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Re: MX is slow after lqast update
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:04 am
by kmathern
Ocalasun wrote:$ lspci -nn|grep -i VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series] [1002:9712]
HD 4200 would need to use the fglrx-legacy-driver if you wanted to use the proprietary driver.
Unfortunately the legacy driver hasn't been updated in about a year and a half and doesn't support the 3.12 series kernel that MX-14 is using, I think it only supports up to about a 3.8 kernel.
The stock Xorg radeon driver hasn't been updated since before MX-14 was released, but you might try using sgfxi to reinstall it anyway.
Boot to level 3 and run:
The '-n' option is to have sgfxi install the correct "native" xorg driver (radeon).
The '-z' option is to have it backup the existing xorg.conf (if there is one) and recreate a new one.
Re: MX is slow after lqast update
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:09 am
by Ocalasun
Thanks again...important info to know. All my desktops have nvidia hardware and I never have had a problem. Stuck with what I got in this laptop, so I'll have to deal with this Radeon work-around.
I'll try what you suggested.
Re: MX is slow after lqast update
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:14 am
by anticapitalista
You could try installing the latest 3.14.0-bpo kernel and see if that works better with the upgraded xorg.
Make sure you use the one with bpo in its title.
Re: MX is slow after lqast update
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:46 am
by Ocalasun
I think you may be on to something there, anticapitalista. I'll be trying that, also downloading anti-x13.2 as we speak.
I ran a test using Sparky Linux off a usb stick, which is very similar to my MX-14 setup. Sparky 3.1 (debian testing) uses a 3.14 kernel and xorg 1.16
Xfce4 desktop with conky & wbar so almost identical to my MX-14 setup.
idle desktop was 2-4 percent and cpu temp @ 89c compared to mx-14 which is 15-2 percent and cpu @ 95c
Re: MX is slow after lqast update
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:00 am
by caprea
For me updating to the latest 3.14.0-bpo kernel worked.
But i did not have the problem with the cpu -usage.Here the problem since last upgrade of xserver-xorg-video-intel was
that direct rendering was lost.Saw it today first time when trying to play a game.
With the new kernel everythings allright.
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Graphics: Card: Intel Haswell Integrated Graphics Controller
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0412
Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: fbdev,vesa (unloaded: intel)
Resolution: 1280x1024@0.0hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x209)
GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Direct Rendering: Yes
Re: MX is slow after lqast update
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:40 pm
by caprea
I`ll have to take this back.
The new xserver-xorg-video-intel doesn`t work with my video-card.Not with the new 3.14.0-bpo kernel or with the old kernel.Rendering stays lost.Have downgraded it to the wheezy and set to hold.
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apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-intel
xserver-xorg-video-intel:
Installiert: 2:2.19.0-6
Installationskandidat: 2:2.21.15-2~bpo70+1
Versionstabelle:
2:2.21.15-2~bpo70+1 0
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/main i386 Packages
*** 2:2.19.0-6 0
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Don`t know why it first seems to work for one day.
Re: MX is slow after lqast update
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:03 am
by Ocalasun
I am now running the 3.14-0-bpo kernel, per anticapitalista's suggestion. Desktop seems a little peppier, but xorg cpu usage at idle is still 15 percent, minimum.
Re: MX is slow after lqast update
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 3:40 am
by tojape
Hi to all,
yesterday I installed MX-14.3 on a pretty old HP machine. Compared to my former version (MX-14.2) it was terribly slow especially when someting changed on the display.
I followed the instructions in Post # 348803 downgrading 'xserver-xorg-video-intel' and now it works fine. (many thanks to
kmathern!) Here is the relevant info of my machine:
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tjp@mx1:~
$ inxi -Gxx
Graphics: Card: Intel 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2572
Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1024x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 865G x86/MMX/SSE2
GLX Version: 1.3 Mesa 8.0.5 Direct Rendering: Yes
tjp@mx1:~
$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-intel
xserver-xorg-video-intel:
Installed: 2:2.19.0-6
Candidate: 2:2.21.15-2~bpo70+1
Version table:
2:2.21.15-2~bpo70+1 0
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/main i386 Packages
*** 2:2.19.0-6 0
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
tjp@mx1:~
$ uname -a
Linux mx1 3.14-0.bpo.2-486 #1 Debian 3.14.15-2~bpo70+1 (2014-08-21) i686 GNU/Linux
tjp@mx1:~
$ lscpu
Architecture: i686
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 1
On-line CPU(s) list: 0
Thread(s) per core: 1
Core(s) per socket: 1
Socket(s): 1
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
CPU family: 15
Model: 3
Stepping: 3
CPU MHz: 2527.151
BogoMIPS: 5054.30
L1d cache: 16K
L2 cache: 256K
tjp@mx1:~
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