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AJ Spagnoletti wrote: |
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>> -> glxgears |
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>> get fences failed: -1 |
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>> param: 6, val: 0 |
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>> 300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.565 FPS |
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>> 298 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.524 FPS |
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>> 299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.737 FPS |
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>> 300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.884 FPS |
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> I have run into this same problem following an xorg-server upgrade, |
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> The problem started with the upgrade to xorg-server-1.5.x, using intel |
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> graphics driver version 2.7.1 and mesa version 7.4.2, my thread ran |
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> dead and as of writing this email I still have yet to find a solution |
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> to the problem. To the best of my knowledge there are known issues |
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> with new versions of the intel video drivers, however I cannot |
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> personally confirm this nor do I know of any plans or time line for |
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> the fixes to be made. |
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> AJ |
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Same here the upgrade to xorg-server-1.5.x introduced lots of surprises. |
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There were too many changes for me: upgrade of gcc to 4.3.2, and |
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configuration of hal (a difficult thing to do on a laptop at the |
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moment). What really slowed me down was that for some unknown reason my |
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windowmaker was completely messed up and took me almost a day to get it |
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fixed. |
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Back to the glxgears problem. This is critical for me since my ooimpress |
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presentations have embedded animated gifs and they play really really |
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slow under slideshow after the xorg upgrade. A random run of glxgears |
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gave me this clue (go figure; I must have ran glxgears a hundred times |
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before I saw this message) |
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-> glxgears |
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get fences failed: -1 |
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param: 6, val: 0 |
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298 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.518 FPS |
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297 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.293 FPS |
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297 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.281 FPS |
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do_wait: drmWaitVBlank returned -1, IRQs don't seem to be working correctly. |
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Try adjusting the vblank_mode configuration parameter. |
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Googling vblank_mode on the web I came across this web site |
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http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA |
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which is pertinent to my hardware and kernel/drivers. Therefore if I do |
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-> vblank_mode=0 glxgears |
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ATTENTION: default value of option vblank_mode overridden by environment. |
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get fences failed: -1 |
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param: 6, val: 0 |
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4418 frames in 5.0 seconds = 883.510 FPS |
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4490 frames in 5.0 seconds = 897.871 FPS |
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4491 frames in 5.0 seconds = 898.054 FPS |
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4481 frames in 5.0 seconds = 896.043 FPS |
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4382 frames in 5.0 seconds = 876.251 FPS |
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I get much better performance as I used to have before the xorg upgrade. |
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This is where I am now trying to gather information on how to deal with |
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dri and vblank_mode settings. |
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Hope this helps. |
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