karmic pilote problem

[darkshado]

Hi!

Well i upgrade my jaunty to karmic and problems begins! First of all the effects are slower, and when i check the xorg.0.log, i see this warnings. This is parts of my file.

(II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux//libfbdevhw.so
(II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.6.4, module version = 0.0.2
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory

(II) [drm] DRM interface version 1.3
(II) [drm] DRM open master succeeded.
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] Using the DRM lock SAREA also for drawables.
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0xd0000000
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) RADEON(0): X context handle = 0x1
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] installed DRM signal handler
(==) RADEON(0): Using AGP 4x
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] Mode 0x1f004209 [AGP 0x10de/0x01e0; Card 0x1002/0x71c7 0x174b/0x0850]
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] 32768 kB allocated with handle 0x00000001
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] ring handle = 0xc0000000
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] Ring mapped at 0xb7795000
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] ring read ptr handle = 0xc0101000
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] Ring read ptr mapped at 0xb78b7000
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] vertex/indirect buffers handle = 0xc0102000
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] Vertex/indirect buffers mapped at 0xa7524000
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] GART texture map handle = 0xc0302000
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] GART Texture map mapped at 0xa58a4000

(II) RADEON(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
(--) RandR disabled
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable

my grafic card is a X 1650 PRO AGP 8x. With jaunty everything was working fine the AGPsize was 8x and not 4x.
If some one can help me to solve this problem thanks! Sorry for the english but i'm french!

[rob2687]

How much slower are you talking here? Slower as in the effects stuttered just a little bit or slower as in I'm watching a slide show. Because "slower" graphics in the world of Linux can mean very different things for some poeple.


First of all KMS is not enabled by default for radeon cards so that first line you highlighted is normal. It wasn't considered stable enough to be enabled by default on Karmic or something along those lines. I've been using it for a while without problems on my x1900 so it may be worth trying. To enable KMS add radeon.modeset=1 to the grub boot line.

I don't think that RandR disabled message is anything to worry about.

You can set the agp mode to 8x by creating an xorg.conf file and adding the line Option "AGPMode" "8" under the device section.
(Karmic doesn't rely on an xorg.conf file. It auto detects the proper settings but it will still read the xorg.conf file it exists.)

I hope that makes sense lol

[darkshado]

Thanks for your help! I try to use de option "radeon.modeset=1" when a start the computer i have a blackscreen and is start a shell mode. After, i try the option "radeon.agpmode=8" on the grub and nothing change, still starting on 4x mode. Slower, i mean the grafics effects are not fluid.

[darkshado]

ok, i try the second solution create the file xorg.conf, i put the option agpmode 8, and now is working in 8x mode . But i still have this problem the grafics effects are not fluid

[agd5f]

AGP mode makes little difference performance-wise. I suspect your performance problems are related to some plugin that is using a feature that is not hardware accelerated which cases a software fallback. I'd try disabling plugins until you find the problematic one and then figure out why it's falling back to software.

[darkshado]

thank you agd5f, which command i have to type in the console to see the plugins installed ? Thank you for your help.

[agd5f]

Check your compositor's (compiz, kwin, etc.) configuration.

[darkshado]

ok, ty i gonna check that.

[darkshado]

this is a copy of my file "xsession-errors".

/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
Setting IM through im-switch for locale=fr_FR.
Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default.
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-foIRoY/socket
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-foIRoY/socket.ssh
GNOME_KEYRING_PID=1829

(gnome-settings-daemon:1828): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed

(gnome-settings-daemon:1828): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Unable to find a synaptics device.
xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Detected PCI ID for VGA:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present.
Trying again with indirect rendering:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Checking screen 1Comparing resolution (1024x768) to maximum 3D texture size (4096): Passed.
Checking for Software Rasterizer: Not present.
Checking for nVidia: not present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
running under gnome seesion, checking for gnomecompat
Checking for Xgl: not present.

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1941): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type `_PolkitError'

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1941): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
Starting gtk-window-decorator
WARNING: Application calling GLX 1.3 function "glXCreatePixmap" when GLX 1.3 is not supported! This is an application bug!

(nautilus:1933): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
** (gnome-panel:1932): DEBUG: Adding applet 0.
** (gnome-panel:1932): DEBUG: Initialized Panel Applet Signaler.
** (gnome-panel:1932): DEBUG: Adding applet 1.
** (gnome-panel:1932): DEBUG: Adding applet 2.
/usr/bin/compiz.real (video) - Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format, disabling YV12 image format
** (gnome-panel:1932): DEBUG: Adding applet 3.
** (gnome-panel:1932): DEBUG: Adding applet 4.
** (gnome-panel:1932): DEBUG: Adding applet 5.

** (nautilus:1933): WARNING **: No marshaller for signature of signal 'UploadFinished'

** (nautilus:1933): WARNING **: No marshaller for signature of signal 'DownloadFinished'

** (nautilus:1933): WARNING **: No marshaller for signature of signal 'ShareCreateError'
Initializing nautilus-gdu extension
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/home/jorge/.compiz/session/10c0c3a36575f20ef9125710005952103900000017290025"
WARNING: Application calling GLX 1.3 function "glXDestroyPixmap" when GLX 1.3 is not supported! This is an application bug!
** (gnome-panel:1932): DEBUG: Adding applet 6.
** (gnome-panel:1932): DEBUG: Adding applet 7.
evolution-alarm-notify-Message: Setting timeout for 19905 1257120000 1257100095
evolution-alarm-notify-Message: Mon Nov 2 01:00:00 2009

evolution-alarm-notify-Message: Sun Nov 1 19:28:15 2009


(nautilus:2040): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: «*net usershare*» a retourné l'erreur 255*: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
Please ask your system administrator to enable user sharing.


(nautilus:2110): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed

(gnome-display-properties:2143): Gtk-WARNING **: Ignoring the separator setting

(gnome-display-properties:2143): Gtk-WARNING **: No object called:

(nautilus:2195): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: «*net usershare*» a retourné l'erreur 255*: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
Please ask your system administrator to enable user sharing.

[darkshado]

Thank you! problem solved! I put this options on the "xorg.conf":

Option "AccelDFS" "1"
Option "RenderAccel" "1"

and now the effects are fluid (smooth)