Bug 1023318 - using displaylink device for extended desktop renders desktop unusable
Summary: using displaylink device for extended desktop renders desktop unusable
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11
Version: 21
Hardware: All
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Orphan Owner
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-10-25 08:02 UTC by Damian Ivanov
Modified: 2015-12-02 16:06 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-12-02 03:00:59 UTC
Type: Bug
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Xorg.0.log (128.94 KB, text/x-log)
2013-10-25 08:02 UTC, Damian Ivanov
no flags Details

Description Damian Ivanov 2013-10-25 08:02:38 UTC
Created attachment 816036 [details]
Xorg.0.log

Description of problem:
I try to use the Plugable UD160A (which Lennart talked a lot about for multiseat)
as a docking station for an extended desktop. To do this as Lennart suggested http://www.mail-archive.com/systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org/msg12801.html
I dropped the auto seat logic in /etc/udev/rules.d/
After reboot as expected the display is detected at the same seat and is available, but whole X and every application is unusable slow, the window moving and every click happens with very long delay. Immediately after disconnecting the displaylink device the system is perfectly fast again.   

How reproducible:
always (tried on Fedora 19 - latest updates and openSUSE 13.1 RC1 - latest updates), happens with GNOME and KDE (with and without desktop acceleration enabled) 

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Drop autoseat for multiseat device Plugable UD160A
2. Connect the device (or if it is connected, reboot).
3. System is unusable.

PS: As multiseat config both seats are perfectly fast.
    Does with the udl driver the rendering happen in the main GPU (I know there was work on it)? Maybe the rendering is set to happen on the main GPU only if it is set as a separate seat but not when set as extended desktop to current seat?

Comment 1 Damian Ivanov 2014-04-03 08:55:24 UTC
*bump* and I doubt that xorg-x11-drv-displaylink is the absolutely right component. This issue is critical if you didn't get it. It _breaks_ usage. You can _NOT_ use your hardware properly.

Comment 2 Damian Ivanov 2014-11-06 15:34:39 UTC
still an issue, and since it renders the whole desktop unusable see,s like xorg issue rather

Comment 3 Damian Ivanov 2014-11-06 15:49:16 UTC
More specifically when something runs on the diplaylink attached display than the all display are unusably slow (window movement etc). When nothing is shown on the displaylink attached monitor everything is fine. Free Radeon driver

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