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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] AMDGPU: firefox hangs the window manager
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 09:56:54
Message-Id: 5834235.6iMSNCgkF5@peak
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] AMDGPU: firefox hangs the window manager by "n952162@web.de"
1 On Sunday, 15 December 2019 21:11:30 GMT n952162@×××.de wrote:
2 > I recently reported that after rebuilding my kernel, my system doesn't power
3 > down any more. My problems are actually much more severe. When I bring up
4 > Firefox, my system grinds to a crawl, where it can take minutes to echo a
5 > few characters (if at all). That's everywhwere in the window manager, all
6 > xterm instances.
7 >
8 > VTs and ssh instances run fine. I'm thinking, the amdgpu module is causing
9 > problems when features are invoked by firefox.
10 >
11 > This in the hopes that there were improvements to AMDGPU, but it's much
12 > worse for me now.
13 >
14 > I'm running (kinda running) 4.19.72. I followed the instructions on
15 > gentoo's AMDGPU page.
16 >
17 > Are is there anybody else running AMDGPU and having more luck?
18
19 Another thought: are you using "Use recommended performance settings" in
20 Firefox?
21
22 --
23 Regards,
24 Peter.