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EVRAMP

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From: Czech Republic

Registered: 2008-10-03

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

How can i find out what acceleration method i'm using? I've installed xf86-video-intel-newest from AUR with no xorg.conf. I also use KMS 'early start' like described in the wiki.

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep accel
(--) intel(0): Using UXA for acceleration

moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

the good news is that your performance will mostly come back on 2.6.31 (it does here on 945gma).

But it will drop right down agan on 2.6.32
Because that seems to be the pattern....

Last edited by moljac024 (2009-07-15 14:39:54)

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sirocco

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Registered: 2008-03-10

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

in my case

grep -A 3 UXA /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(II) UXA(0): Driver registered support for the following operations:
(II)         solid
(II)         copy
(II)         composite (RENDER acceleration)

SomeGuyDude

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Registered: 2008-10-09

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

the good news is that your performance will mostly come back on 2.6.31 (it does here on 945gma).

But it will drop right down agan on 2.6.32
Because that seems to be the pattern....

No, because things were broken on 2.6.29 at one point as well.

Things will work on 2.6.31, then Intel will come out with a new driver that doesn't work until 2.6.32. Then that'll work for a little while again until the pattern repeats at nauseum.

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leeyee

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From: Kingston, Canada

Registered: 2009-01-07

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

In recent kernels and drivers, graphics system is constantly evolving so the cooperation between them seems  stumbling. I think this will not be flawless until DRI2, KMS and TTM DRM get totally static. That is the developing pain we have to endure.

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jamesbond007

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From: Germany

Registered: 2009-06-14

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

Because of the negative feedback on xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 in this thread (and in others) I stayed with  2.7.1-1 so far. In the meanwhile, xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.902-1 has popped up. Are there any experiences with this latest version, expecially with Intel GMA X4500HD?

I currently have about 1.900 FPS in glxgears with xf86-video-intel 2.7.1-1 (KDE 4.2, desktop effects enabled).

Thanks in advance & kind regards,
jamesbond007.

eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2008-11-18

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

902-1 appears to have been shipped with mesa 7.5-1 so i guess any changes there would be mesa related. im sitting at 700fps with glxgears, 2.6.31-rc3, kms, and all the whistles.... (945gma) the display never felt as responsive before.

andre.ramaciotti

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

bond, james bond, I'd keep version 2.7.1 until kernel 2.6.31 is released (or compile it myself).

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panosk

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From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2008-10-29

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

Hi,

I tried 2.7.99.902-1 with X3100 and performance was a little better than in 2.7.99.901-1, but still very low compared to 2.7.1 so I downgraded again. To my surprise, though, the 2.7.1 performance was a little better after the downgrade (smoother compositing, some 200 fps more in glxgears), probably because of the other X-related stuff that got upgraded too.

I guess I will wait for the 2.6.31 kernel (I think it will be released mid August). Btw, will KMS be enabled by default in the new kernel?

Because of the negative feedback on xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 in this thread (and in others) I stayed with  2.7.1-1 so far. In the meanwhile, xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.902-1 has popped up. Are there any experiences with this latest version, expecially with Intel GMA X4500HD?

I currently have about 1.900 FPS in glxgears with xf86-video-intel 2.7.1-1 (KDE 4.2, desktop effects enabled).

Thanks in advance & kind regards,
jamesbond007.

Dead Code

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Registered: 2009-01-18

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

My performance slightly improved.. from 200 to 450.. (originally 800 fps) i dont have 2.7.1-1 to fallback to,  is there anyway i can install it?

I am not aware of KMS in .31 although I have enabled currently

eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2008-11-18

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

My performance slightly improved.. from 200 to 450.. (originally 800 fps) i dont have 2.7.1-1 to fallback to,  is there anyway i can install it?

I am not aware of KMS in .31 although I have enabled currently

scan the svn entries till you find the relese you are looking for...build it yourself

Dead Code

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Registered: 2009-01-18

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

My performance slightly improved.. from 200 to 450.. (originally 800 fps) i dont have 2.7.1-1 to fallback to,  is there anyway i can install it?

I am not aware of KMS in .31 although I have enabled currently

scan the svn entries till you find the relese you are looking for...build it yourself

ah.. need to find out how to do that!

jamesbond007

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From: Germany

Registered: 2009-06-14

Posts: 150

Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

i dont have 2.7.1-1 to fallback to,  is there anyway i can install it?

You can find it here:

- i686: http://www.schlunix.org/archlinux/extra … pkg.tar.gz
- x86_64: http://www.schlunix.org/archlinux/extra … pkg.tar.gz

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combuster

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-09-30

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

x3100, 2.6.31-rc3 and 2.7.99.902 driver (with mesa 7.5-1 and deps) and everything is smooth as it can be, 950fps in glxgears, urt runs fine again, I get the bug free performance I had with EXA and older kernels/drivers... KMS is enabled by default and i915 and intel_agp are build into kernel. I'm very pleased with it so far and I'm waiting for xf86-video-intel 2.8 to hit the repo's since it's released today. I don't think that things wiill get worse from this point on, since they've stripped the code for XAA and EXA and DRI1 I think it's gonna get only better. Only problem so far that remains is that brightness keys on my laptop doesn't work (acpi_brightness=vendor kernel parametar fixed this issue). I hope that when 2.6.31 kernel and xserver-1.7 get's released that it will be even better... Cheers!

Last edited by combuster (2009-07-21 20:00:30)

Ronin-Sage

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

~1500fps in glxgears, ~35-60fps in UrbanTerror, here. Basically, everything up-to-date from [core] and [extra], although xf86-video-intel is held back at 2.7.1-1. I'm running on an Intel 945GM chipset.

kernel-2.6.30.1-1
xf86-video-intel-2.7.1-1 [capped/held]
mesa-7.5-1
libgl-7.5-1
intel-dri-7.5-1

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leeyee

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From: Kingston, Canada

Registered: 2009-01-07

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

850FPS in glxgears, on X4500MHD, without xorg.conf and KMS "early" enabled.

Packages:
kernel26 2.6.30.1-1
xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.902-1
intel-dri 7.5-1
libgl 7.5-1
mesa 7.5-1

Why my glxgear performance is so poor? :-(

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combuster

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Registered: 2008-09-30

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

It is going to double when 2.6.31 gets in repos trust me

dgcombs

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

It is going to double when 2.6.31 gets in repos trust me

It's not you dude... it's Intel I don't trust.

combuster

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Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901-1 just halved framerate

Well it looks like I'm gonna eat my own words. With xserver 1.7-rc and mesa 7.6-devel and xf86-video-intel git snapshot performance is crappy again. What was improved with 2.6.31 kernel now is trashed with I belive mesa 7.6. It's all still in development and there is still time to improve right now performance sukZ big time, glxgears dropped to 450fps (was 350 with the latest upgrades from arch repos) and before this upgrade it was 950 with good performance in games like urt... Now eveything is choppy again. At least it's bug free for now...