Slow glxgears and ATI 3.9.0 driver

Sat Jun 5 17:24:51 UTC 2004

On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 10:29, Mateusz G wrote:
> >
> > Hello
> > These are normal values.
> 
> I mean 4500fps :-)
> 

If that's the case, I did some things, and now I'm getting:

8023 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1604.600 FPS
5454 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1090.800 FPS
3984 frames in 5.0 seconds = 796.800 FPS
422 frames in 5.0 seconds = 84.400 FPS
355 frames in 5.0 seconds = 71.000 FPS
4100 frames in 5.0 seconds = 820.000 FPS
6967 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1393.400 FPS
4772 frames in 5.0 seconds = 954.400 FPS

Now, the 84 and 71 FPS is when the mouse is hovering over the maximize
button.  The gears are turning slowly when I first run it, but have the
higher values, and when I'm hovering over the maximize button, I get the
lower values, but faster rotation of the gears.  It's really odd.

I did glxinfo, and here's the output:

name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
    GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
GLX_SGIS_multisample
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample,
GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float,
    GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
    GLX_EXT_import_context
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9000 DDR Generic
OpenGL version string: 1.3 (X4.3.0-3.9.0)
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array,
    GL_S3_s3tc, GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_point_parameters,
    GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression,
    GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat,
    GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_blend,
GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object,
    GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_ATI_element_array,
    GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap, GL_ATI_fragment_shader,
GL_ATI_map_object_buffer,
    GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once,
    GL_ATI_vertex_array_object, GL_ATI_vertex_attrib_array_object,
    GL_ATI_vertex_streams, GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3,
    GL_ATIX_texture_env_route, GL_ATIX_vertex_shader_output_point_size,
    GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate,
    GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint,
    GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord,
GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays,
    GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters,
GL_EXT_rescale_normal,
    GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_separate_specular_color,
    GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_texgen_reflection, GL_EXT_texture3D,
    GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_cube_map,
    GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic,
    GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp,
    GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle,
GL_EXT_vertex_array,
    GL_EXT_vertex_shader, GL_HP_occlusion_test, GL_NV_texgen_reflection,
    GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_occlusion_query, GL_SGI_color_matrix,
    GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp,
    GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_multitexture,
    GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
    GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

   visual  x  bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer  ms  cav
 id dep cl sp sz l  ci b ro  r  g  b  a bf th cl  r  g  b  a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  1 0 Slow
0x24 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  1 0 Slow
0x25 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0 16 16 16 16  1 0 Slow
0x26 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0 16 16 16 16  1 0 Slow
0x27 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x28 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x29 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x2a 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x2b 24 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  1 0 Slow
0x2c 24 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  1 0 Slow
0x2d 24 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0 16 16 16 16  1 0 Slow
0x2e 24 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0 16 16 16 16  1 0 Slow
0x2f 24 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x30 24 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x31 24 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x32 24 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0  0  0  0  0  1 0 None

The things I modified were:

Compiled ATI modules manually for stock kernel 2.6.5
Added 'Option "UseInternalAGPGART "no"' to xorg.conf

I can't remember what else.

When I was on FC1, I had to install the RPM, add the 'Option' line to
the XF86Config file under the Device, and add 'pre-install
/sbin/modprobe "-k" "agpgart"' to the modules.conf file.

Now, since this has moved the FC2, the modules.conf file has changed to
modprobe,conf, so I tried to add that pre-install line to modprobe.conf,
and when I reboot the kernel, the kernel states that it's going to
ignore the pre-install line.

Any ideas?

-Jason