 ** Also affects: xserver-xorg-driver-ati via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21683 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-driver-ati Status: Unknown = Confirmed -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
I'm also a ThinkPad X31 user (Radeon Mobility M6 LY). EXA performance is horrible compared to XAA. XAA should be the default for this card. -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
Bug confirmed on IBM Thinkpad T41 / ATI RV250. Fixed by changing to XAA as suggested by Wenzhuo Zhang's 2009-04-19 xorg.conf change. -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
Changing from EXA to XAA fixes the problem for: IBM R40 2722 GDG with ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] rev 0 -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
Had the same problem with my old ATI M6 LY (as the original poster), see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1108844 . Today I upgraded my PC at work, and got the same poor performance with a Radeon 9200 Pro. Switching to XAA also brought back the performance I was used to in Intrepid. Is there any way to detect whether an ATI card works better with EXA or XAA (besides trying)? -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
Thinkpad X31 User. Fix seems to work for me as well. -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
Xorg with XAA acceleration method in Jaunty is still slower than in Hardy. I tested two very simple benchmarks: Open a Gnome Terminal, and run top. 1. Moving window: Move the Gnome Terminal window, and watch the CPU usage of the Xorg process. 2. Test scrolling: Open another Gnome Terminal, and type the following command: $ while : ; do dmesg; done In both cases, Xorg consumes about 50% of CPU cycles in Jaunty, and 25% in Hardy. -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
crjackson's solutions works fine with me, even using EXA works well. -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
hello, can you read my bug report ( Bug #365886 ) to see if your probleme is the same (i think that mine is duplicate). I have mostly the problem with firefox and the gnome-system-monitor can you confirm that? thanks jb -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
I also notice this 2 bugs whitch could be related Bug #366299 Bug #366224 -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
Adding those options to xorg.conf increases performance on my laptop using Jaunty, now. Its not as good as when I was using the catalyst drivers with Hardy, but its good enough to watch flash movies without the screen tearing. On Hardy I was getting 1000+ fps in glxgears, but with Jaunty and the above changes to xorg.conf I get about 310. -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
eMachines m6809 laptop with ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 Has very poor video performance under Intrepid / Jaunty, very poor (stuttering/choppy) flash playback in full screen - nearly un-usable. Adding the folling option greatly increase performance under Jaunty: Option AccelDFS on Option AccelMethod XAA Option MigrationHeuristic smart # greedy works well also Option EnablePageFlip on Option EnableDepthMoves on Option ColorTiling on Option FBTexPercent 0 Option RenderAccel on Performance is still not quite as good Hardy with ATI's closed drivers, but much better than Jaunty or Intrepid defaults. -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-radeon Just installed Jaunty RC on my ThinkPad X32. I am experiencing very poor Xorg performance. The Xorg process consumes about 25% CPU even when there is no user activity. If there is any screen activity, say moving the Gnome-terminal window, its CPU usage instantly climbs to 80% or more. + + [lspci] + 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3340] (rev 03) + Subsystem: IBM Device [1014:0529] + 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY [1002:4c59] + Subsystem: IBM Device [1014:052f] -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
** Attachment added: This is my xorg.conf - with XAA acceleration. http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25744830/xorg.conf ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 363238] Re: [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this
Switching back to XAA acceleration on my ThinkPad X32 seems to give me the performance as seen in Hardy. Section Device Identifier Configured Video Device Option RenderAccel on Option AccelMethod XAA Option AGPMode 4 EndSection -- [Mobility] (r100-rv200) very poor Xorg performance - XAA solves this https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
