Bug 487017 - kernel-2.6.27.15-170.2.24.fc10.i686 causes graphical performance issues and glitches using the radeon driver
Summary: kernel-2.6.27.15-170.2.24.fc10.i686 causes graphical performance issues and g...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 10
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-02-23 17:23 UTC by Aran Cox
Modified: 2009-12-18 08:01 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2009-12-18 08:01:26 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
dmesg from 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686 (normal performance) (42.38 KB, text/plain)
2009-02-23 17:33 UTC, Aran Cox
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dmesg from 2.6.27.15-170.2.24.fc10.i686 (poor performance) (42.25 KB, text/plain)
2009-02-23 17:34 UTC, Aran Cox
no flags Details
xorg log from 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686 (normal performance) (140.19 KB, text/plain)
2009-02-23 17:34 UTC, Aran Cox
no flags Details
xorg log from 2.6.27.15-170.2.24.fc10 (poor performance) (201.98 KB, text/plain)
2009-02-23 17:35 UTC, Aran Cox
no flags Details

Description Aran Cox 2009-02-23 17:23:27 UTC
Description of problem:
Booting into the latest kernel causes abysmal graphical performance using the radeon driver when compared to kernel-2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686.  It also exhibits at least one visual glitch: the icons in the systray in kde don't render, but you can interact with them.  You can see black spaces where your pidgin, battery monitor, NetworkManager icons should be, you can interact with them normally once you figure out which one is which.  

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.27.15-170.2.24.fc10.i686

How reproducible:
Every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot into kernel-2.6.27.15-170.2.24.fc10.i686
2. notice high X cpu utilization, very very sluggish performance
3. notice no visible icons in the system tray 
  
Actual results:
terrible performance

Expected results:
performance comparable to kernel-2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686

Additional info:
My kernel is not tainted, I am not using any binary drivers.
I do not understand how switching back and forth between kernels could affect performance.  I am using identical kernel options to boot between the kernels, my xorg.conf is not changing.  The output from Xorg is different, specifically when booting into the most recent kernel it loads vgahw and int10 modules.  I will try to attach dmesg and Xorg.0.log from the old kernel and the latest.

Comment 1 Aran Cox 2009-02-23 17:33:21 UTC
Created attachment 332953 [details]
dmesg from 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686 (normal performance)

Comment 2 Aran Cox 2009-02-23 17:34:09 UTC
Created attachment 332954 [details]
dmesg from 2.6.27.15-170.2.24.fc10.i686 (poor performance)

Comment 3 Aran Cox 2009-02-23 17:34:49 UTC
Created attachment 332955 [details]
xorg log from 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686 (normal performance)

Comment 4 Aran Cox 2009-02-23 17:35:43 UTC
Created attachment 332956 [details]
xorg log from 2.6.27.15-170.2.24.fc10 (poor performance)

Comment 5 Aran Cox 2009-02-23 17:39:11 UTC
Also, rhgb on the new kernel (2.6.27.15-170.2.24.fc10) does not work (that is, I get the text bar crawling across the screen, not the actual graphical boot) whereas it works on 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686.  I have a feeling this isn't a kernel bug but instead has to do with the initrd which subsequently influences what Xorg can do.  Still, I have no idea what I would need to do differently to make the initrd "right".  I tried regenerating the initrd using mkinitrd for the 2.6.27.15-170.2.24.fc10 kernel and there was no difference in performance or modules loaded.

Comment 6 Jérôme Glisse 2009-10-14 10:49:16 UTC
Can you test with fedora 12 livecd and report if it works with it.

Comment 7 Bug Zapper 2009-11-18 11:12:44 UTC
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Comment 8 Bug Zapper 2009-12-18 08:01:26 UTC
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