Radeon/KMS and KDE4

[flockmock]

Hello,
I am posting the first time here, so I apologize if that was mentioned already...

I activated KMS and compiled the git-versions of xorg-server, libdrm, mesa, xf86-input-ati (distribution: gentoo).

So far, all is fine, glxgears gives 1900fps (Radeon HD 4670) and I can play UT2004-demo without problems or graphical errors.

BUT: turning on the desktop effects does not work:
when using OpenGl the speed is so slow, that the system becomes unusable;
when using "XRender" I cannot use most of the effects, like snow or the desktop-switching-cube. It does not matter if I am using kernel 2.6.32.3 or a 2.6.33-rcX - problem is the same.

does anybody else experience similar problems and how do you solve it?
TIA

[that guy]

Some of the effects require OpenGL and won't work with XRender.

You should post your Xorg.0.log to a pastebin and link it here, the answer is probably in it.

grep -E "WW|EE" /var/log/Xorg.0.log

[flockmock]

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grep -E "WW|EE" /var/log/Xorg.0.log

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ok, this is the result:
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE
Current Operating System: Linux brain 2.6.32.3 #2 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 7 18:41:19 CET 2010 x86_64
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) HID 046a:0050: failed to initialize for relative axes.


btw: I dont know if that has sth. to do with my problem, but running glxinfo with normal user rights, I get:

glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2


... so direct rendering does not work? running it as root gives me:

name of display: :0.0
IRQ's not enabled, falling back to busy waits: 2 0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2

thx

[RealNC]

For the "vesa" and "fbdev" errors, add "fbdev vesa" to VIDEO_CARDS in your /etc/make.conf. In other words, for the radeon driver you need:

VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev vesa radeon"

after that, do:

emerge -auDN world

(VIDEO_CARDS expands to USE flags so the emerge will pick up the changes.)

[Zhick]

btw: I dont know if that has sth. to do with my problem, but running glxinfo with normal user rights, I get:

glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2

Sounds like you're not in the video-group. Try gpasswd -a <user> video.

[flockmock]

thanks for the answers. the error messages after the suggestions from RealNC are now:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE
Current Operating System: Linux brain 2.6.33-rc4 #5 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jan 13 21:36:22 CET 2010 x86_64
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
(EE) HID 046a:0050: failed to initialize for relative axes.

all users are in the video group. still unbearable openGL performance. ..strange

[RealNC]

Are you using an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? Try using this:

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "HD4670"
	Driver      "radeon"
EndSection

and make sure the "Screen" section says:

Device "HD4670"

Also append this at the end:

Section "DRI"
	Mode         0666
EndSection

Also, please use http://pastebin.ca/ to post your entire /var/log/Xorg.0.log as well as the output of the "dmesg" command.

[flockmock]

I changed the xorg.conf file according to your suggestions, no change.

my dmesg:
http://pastebin.ca/1756800

my /var/log/Xorg.0.log:
http://pastebin.ca/1756808

thx a lot!

[adamk]

Are you a member of the group that owns /dev/dri/card0 ?

Adam

[chithanh]

(WW) RADEON(0): Option "GARTSize" is not used
(WW) RADEON(0): Option "VideoOverlay" is not used
(WW) RADEON(0): Option "OpenGLOverlay" is not used
(WW) RADEON(0): Option "TexturedVideo" is not used
(WW) RADEON(0): Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" is not used
(WW) RADEON(0): Option "UseInternalAGPGART" is not used

seems you have a lot of old cruft in xorg.conf, get rid of it.