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jollafan

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Registered: 2014-09-26

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[Solved] radeonsi: only Software Rendering with AMD A10-7850k APU

Hi,

I have a new computer with an AMD A10-7850k APU.
I installed Arch Linux as usual and now get only Software Rendering with the open source drivers.

$ glxinfo | grep vendor
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org

Xorg.0.log
http://pastebin.com/Pi1rCW5n

dmesg | grep drm
http://pastebin.com/qx7Re1fv

I am in the video group and I have no nomodeset in my boot entry.

Is this APU not yet supported for Hardware Rendering with the radeonsi drivers or do I miss anything?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Last edited by jollafan (2014-09-26 12:53:20)

Lone_Wolf

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Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,177

Re: [Solved] radeonsi: only Software Rendering with AMD A10-7850k APU

glxinfo | grep vendor    says very little about software / hardware rendering.

try grepping for renderer or OpenGL

$ glxinfo | grep vendor
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
$

$ glxinfo | grep renderer
    GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer, 
    GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer, 
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV770
$

$ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV770
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-23247e8)
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-23247e8)
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.0 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-23247e8)
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.0
OpenGL ES profile extensions:
$

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jollafan

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Registered: 2014-09-26

Posts: 3

Re: [Solved] radeonsi: only Software Rendering with AMD A10-7850k APU

$ glxinfo | grep renderer
    GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer, 
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD KAVERI

$ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD KAVERI
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 10.2.8
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 10.2.8
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.0 Mesa 10.2.8
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.0
OpenGL ES profile extensions:

So, does that mean it is already using hardware rendering?

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [Solved] radeonsi: only Software Rendering with AMD A10-7850k APU

Yes, Gallium 0.4 is hardware rendering.

If mesa was using software rendering, it would show something like softpipe as renderer.

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Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

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Re: [Solved] radeonsi: only Software Rendering with AMD A10-7850k APU

grep glxinfo output for renderer, not vendor - the "OpenGL renderer string" line is important.

Edit: Wow, I had this post open while answering another, and in the meantime this one got answered . Anyway, what makes you believe you don't have 3d accel? Maybe you're trying to run a 32bit application, in which case you need the 32bit driver - lib32-ati-dri

Last edited by Gusar (2014-09-26 12:44:41)

jollafan

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Registered: 2014-09-26

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Re: [Solved] radeonsi: only Software Rendering with AMD A10-7850k APU

Thanks! I had some issues in a game, that is working on other computer with the radeon open source drivers. But seems, as the error is somewhere else. I marked it as solved.