Announcement

**numerodix** · 19 October 2006, 09:36 PM

Code:

# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Files"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
#       FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection


Section "ServerFlags"
  Option       "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
EndSection


Section "Module"
  Load         "glx"
  Load         "type1"
  Load         "extmod"
  Load         "dbe"
  Load         "freetype"
  Load         "dri"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "kbd"
  Identifier   "Keyboard[0]"
  Option       "Protocol" "Standard"
  Option       "XkbLayout" "us"
  Option       "XkbModel" "pc105"
#  Option       "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "mouse"
  Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
  Option       "Buttons" "7"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option       "Name" "Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)"
  Option       "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
  Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "synaptics"
  Identifier   "Mouse[3]"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option       "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
  Option       "Name" "Touchpad"
  Option       "SHMConfig" "on"
  Option       "Vendor" "Synaptics"
  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
  Option       "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
  DisplaySize  445 278
#  DisplaySize  330 210
  HorizSync    30-82
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  ModelName    "CF264 154P2 LCD MONITOR"
  Option       "DPMS"
  VendorName   "SEC"
  VertRefresh  43-60
  UseModes     "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
  Identifier   "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      15
    Modes      "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1$
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      16
    Modes      "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1$
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
    Modes      "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1$
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      8
    Modes      "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1$
  EndSubSection
  Device       "Device[0]"
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
  BoardName    "MOBILITY RADEON X1300 (M52 7149)"
  BusID        "1:0:0"
  Driver       "fglrx"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  Option       "EnablePrivateBackZ" "no"
  Option       "FSAADisableGamma" "no"
  Option       "CenterMode" "off"
  Option       "ScreenOverlap" "0"
  Option       "FSAAMSPosY0" "0.000000"
  Option       "FSAAMSPosY1" "0.000000"
  Option       "mtrr" "off"
  Option       "FSAAMSPosX4" "0.000000"
  Option       "ForceGenericCPU" "no"
  Option       "FSAAMSPosX5" "0.000000"
  Option       "FSAAMSPosY2" "0.000000"
  Option       "FSAAScale" "1"
  Option       "CapabilitiesEx" "0x00000000"
  Option       "FSAAMSPosY3" "0.000000"
  Option       "GammaCorrectionI" "0x00000000"
  Option       "no_accel" "no"
  Option       "FSAAMSPosY4" "0.000000"
  Option       "UseFastTLS" "0"
  Option       "FSAAMSPosY5" "0.000000"
  Option       "FSAACustomizeMSPos" "no"
  Option       "FSAAEnable" "no"
  Option       "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
  Option       "GammaCorrectionII" "0x00000000"
  Option       "Capabilities" "0x00000000"
  Option       "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
  Option       "no_dri" "no"
#  Option       "TexturedVideo" "on"
  Option       "VideoOverlay" "on"
  Option       "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
  Option       "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
  Option       "StereoSyncEnable" "1"
  Option       "usevnc" "no"
  Option       "FSAAMSPosX0" "0.000000"
  Option       "FSAAMSPosX1" "0.000000"
#  Option       "OpenGLOverlay" "on"
  Option       "FSAAMSPosX2" "0.000000"
  Option       "Stereo" "off"
  Option       "FSAAMSPosX3" "0.000000"
  Screen       0
  VendorName   "ATI"
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier   "Layout[all]"
  InputDevice  "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
  InputDevice  "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
  Option       "Clone" "off"
  Option       "Xinerama" "off"
  Screen       "Screen[0]"
EndSection


Section "DRI"
        Mode         0666
EndSection


Section "Extensions"
  Option       "DAMAGE" "no"
EndSection

Code:

# cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | g EE
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(EE) AIGLX error: dlsym for __driCreateNewScreen_20050727 failed (/usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so: undefined symbol: __driCreateNewScreen_20050727)
(EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
[root@carlton] ~
# cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | g WW
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(WW) fglrx(0): Specified desktop setup not supported: 8
(WW) fglrx(0): Probed monitor is 330x210 mm, using Displaysize 445x278 mm
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "usevnc" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "CalcAlgorithm" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Video Overlay not supported on AVIVO based graphics cards. For XVideo support please upgrade to Xorg 6.9 or later and use Option "TexturedVideo".

