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czester21

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Registered: 2007-09-30

Posts: 3

[SOLVED] xf86-intel+xorg-1.5.3 low performance

Hello,

Yesterday i've updated whole arch linux distribution (pacman -Su), unfortunately after update i've discovered that pereformence of glx has fallen significantly.

On glxgears i can get max 170 fps, i can't event watch SD movies on mplayer -vo gl movie.avi, on mplayer i get this message:
           ************************************************
           **** Your system is too SLOW to play this!  ****
           ************************************************

Possible reasons, problems, workarounds:
- Most common: broken/buggy _audio_ driver
  - Try -ao sdl or use the OSS emulation of ALSA.
  - Experiment with different values for -autosync, 30 is a good start.
- Slow video output
  - Try a different -vo driver (-vo help for a list) or try -framedrop!
- Slow CPU
  - Don't try to play a big DVD/DivX on a slow CPU! Try some of the lavdopts,
    e.g. -vfm ffmpeg -lavdopts lowres=1:fast:skiploopfilter=all.
- Broken file
  - Try various combinations of -nobps -ni -forceidx -mc 0.
- Slow media (NFS/SMB mounts, DVD, VCD etc)
  - Try -cache 8192.
- Are you using -cache to play a non-interleaved AVI file?
  - Try -nocache.
Read DOCS/HTML/en/video.html for tuning/speedup tips.
If none of this helps you, read DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html.

But it's not problem with my computer, before system update everything was ok. So it's a problem with new intel driver or new xorg.
What are the possible solutions?

Last edited by czester21 (2008-12-26 15:50:11)

Cheesebaron

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2008-10-31

Posts: 65

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Re: [SOLVED] xf86-intel+xorg-1.5.3 low performance

I have a somewhat similar problem, though, this problem concerns performance in games. Before the new hotplugable Xorg I could run Diablo II in wine with about 25 fps, now it runs with about 12-13 fps. I am also trying packages from testing now with the same result.

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ArchArael

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Registered: 2005-06-14

Posts: 504

Re: [SOLVED] xf86-intel+xorg-1.5.3 low performance

Am I wrong or this issue should be solved with the latest kernel 2.6.28?

I also have a poor performance with the latest drivers on my intel x3100.

Cheesebaron

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2008-10-31

Posts: 65

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Re: [SOLVED] xf86-intel+xorg-1.5.3 low performance

Yeah, I am looking forward to GEM. Hopefully that will solve all problems.

UPDATE:
It seems after I tried to compile Zen-Kernel 2.6.28-rc9 and added the following line in xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
...
        Option      "RenderAccel"               "true"
...
EndSection

and

Section "Extensions"
...
        Option "MIT-SHM" "Yes"
...
EndSection

And also change AccelMethod back to XAA instead of EXA as I ran before, performance went back to normal levels.
It might aswell work for you too.

Last edited by Cheesebaron (2008-12-25 15:38:23)

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Slack

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From: Chile

Registered: 2008-10-27

Posts: 52

Re: [SOLVED] xf86-intel+xorg-1.5.3 low performance

downgrading xorg you can solve the problem partially
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=60184

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Excuse my poor english

czester21

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Registered: 2007-09-30

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] xf86-intel+xorg-1.5.3 low performance

downgrading xorg you can solve the problem partially
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=60184

thank you for that advice, downgrading xorg solved the problem

Last edited by czester21 (2008-12-27 08:01:39)