Bug#523467: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: Slowness

[Mathias Brodala]

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Hi.

Michel Dänzer, 28.04.2009 09:20:
> On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 08:54 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote:
>> Just want to confirm this bug, I’m suffering from it too. Window
>> handling, especially scrolling has become hell. Video playback also
>> suffers due to sloppiness.
> 
> Your log file also shows that the DRI is disabled.

My bad, I only relied on glxinfo:

> $ glxinfo |grep direct
> direct rendering: Yes

(Shouldn’t this output tell the same as the Xorg logfile?)

> Why did you follow up
> to this report without any new information, when more information
> (kernel output, in particular agp/drm related) was specifically
> requested?

My bad again. Here’s something which sounds useful:

> Apr 28 00:14:22 core2 kernel: [289408.349294] agpgart-amd64 0000:00:00.0: AGP 3.0 bridge
> Apr 28 00:14:22 core2 kernel: [289408.349313] agpgart-amd64 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode
> Apr 28 00:14:22 core2 kernel: [289408.349340] pci 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode
> Apr 28 00:14:22 core2 kernel: [289408.555276] [drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
> Apr 28 00:14:22 core2 kernel: [289408.555320] [drm] Loading R300 Microcode
> Apr 28 00:14:22 core2 kernel: [289408.555323] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/R300_cp.bin
> Apr 28 00:14:22 core2 kernel: [289408.646718] radeon_cp: Failed to load firmware "radeon/R300_cp.bin"
> Apr 28 00:14:22 core2 kernel: [289408.646722] [drm:radeon_do_init_cp] *ERROR* Failed to load firmware!

This output led me to bug #521400 in linux-image-2.6.29, which in turn
made me install the firmware-linux package. After a restart of X,
everything is as smooth and quick as it used to be. Both glxgears and
video playback are back to normal.

So, this "bug" is solved at least for me.


Regards, Mathias

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