**Michael** · 19 October 2006, 09:54 PM

numerodix:

Welcome to the forums.

What is the output of fglrxinfo? If ATI Technologies isn't listed for OpenGL, that would explain the performance problems, since the fglrx drivers aren't running (which looks to be the case).

Anyways, glxgears isn't a very accurate benchmark, as you may know. On a Mobility Radeon X1400 here are some results from glxgears and fgl_glxgears with fglrx 8.29.6 for comparison.

[phoronix@phormobile ~]$ glxgears
1212 frames in 5.0 seconds = 242.219 FPS
1247 frames in 5.0 seconds = 249.398 FPS
1249 frames in 5.0 seconds = 249.799 FPS
[phoronix@phormobile ~]$ fgl_glxgears
Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
2517 frames in 5.0 seconds = 503.400 FPS
3133 frames in 5.0 seconds = 626.600 FPS
3096 frames in 5.0 seconds = 619.200 FPS

On your 8.29.6 driver problem, here on the Gentoo Forums seems to be the same issue with an apparent fix.

In regards to X-Video not working, there is currently a bug with the fglrx drivers where Avivo / TexturedVideo will not function with X.Org 7.1 (Bug Topic: 737-22852).

**numerodix** · 19 October 2006, 10:19 PM

Code:

$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.5946 (8.27.10)

Yeah, I heard that glxgears is flaky, however since I can get radically different rates on SUSE than Gentoo, it seems that all is not well, right? I mean same card, same hardware... btw xvinfo does list a bunch of stuff on SUSE, unlike what I posted from my gentoo setup.

I looked at the gentoo thread and the issue is not fixed there unfortunately.

This may be a silly question, but is there a newbie guide to video cards/drivers somewhere? Something to explain basic things like X-Video, direct rendering etc?

Archived xvinfo from SUSE:

Code:

# cat /tmp/ati.files/xvinfo
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
  Adaptor #0: "ATI Radeon AVIVO Video"
    number of ports: 1
    port base: 115
    operations supported: PutImage
    supported visuals:
      depth 24, visualID 0x23
      depth 24, visualID 0x24
      depth 24, visualID 0x25
      depth 24, visualID 0x26
      depth 24, visualID 0x27
      depth 24, visualID 0x28
      depth 24, visualID 0x29
      depth 24, visualID 0x2a
      depth 24, visualID 0x2b
      depth 24, visualID 0x2c
      depth 24, visualID 0x2d
      depth 24, visualID 0x2e
      depth 24, visualID 0x2f
      depth 24, visualID 0x30
      depth 24, visualID 0x31
      depth 24, visualID 0x32
      depth 24, visualID 0x33
      depth 24, visualID 0x34
      depth 24, visualID 0x35
      depth 24, visualID 0x36
      depth 24, visualID 0x37
      depth 24, visualID 0x38
      depth 24, visualID 0x39
      depth 24, visualID 0x3a
      depth 24, visualID 0x3b
      depth 24, visualID 0x3c
      depth 24, visualID 0x3d
      depth 24, visualID 0x3e
      depth 24, visualID 0x3f
      depth 24, visualID 0x40
      depth 24, visualID 0x41
      depth 24, visualID 0x42
      depth 24, visualID 0x43
      depth 24, visualID 0x44
      depth 24, visualID 0x45
      depth 24, visualID 0x46
      depth 24, visualID 0x47
      depth 24, visualID 0x48
      depth 24, visualID 0x49
      depth 24, visualID 0x4a
      depth 24, visualID 0x4b
      depth 24, visualID 0x4c
      depth 24, visualID 0x4d
      depth 24, visualID 0x4e
      depth 24, visualID 0x4f
      depth 24, visualID 0x50
      depth 24, visualID 0x51
      depth 24, visualID 0x52
      depth 24, visualID 0x53
      depth 24, visualID 0x54
      depth 24, visualID 0x55
      depth 24, visualID 0x56
      depth 24, visualID 0x57
      depth 24, visualID 0x58
      depth 24, visualID 0x59
      depth 24, visualID 0x5a
      depth 24, visualID 0x5b
      depth 24, visualID 0x5c
      depth 24, visualID 0x5d
      depth 24, visualID 0x5e
      depth 24, visualID 0x5f
      depth 24, visualID 0x60
      depth 24, visualID 0x61
      depth 24, visualID 0x62
    number of attributes: 10
      "XV_SET_DEFAULTS" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
      "XV_DOUBLE_BUFFER" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 1)
      "XV_BRIGHTNESS" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_CONTRAST" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_SATURATION" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_COLOR" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_HUE" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_RED_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_GREEN_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_BLUE_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
    maximum XvImage size: 4096 x 4096
    Number of image formats: 4
      id: 0x32595559 (YUY2)
        guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 16
        number of planes: 1
        type: YUV (packed)
      id: 0x59565955 (UYVY)
        guid: 55595659-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 16
        number of planes: 1
        type: YUV (packed)
      id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
        guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 12
        number of planes: 3
        type: YUV (planar)
      id: 0x30323449 (I420)
        guid: 49343230-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 12
        number of planes: 3
        type: YUV (planar)

