Bug 5116

Summary:	2_b2: RS880 [Radeon HD 4200] video frame rate degradation
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Bit Twister <bittwister2>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	hugo.pereira, juan.baptiste
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	oxygen-gtk	CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	Xorg.0.log

Description Bit Twister 2012-03-26 20:21:01 CEST

Description of problem:

RS880 [Radeon HD 4200] frame rate has degraded from Mandriva's 2011 220 FPS
to Mageia's 2 170 to latest update giving 80.  :(

Using teapot application from mesa-demos package to get frame rates. 

Current installed rpms:
x11-driver-video-radeonhd 1.3.0-6.git20100512.3.mga2
radeon-firmware 20120322-2.mga2.nonfree
x11-driver-video-fglrx 8.950-1.mga2.nonfree
fglrx-kernel-3.3.0-desktop-2.mga2  8.950-4.mga2.nonfree
dkms-fglrx 8.950-1.mga2.nonfree

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible: always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. cd /usr/share/mesa-demos/ ; teapot
2.
3.

snippet from .xsession-errors
OpenGL vendor string:                   ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string:                 ATI Radeon HD 4200
OpenGL version string:                  2.1 (3.3.11554 Compatibility Profile Context)
Driver:                                 Catalyst
Driver version:                         2.1
GPU class:                              R700
OpenGL version:                         2.1
X server version:                       1.11.4
Linux kernel version:                   3.3
Direct rendering:                       no
Requires strict binding:                yes
GLSL shaders:                           no
Texture NPOT support:                   yes

Comment 1 Bit Twister 2012-03-26 20:23:02 CEST

Created attachment 1859 [details]
Xorg.0.log

Comment 2 Bit Twister 2012-03-26 22:02:33 CEST

Going to make a WAG and blame oxygen-gtk 1.2.2  as the culprit.

I did a startx IceWM, clicked up xterm
and teapot returned a 192 FPS.

Manuel Hiebel 2012-03-27 02:31:57 CEST

CC: (none) => hugo, juan.baptiste
Source RPM: (none) => oxygen-gtk

Comment 3 Bit Twister 2012-04-18 07:32:50 CEST

Temporary workaround:
Click up a terminal
$ systemsettings
  click Desktop Effects
  In Configure desktop effects
  Click Advanced tab
  change Composting type: from OpenGL to XRender

Frame rate went from 80+ to 130+

Comment 4 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-26 13:05:46 CEST

Hi,

This bug was filed against cauldron, but we do not have cauldron at the moment.

Please report whether this bug is still valid for Mageia 2.

Thanks :)

Cheers,
marja

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 5 Bit Twister 2012-05-26 17:09:24 CEST

(In reply to comment #4)

> Please report whether this bug is still valid for Mageia 2.

Still valid.

$ teapot snippet.

with Default desktop effects  Frame rate: 72.890663

with disabled desktop effects Frame rate: 187.312683

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)

Comment 6 Bit Twister 2013-03-16 03:29:10 CET

Closing bug since amd/ati is no longer supporting older drivers

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