How to Report an Intel Performance Problem

First, make a new bug.  The easiest way, which will pull in a lot of
useful logs and config files, is:

  ubuntu-bug -p xserver-xorg-video-intel

Second, select a very precise title for the bug.  If you use a generic
title like "performance sucks" it will just attract others with
unrelated performance issues to comment on and hijack your bug, which
just wastes everyone's time, most especially your own!

Next, provide very specific steps to reproduce the issue.  Reproduce the
problem yourself several times (including after a fresh reboot) so
you're certain it's just not some random quirk.  When a developer or
tester is able to easily reproduce your issue, it makes it immensely
easier for them to figure out how to fix it, and to be certain that your
issue is gone.

For performance bugs, a few other bits of data can be useful, including
`glxinfo` and `xdpyinfo` output, and a video or photo (particularly if
the perf issue is accompanied by graphics corruption or glitches.)  See
http://intellinuxgraphics.org/how_to_report_bug.html as the official
guide on what to include.

Finally, vary your setup and see how many different ways you can or
can't reproduce it.  Try it with compiz on vs. off, or on a different
version of Ubuntu, or a different distro with the same xserver/driver
version, or on another computer also running Ubuntu but with different
Intel graphics chips.  Or try out some xorg.conf driver parameters
listed in `man intel` to see how they influence things.

If you follow these guidelines, you'll stand a much better chance of
getting your performance issue looked at.  Be aware, though, that with
performance issues Intel is mainly concerned with what is in their git
tree; they may ask you to build and test their latest code, and if the
issue doesn't exist there they'll consider the problem solved.

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[i965, etc.] Poor graphics performance on Intel
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252094
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