**Michael** · 19 October 2006, 10:23 PM

Hmmm so according to your fglrxinfo output the fglrx drivers are actually running.

There is not necessarily a problem, can you run some more reliable benchmark? Perhaps Enemy Territory, Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo, GLOBS, or SPECViewPerf (all freely available). Those programs are better metrics as to whether you have a real performance problem.

Is your SUSE installation using X.Org 7.1?

I am not aware of any complete guide at this time, unfortunately none is completed at Phoronix right now.

**numerodix** · 20 October 2006, 03:34 PM

No, SUSE ships with xorg 6.9.

Alright, I ran SPECViewperf and it tends to lock up X. These are the results I have from benchmarks that ran to completion:

Code:

3dsmax-04 Weighted Geometric Mean =   4.142
catia-02 Weighted Geometric Mean =   5.378
light-08 Weighted Geometric Mean =   5.919
maya-02 Weighted Geometric Mean =   3.753
proe-04 Weighted Geometric Mean =   3.008
sw-01 Weighted Geometric Mean =   5.965

**Michael** · 20 October 2006, 03:36 PM

Were these SPEC results from Gentoo or SuSE? Did you run it in the other distribution to compare the results?

**numerodix** · 20 October 2006, 03:43 PM

They are from gentoo. I'll run the suite on SUSE to compare.

**numerodix** · 20 October 2006, 05:39 PM

Alright, I re-ran the same benchmarks on SUSE and here are the results. I have longer reports from every report as well if you need those.

Code:

3dsmax-04 Weighted Geometric Mean =   4.185
catia-02 Weighted Geometric Mean =   5.497
light-08 Weighted Geometric Mean =   5.972
maya-02 Weighted Geometric Mean =   3.468
proe-04 Weighted Geometric Mean =   3.157
sw-01 Weighted Geometric Mean =   6.210

I don't really know what these numbers mean, or what the scale is, but the ones from SUSE seem to be just a little higher than I got on Gentoo (except for maya which goes the other way). I kept an eye on the logs during this process to see if I would get errors in dmesg, but I didn't get any.

**Michael** · 20 October 2006, 05:42 PM

The numbers are virtually the same, so it leads me to believe based on that there is no major problems with your driver installation on Gentoo. The small performance difference could easily be attributed to differences in your packages between Getoo and SuSE, etc... Did you try running any benchmarks in games?

Announcement

X1300 woes

X1300 woes

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment