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Old 05-20-2007, 02:06 AM   #1
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Question Feisty: Screensavers Run Slowly During Idle Time, and Fast During screen Saver Test.

Hi all,

I've recently installed the ATI proprietary drivers for my Radeon 9800 pro video card. I've found the open source drivers can cause my display to lock up. At any rate, the proprietary drivers work quite well.

That said, I have noticed a problem with my screen savers (I am using the default KDE screensavers -- specifically the OpenGL screensavers). When I am in the "Configure Desktop" dialogue, and select "Test" on a any OpenGL screensaver, it runs perfectly fine. When the screensaver comes on after a few minutes of idle time, the screen saver runs slowly -- at only a few frames per second.

I can't really understand what the issue is. I do have direct rendering enabled, and I have a great frame rate in glxgears.

Here is a copy of my xorg.conf file:

Code:
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Default Layout"
        Screen      0  "Default Screen" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
        InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
        InputDevice    "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
        InputDevice    "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"

        InputDevice    "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "Files"

        # path to defoma fonts
        FontPath     "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
        FontPath     "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "i2c"
        Load  "bitmap"
        Load  "ddc"
        Load  "dri"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "freetype"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "int10"
        Load  "type1"
        Load  "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "CoreKeyboard"
        Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"
        Option      "XkbModel" "macintosh"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "macintosh_vndr/ch(en-altmeta)"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "CorePointer"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
        Identifier  "stylus"
        Driver      "wacom"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
        Option      "Type" "stylus"
        Option      "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
        Identifier  "eraser"
        Driver      "wacom"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
        Option      "Type" "eraser"
        Option      "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
        Identifier  "cursor"
        Driver      "wacom"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
        Option      "Type" "cursor"
        Option      "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Cinema HD Di"
        HorizSync    28.0 - 96.0
        VertRefresh  43.0 - 60.0
        Option      "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"

        Driver      "fglrx"
        Identifier  "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon R350 NH [Radeon 9800 Pro]"
        Option      "AGPMode" "8"
        Option      "VideoOverlay" "on"
        Option      "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Default Screen"
        Device     "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon R350 NH [Radeon 9800 Pro]"
        Monitor    "Cinema HD Di"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     1
                Modes    "1920x1200"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     4
                Modes    "1920x1200"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     8
                Modes    "1920x1200"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     15
                Modes    "1920x1200"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes    "1920x1200"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1920x1200"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Mode         0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
        Option      "Composite" "0"
EndSection

Here is the output from glxinfo:


Code:
name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
    GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,
    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe,
    GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_ARB_multisample,
    GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float, GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_ARB_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9800 Pro
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6334 (8.34.8)
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array,
    GL_S3_s3tc, GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_fragment_program,
    GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_fragment_shader,
    GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_point_parameters,
    GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shader_objects, GL_ARB_shading_language_100,
    GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_shadow_ambient, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
    GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
    GL_ARB_texture_float, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat,
    GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_blend,
    GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object,
    GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ARB_window_pos,
    GL_ARB_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_element_array,
    GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap, GL_ATI_fragment_shader, GL_ATI_map_object_buffer,
    GL_ATI_separate_stencil, GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3,
    GL_ATI_texture_float, GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once,
    GL_ATI_vertex_array_object, GL_ATI_vertex_attrib_array_object,
    GL_ATI_vertex_streams, GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3,
    GL_ATIX_texture_env_route, GL_ATIX_vertex_shader_output_point_size,
    GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate,
    GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint,
    GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object,
    GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters,
    GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap,
    GL_EXT_texgen_reflection, GL_EXT_texture3D,
    GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_cube_map,
    GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic,
    GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp,
    GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array,
    GL_EXT_vertex_shader, GL_HP_occlusion_test, GL_NV_blend_square,
    GL_NV_occlusion_query, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_SGI_color_matrix,
    GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp,
    GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays

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0x55 24 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
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I'm not sure what is going on with my screen savers. I've recently updated from Edgy to Feisty, though this issue was happening in Edgy as well.

If anyone can help, it would be much appreciated!
 
Old 05-20-2007, 09:37 AM   #2
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kde in screensaver are should offer
setup....where you can adjust the speed of some savers
 
Old 05-20-2007, 01:02 PM   #3
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Unhappy Tried that...
Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion, but I've already tried that. I even bounced up the priority of each screen saver, but to no avail. This definitely looks like a rendering speed issue to me; you can actually see it chugging along, trying to draw the screen. In fact, the screen savers run EXACTLY like they did before I enabled direct rendering (ie by installing ATI's drivers). That said, when I "Test" the screen saver, it runs perfectly. Only when it comes on after a few minutes of idle time does it run slowly.

I found a bug report that relates to the 2.6.15 restricted modules, which reports GLX can run slowly during idle times. However, I'm running 2.6.20-15-386. I'm not sure if this bug has anything to do with what I am experiencing. The bug report is here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s....15/+bug/29920

Any suggestions are welcome!

Thanks.
Last edited by bburgy; 05-20-2007 at 01:04 PM.
 
Old 05-25-2007, 10:12 PM   #4
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Smile Update seems to resolve it...
I just got the latest update of the fglrx driver, and this seems to have resolved the issue. Thanks to everyone who looked at this post. I'm glad to say that the issue was solved by the driver's maintainers!
 
Old 06-27-2007, 10:05 PM   #5
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Perhaps I was wrong... fglrx performs slowly when screen saver starts on its own
Hmm...

It would appear that after installing the new fglrx module, the screen savers worked... once. Now, it seems that every time the screen saver starts on its own, I'm right back to my original problem; that is, the screen saver runs as though it has no 3D accelleration whatsoever. Invoking the screen saver to start manually works fine. Also, glxgears shows that I am getting almost 300 fps.

This is really becoming annoying, as I can't seem to narrow down what the problem is! Does anyone have a suggestion?
 
  


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