[Bug 1605662] Re: Console extremely slow with 4.4 kernels for servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2016-08-17 Thread Mike Jester
** Tags removed: verification-needed-xenial ** Tags added: verification-done-xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1605662 Title: Console extremely slow with 4.4 kernels for servers w

[Bug 1605662] [NEW] Console extremely slow with 4.4 kernels for servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2016-07-22 Thread Mike Jester
Public bug reported: Please see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/linux/+bug/1434581 for more information. The changes that resolved the issue appear to have been lost between 14.04 and 16.04, and I am requesting that write combining (mtrr:3) once again become the default for ve

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-05-11 Thread Mike Jester
I tried all three kernels on a Dell R320 with no kernel command line options and they all resolve the issue. ** Tags removed: verification-needed-trusty verification-needed-utopic verification-needed-vivid ** Tags added: verification-done-trusty verification-done-utopic verification-done-vivid

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-04-21 Thread Mike Jester
That kernel flag works. Thanks for pushing this along. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581 Title: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Ma

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-04-20 Thread Mike Jester
I added the change from the SAUCE patch in May of 2011 to 3.13.0-48 and rebuilt. It fixes the problem. -static int mtrr __read_mostly; /* disable mtrr */ +static int mtrr __read_mostly = 3; /* disable mtrr */ I've attached the kernel, 3-13.0-48.80+testfb. ** Attachmen

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-04-20 Thread Mike Jester
Both of your finds are interesting considering the vesafb SAUCE patches seem to be making a change to mtrr. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2011-May/015600.html https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2013-March/027111.html -- You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-04-20 Thread Mike Jester
3.11.x and earlier versions from mainline give me no display -- just a black screen on boot. The system does work, and I posted a dmesg from that boot earlier (dmesg110.txt is the name of the file.) So there's definitely some sort of SAUCE patch or patches that make vesafb work with those kernels,

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-04-20 Thread Mike Jester
3.11.0-12 does not have the bug, while 3.12.0-1 with SYSFB=n does. It looks like 3.12 is when simplefb was implemented (as you noted in a previous post) and when vesafb was integrated. Based on Joseph Salisbury's comment #24 above noting that the older Ubuntu kernels had SAUCE patches to make vesa

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-04-18 Thread Mike Jester
Thanks, that'll help if your host has the G200 based IPMI card. Mainline kernels before 3.13 don't work at all, and the versions of 3.13 built with SYSFB=y are fine while the ones with SYSFB=n are not. Comments 15 and 19. I downloaded the source for 3.11.0-12, 3.12.0-1 and 3.13.0-1 from (https://

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-04-17 Thread Mike Jester
Yep, one machine, three kernels. I didn't have /etc/default/openipmi since I don't have the openipmi package installed. I tried installing it and flipping those off, also I tried blacklisting ipmi_si and ipmi_devintf. Unfortunately, there was no change. I can install and post logs for just about

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-04-17 Thread Mike Jester
** Attachment added: "[Correction] dmesg - Ubuntu 12.04 kernel v3.13.0-49 SYSFB=y" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/linux/+bug/1434581/+attachment/4378621/+files/dmesg%201204%20313%20sysfby.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-04-17 Thread Mike Jester
** Attachment added: "dmesg - Ubuntu 12.04 kernel v3.13.0-49 SYSFB=y" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/linux/+bug/1434581/+attachment/4378618/+files/fb1204313sysfby.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-04-17 Thread Mike Jester
** Attachment added: "dmesg - Ubuntu 12.04 Kernel v3.13.0-48 SYSFB=n" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/linux/+bug/1434581/+attachment/4378600/+files/dmesg%201204%20313%20sysfbn.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-04-17 Thread Mike Jester
** Attachment added: "dmesg - Ubuntu 12.04 Kernel v3.2" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/linux/+bug/1434581/+attachment/4378599/+files/dmesg%201204%2032.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bu

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-04-17 Thread Mike Jester
Understood. I agree that not completely breaking virtual machines in some hypervisors is important. While I'm required to use bare-metal installs on these systems, I depend on VMs as much as the next person. There has to be an alternate solution. Are you suggesting there's a kernel change needed t

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-04-17 Thread Mike Jester
That's correct, the VESA framebuffer (vesafb) is what I saw on lsmod on older kernels. I can do any other testing you'd like with different kernels or versions of Ubuntu as the system I'm doing this on is purely test. Pre-setting the desired resolution results in a slow console and setting GRUB_TER

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-03-26 Thread Mike Jester
I built 3.13.0-48.80 with CONFIG_X86_SYSFB=y since it was set to n in 3.13.0-7.24. This resolves the issue. I can upload the built kernel if necessary. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/143

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-03-24 Thread Mike Jester
3.13.0-1 that you linked does not have the bug. 3.13.0-6.23 does not have it: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel- team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+build/5537054 3.13.0-7.24 appears to be a failed build, but maybe one of the commits is related: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.13.0-7.24/

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-03-24 Thread Mike Jester
I tested more mainline kernels: 3.2.0 through 3.10.0. The corresponding Ubuntu kernels (ex: lts-quantal 3.5.0-54 vs mainline 3.5.0) work properly. The ones from mainline all black screen. If I go to / and do find . -name vesafb.ko only the Ubuntu kernels from 3.11 and earlier have the file. Was t

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-03-24 Thread Mike Jester
** Attachment added: "dmesg12rc1.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1434581/+attachment/4354502/+files/dmesg12rc1.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581 T

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-03-24 Thread Mike Jester
** Attachment added: "dmesg120.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1434581/+attachment/4354501/+files/dmesg120.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581 Title

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-03-24 Thread Mike Jester
** Attachment added: "dmesg110.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1434581/+attachment/4354500/+files/dmesg110.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581 Title

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-03-24 Thread Mike Jester
I tried more kernels this morning, and unfortunately my results weren't so good. All of the v3.12-rc# kernels, v3.11.0 and v3.11.10.15 give me a black screen. The system does boot and function, but I am blind. I'm attaching the dmesg from v3.12.0, v3.12-rc1 and v3.11.0. The last versions of 3.8 (

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-03-24 Thread Mike Jester
Chris, the output is: 2.3.3 07/10/2014 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581 Title: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-03-23 Thread Mike Jester
In an attempt to narrow it down, I downloaded some more kernels from mainline to test. I reloaded the machine with 12.04 and tried 3.11.0-26 (via linux-generic-lts-saucy meta) and 3.12.0 from the mainline repository. 3.12.0 is slow like 3.13 and 3.11.0-26 performs fine as noted in the original rep

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-03-23 Thread Mike Jester
I updated the BIOS to 2.3.3, and I used kernel 4.0-rc5 that was posted this morning. No change. Running dpkg -l is still a slideshow. I removed the bios-outdated tag, let me know if I need to do another collect. ** Tags removed: bios-outdated-2.3.3 -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-03-20 Thread Mike Jester
I can do that on Monday when I'm back in the office no problem. This is a test machine so I can do just about anything with it. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581 Title: C

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-03-20 Thread Mike Jester
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581 Title: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified s

[Bug 1434581] UdevDb.txt

2015-03-20 Thread Mike Jester
apport information ** Attachment added: "UdevDb.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581/+attachment/4350728/+files/UdevDb.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581 Title: Co

[Bug 1434581] Re: Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-03-20 Thread Mike Jester
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected trusty ** Description changed: When I first came across this issue I thought it was the same as bug #1316035 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg- server/+bug/1316035), but this bug seems to be about X and it is reporting xorg

[Bug 1434581] WifiSyslog.txt

2015-03-20 Thread Mike Jester
apport information ** Attachment added: "WifiSyslog.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581/+attachment/4350730/+files/WifiSyslog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581 Ti

[Bug 1434581] Lspci.txt

2015-03-20 Thread Mike Jester
apport information ** Attachment added: "Lspci.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581/+attachment/4350723/+files/Lspci.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581 Title: Cons

[Bug 1434581] ProcModules.txt

2015-03-20 Thread Mike Jester
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcModules.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581/+attachment/4350727/+files/ProcModules.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581

[Bug 1434581] ProcCpuinfo.txt

2015-03-20 Thread Mike Jester
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcCpuinfo.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581/+attachment/4350725/+files/ProcCpuinfo.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581

[Bug 1434581] ProcInterrupts.txt

2015-03-20 Thread Mike Jester
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcInterrupts.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581/+attachment/4350726/+files/ProcInterrupts.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/143

[Bug 1434581] UdevLog.txt

2015-03-20 Thread Mike Jester
apport information ** Attachment added: "UdevLog.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581/+attachment/4350729/+files/UdevLog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581 Title:

[Bug 1434581] CurrentDmesg.txt

2015-03-20 Thread Mike Jester
apport information ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581/+attachment/4350722/+files/CurrentDmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581

[Bug 1434581] Lsusb.txt

2015-03-20 Thread Mike Jester
apport information ** Attachment added: "Lsusb.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581/+attachment/4350724/+files/Lsusb.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434581 Title: Cons

[Bug 1434581] [NEW] Console extremely slow with 3.13 and newer kernels for certified servers with Matrox G200er2 or similar

2015-03-20 Thread Mike Jester
Public bug reported: When I first came across this issue I thought it was the same as bug #1316035 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg- server/+bug/1316035), but this bug seems to be about X and it is reporting xorg-server as the package with the issue. I've seen a report on the certif