Bug 12924

Summary: Mageia KDE edition performs slowly on desktop PC with Radeon video card
Product: Mageia Reporter: Jesse Smith <jessefrgsmith>
Component: RPM PackagesAssignee: Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status: RESOLVED OLD QA Contact:
Severity: minor    
Priority: Normal CC: davidwhodgins, mrmazda, thierry.vignaud, tmb
Version: 4Keywords: NEEDINFO
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: i586   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Source RPM: CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments: 3520x1200 Mageia 4/KDE 4.11.4 screenshot

Description Jesse Smith 2014-03-03 19:11:51 CET
Description of problem:
Mageia 4 KDE edition performs slowly on desktop PC with Radeon video card, 2.8GHz CPU, approx. 6GB of RAM. Also runs slowly in VirtualBox environment with 2GB of RAM allocated on 2.8GHz CPU.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Mageia version 4 (KDE edition) build i586

How reproducible:
Every boot/login


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Mageia on given hardware
2. Login to KDE desktop
3. Open applications, access menu, move windows around.



The output from the command "lshw" follows below.

en                      
    description: Computer
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: vsyscall32
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       physical id: 0
     *-memory
          description: System memory
          physical id: 0
          size: 5440MiB
     *-cpu
          product: AMD A4-3420 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 1
          bus info: cpu@0
          size: 800MHz
          capacity: 800MHz
          width: 64 bits
          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save pausefilter cpufreq
     *-pci:0
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 12h Processor Root Complex
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
        *-display
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Sumo [Radeon HD 6410D]
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0
             resources: irq:45 memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:f000(size=256) memory:feb00000-feb3ffff
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Family 12h Processor Root Port
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:40 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:d0300000-d04fffff ioport:d0500000(size=2097152)
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Family 12h Processor Root Port
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:41 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:fea00000-feafffff ioport:d0100000(size=2097152)
           *-network UNCLAIMED
                description: Network controller
                product: Ralink corp.
                vendor: Ralink corp.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list
                configuration: latency=0
                resources: memory:fea00000-fea0ffff
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Family 12h Processor Root Port
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:42 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:d0000000-d00fffff
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 06
                serial: 4c:72:b9:c7:49:ff
                size: 100Mbit/s
                capacity: 1Gbit/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw ip=192.168.2.100 latency=0 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
                resources: irq:44 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:d0004000-d0004fff memory:d0000000-d0003fff
        *-storage
             description: SATA controller
             product: FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 11
             bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
             version: 40
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: storage ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ahci latency=32
             resources: irq:43 ioport:f140(size=8) ioport:f130(size=4) ioport:f120(size=8) ioport:f110(size=4) ioport:f100(size=16) memory:feb50000-feb507ff
        *-usb:0
             description: USB controller
             product: FCH USB OHCI Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 12
             bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ohci bus_master
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:18 memory:feb4f000-feb4ffff
        *-usb:1
             description: USB controller
             product: FCH USB EHCI Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 12.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:12.2
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:17 memory:feb4e000-feb4e0ff
        *-usb:2
             description: USB controller
             product: FCH USB OHCI Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 13
             bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ohci bus_master
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:18 memory:feb4d000-feb4dfff
        *-usb:3
             description: USB controller
             product: FCH USB EHCI Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 13.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:17 memory:feb4c000-feb4c0ff
        *-serial
             description: SMBus
             product: FCH SMBus Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 14
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
             version: 13
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0
             resources: irq:0
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: FCH Azalia Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 14.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
             version: 01
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=32
             resources: irq:16 memory:feb40000-feb43fff
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: FCH LPC Bridge
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 14.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master
             configuration: latency=0
        *-pci:3
             description: PCI bridge
             product: FCH PCI Bridge
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 14.4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4
             version: 40
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master vga_palette
        *-usb:4
             description: USB controller
             product: FCH USB OHCI Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 14.5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.5
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ohci bus_master
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:18 memory:feb4b000-feb4bfff
        *-generic
             description: SD Host controller
             product: FCH SD Flash Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 14.7
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.7
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: bus_master
             configuration: driver=sdhci-pci latency=39
             resources: irq:16 memory:feb4a000-feb4a0ff
        *-usb:5
             description: USB controller
             product: FCH USB OHCI Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 16
             bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ohci bus_master
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:18 memory:feb49000-feb49fff
        *-usb:6
             description: USB controller
             product: FCH USB EHCI Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 16.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:16.2
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:17 memory:feb48000-feb480ff
     *-pci:1
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 101
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
          version: 43
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:2
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 102
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:3
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 103
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:4
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 104
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=k10temp
          resources: irq:0
     *-pci:5
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 105
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:6
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 106
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.5
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:7
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 107
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.6
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:8
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 108
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.7
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
  *-scsi
       physical id: 1
       bus info: scsi@6
       logical name: scsi6
       capabilities: scsi-host
       configuration: driver=usb-storage


Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:
Comment 1 Thomas Backlund 2014-03-03 21:35:33 CET
ok, can you attach the following info:

to see our driver mappings I need to see
output of command: "lspcidrake -v"

to see what the kernel sees, and if it mis-detect something I need to see
dmesg.txt from command: dmesg >dmesg.txt

and to see how x11 server behaves, the log:
/var/log/Xorg.0.log

CC: (none) => tmb

Comment 2 Dave Hodgins 2014-03-03 21:54:02 CET
Also, as per bug 44, please try editing the kernel parameters at boot up, and
adding the option divider=10

CC: (none) => davidwhodgins

Comment 3 Felix Miata 2014-03-03 23:24:58 CET
Created attachment 5024 [details]
3520x1200 Mageia 4/KDE 4.11.4 screenshot

URL loaded in browsers in screenshot:
http://fm.no-ip.com/Auth/dpi-screen-window.html

I just spent over an hour configuring the Radeon X600 dual head setup running on 1066MHz FSB 3.06GHz E7600 Core2Duo with 4G DDR2 800 RAM, then setting up this screenshot of Konsole, 5 web browser windows, and several accessory windows. I noted no sloth of any kind, though I do have 'Option "Composite" "Disable"' set in Xorg, as I do in all Linux distro installations regardless of DE used or hardware.

CC: (none) => mrmazda

Thierry Vignaud 2014-03-05 09:26:03 CET

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud

Comment 4 Samuel Verschelde 2015-05-03 11:38:24 CEST
The asked for information had been provided in comment #3. However this bug report is now quite old. Is it still valid in Mageia 4? In Mageia 5RC?
Comment 5 Samuel Verschelde 2015-09-21 13:18:15 CEST
Mageia 4 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2015-09-19. It is is no longer 
maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug 
fix updates.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you plan to 
fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' to a later 
Mageia version.

Bug Reporter: Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we weren't 
able to fix it before Mageia 4's end of life. If you are able to reproduce it 
against a later version of Mageia, you are encouraged to click on "Version" and 
change it against that version of Mageia. If it's valid in several versions, 
select the highest and add MGAxTOO in whiteboard for each other valid release.
Example: it's valid in cauldron and Mageia 5, set to cauldron and add MGA5TOO.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's lifetime, 
sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a more recent Mageia 
release includes newer upstream software that fixes bugs or makes them obsolete.

If you would like to help fixing bugs in the future, don't hesitate to join the
packager team via our mentoring program [1] or join the teams that fit you 
most [2].

[1] https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Becoming_a_Mageia_Packager
[2] http://www.mageia.org/contribute/
Comment 6 Marja Van Waes 2015-10-27 06:55:45 CET
As announced over a month ago, Mageia 4 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2015-09-19. It is is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug fix updates.

This issue may have been fixed in a later Mageia release, so, if you still see it and didn't already do so: please upgrade to Mageia 5 (or, if you read this much later than this is written: make sure you run a currently maintained Mageia version)

If you are able to reproduce it against a maintained version of Mageia, you are encouraged to 
1. reopen this bug report, by changing the "Status" from "RESOLVED - OLD" to "REOPENED"
2. click on "Version" and change it against that version of Mageia. If you know it's valid in several versions, select the highest and add MGAxTOO in whiteboard for each other valid release.
Example: it's valid in cauldron and Mageia 5, set to cauldron and add MGA5TOO.
3. give as much relevant information as possible. If you're not an experienced bug reporter and have some time: please read this page:
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_report_a_bug_properly

If you see a similar issue, but are _not_sure_ it is the same, with the same cause, then please file a new bug report and mention this one in it (please include the bug number, too). 


If you would like to help fixing bugs in the future, don't hesitate to join the
packager team via our mentoring program [1] or join the teams that fit you 
most [2].
[1] https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Becoming_a_Mageia_Packager
[2] http://www.mageia.org/contribute/

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD