I have a problem with my openSUSE installation, since a few months (the issue was already appearing at 13.2) I experience stuttering and lagging in video’s (vlc), youtube, en other basic graphics programs. I have recorded a GIF of what I mean http://imgur.com/a/lodps (it’s not the low FPS of the gif, it looks like the animation starts over and over again, but it should run smoothly)
Basically my video/graphics programs freeze for a fraction of a second and then continues (skipping what it misses). It’s periodically.
I’m running a Lenovo X250 with a Intel i5 5200U with integrated graphics 5500, and a desktop with a i5 3570K also with integrated graphics (HD 4000). The X250 is upgraded from 13.2 to 42.1 and just to 42.2. The Desktop is upgraded from 13.2 to 42.1
I have tried the following
removing the following packages (and locking them) since I thought that maybe the wrong driver was used: xf86-video-amdgpu xf86-video-fbdev xf86-video-nouveau xf86-video-vesa xf86-driver-video.
Checking dmesg dmesg | grep i915:
2.110408] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20160711 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
2.420363] i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
3.268463] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
upgraded the kernel of the Desktop to 4.8.x
upgraded the laptop to 42.2
live booted with ubuntu GNOME, I experience no issues with this
How can I debug this further? Any ideas what the problem may be?
Well those drivers are not for Intel thus not used. xf86-video-vesa xf86-driver-video are generic and may be needed for trouble shooting. Removing things is generally a bad idea and very seldom needed
I installed Arch Linux (antergos) on my laptop and there I don’t have the problems. I really prefer openSUSE so I hope we can find the cause of this problem!
@gogalthorp I kept a look at it the last days but I can’t see anything special/related. When I do intensive tasks (e.g. compiling C++ with 4 threads), it don’t get worse or better.
@Tyler_K thanks for answering. Here is the information:
direct rendering: Yes
server glx version string: 1.4
client glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Desktop
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 11.0.8
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 11.0.8
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.0 Mesa 11.0.8
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.00
$ zypp search libva
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S | Name | Summary | Type
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| libva | Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux | srcpackage
| libva-debugsource | Debug sources for package libva | package
| libva-devel | Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux ---> | package
| libva-devel-32bit | Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux ---> | package
i | libva-drm1 | Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux ---> | package
| libva-drm1-32bit | Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux ---> | package
| libva-drm1-debuginfo | Debug information for package libva-drm1 | package
| libva-drm1-debuginfo-32bit | Debug information for package libva-drm1 | package
i | libva-egl1 | Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux ---> | package
| libva-egl1-32bit | Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux ---> | package
| libva-egl1-debuginfo | Debug information for package libva-egl1 | package
| libva-egl1-debuginfo-32bit | Debug information for package libva-egl1 | package
i | libva-glx1 | Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux ---> | package
| libva-glx1-32bit | Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux ---> | package
| libva-glx1-debuginfo | Debug information for package libva-glx1 | package
| libva-glx1-debuginfo-32bit | Debug information for package libva-glx1 | package
| libva-vdpau-driver | HW video decode support for VDPAU platfo-> | package
| libva-vdpau-driver | HW video decode support for VDPAU platfo-> | srcpackage
| libva-vdpau-driver-debuginfo | Debug information for package libva-vdpa-> | package
| libva-vdpau-driver-debugsource | Debug sources for package libva-vdpau-dr-> | package
i | libva-wayland1 | Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux ---> | package
| libva-wayland1-32bit | Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux ---> | package
| libva-wayland1-debuginfo | Debug information for package libva-wayl-> | package
| libva-wayland1-debuginfo-32bit | Debug information for package libva-wayl-> | package
i | libva-x11-1 | Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux ---> | package
| libva-x11-1-32bit | Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux ---> | package
| libva-x11-1-debuginfo | Debug information for package libva-x11-1 | package
| libva-x11-1-debuginfo-32bit | Debug information for package libva-x11-1 | package
i | libva1 | Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux | package
| libva1-32bit | Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux | package
| libva1-debuginfo | Debug information for package libva1 | package
| libva1-debuginfo-32bit | Debug information for package libva1 | package
| libvacuumutils17 | Shared library libvacuumutils for Vacuum-> | package
| libvacuumutils17-debuginfo | Debug information for package libvacuumu-> | package
i | libvala-0_28-0 | Programming language for GNOME | package
| libvala-0_28-0-debuginfo | Debug information for package libvala-0_-> | package
| libvala-0_28-devel | Programming language for GNOME | package
i | libvala-0_30-0 | Programming language for GNOME | package
i | libvala-0_32-0 | Programming language for GNOME | package
i | libvamp-hostsdk3 | Library for Vamp audio analysis plugin h-> | package
| libvamp-hostsdk3-32bit | Library for Vamp audio analysis plugin h-> | package
| libvamp-hostsdk3-debuginfo | Debug information for package libvamp-ho-> | package
| libvamp-hostsdk3-debuginfo-32bit | Debug information for package libvamp-ho-> | package
| libvamp-sdk2 | Library for Vamp audio analysis plugins | package
| libvamp-sdk2-32bit | Library for Vamp audio analysis plugins | package
| libvamp-sdk2-debuginfo | Debug information for package libvamp-sdk2 | package
| libvamp-sdk2-debuginfo-32bit | Debug information for package libvamp-sdk2 | package
| libvarnishapi1 | Shared libraries for Varnish | package
| libvarnishapi1-debuginfo | Debug information for package libvarnish-> | package
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S | Name | Summary | Type
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i | vaapi-intel-driver | Intel Driver for Video Acceleration (V-> | package
| vaapi-intel-driver | Intel Driver for Video Acceleration (V-> | srcpackage
| vaapi-intel-driver-32bit | Intel Driver for Video Acceleration (V-> | package
| vaapi-intel-driver-debuginfo | Debug information for package vaapi-in-> | package
| vaapi-intel-driver-debuginfo-32bit | Debug information for package vaapi-in-> | package
| vaapi-intel-driver-debugsource | Debug sources for package vaapi-intel--> | package
Is it okay that the libva-wayland1 package is installed?
Here is some more information that maybe can be useful:
$ sudo modinfo -p i915
modeset:Use kernel modesetting [KMS] (0=DRM_I915_KMS from .config, 1=on, -1=force vga console preference [default]) (int)
panel_ignore_lid:Override lid status (0=autodetect, 1=autodetect disabled [default], -1=force lid closed, -2=force lid open) (int)
semaphores:Use semaphores for inter-ring sync (default: -1 (use per-chip defaults)) (int)
enable_rc6:Enable power-saving render C-state 6. Different stages can be selected via bitmask values (0 = disable; 1 = enable rc6; 2 = enable deep rc6; 4 = enable deepest rc6). For example, 3 would enable rc6 and deep rc6, and 7 would enable everything. default: -1 (use per-chip default) (int)
enable_fbc:Enable frame buffer compression for power savings (default: -1 (use per-chip default)) (int)
lvds_downclock:Use panel (LVDS/eDP) downclocking for power savings (default: false) (int)
lvds_channel_mode:Specify LVDS channel mode (0=probe BIOS [default], 1=single-channel, 2=dual-channel) (int)
lvds_use_ssc:Use Spread Spectrum Clock with panels [LVDS/eDP] (default: auto from VBT) (int)
vbt_sdvo_panel_type:Override/Ignore selection of SDVO panel mode in the VBT (-2=ignore, -1=auto [default], index in VBT BIOS table) (int)
reset:Attempt GPU resets (default: true) (bool)
enable_hangcheck:Periodically check GPU activity for detecting hangs. WARNING: Disabling this can cause system wide hangs. (default: true) (bool)
enable_ppgtt:Override PPGTT usage. (-1=auto [default], 0=disabled, 1=aliasing, 2=full) (int)
enable_execlists:Override execlists usage. (-1=auto [default], 0=disabled, 1=enabled) (int)
enable_psr:Enable PSR (default: false) (int)
preliminary_hw_support:Enable preliminary hardware support. (int)
disable_power_well:Disable the power well when possible (default: true) (int)
enable_ips:Enable IPS (default: true) (int)
fastboot:Try to skip unnecessary mode sets at boot time (default: false) (bool)
prefault_disable:Disable page prefaulting for pread/pwrite/reloc (default:false). For developers only. (bool)
load_detect_test:Force-enable the VGA load detect code for testing (default:false). For developers only. (bool)
invert_brightness:Invert backlight brightness (-1 force normal, 0 machine defaults, 1 force inversion), please report PCI device ID, subsystem vendor and subsystem device ID to dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, if your machine needs it. It will then be included in an upcoming module version. (int)
disable_display:Disable display (default: false) (bool)
disable_vtd_wa:Disable all VT-d workarounds (default: false) (bool)
enable_cmd_parser:Enable command parsing (1=enabled [default], 0=disabled) (int)
use_mmio_flip:use MMIO flips (-1=never, 0=driver discretion [default], 1=always) (int)
mmio_debug:Enable the MMIO debug code for the first N failures (default: off). This may negatively affect performance. (int)
verbose_state_checks:Enable verbose logs (ie. WARN_ON()) in case of unexpected hw state conditions. (bool)
nuclear_pageflip:Force atomic modeset functionality; only planes work for now (default: false). (bool)
Are you using the same boot parameters on antergos as you’re doing so here with openSUSE? Why do you even have those i915 options enabled?
Other quick thoughts:
what kernel version is antergos using … how about the rest of the graphics stack (differences between it and openSUSE?)
did you try using the modesettng driver instead of the Xorg intel driver ?
if you’re going to use the intel Xorg driver, I’d stick with sba instead of uxa … or maybe try glamor
try getting dri3 working
I didn’t look at the dmesg stuff (no time; its way past my bedtime and I’ve got some issues I’ve tracking down for myself right now). In any regard, the other stuff looked fine on casual glance. Try looking into some of the bullet pt suggestions just above
Are you using the same boot parameters on antergos as you’re doing so here with openSUSE? Why do you even have those i915 options enabled?
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I manually added those kernel parameters for testing (I read it somewhere) it doesn’t make any difference with or without them.
On antegros the paremeters are only “rw quiet”, so I tried that too.
- what kernel version is antergos using ... how about the rest of the graphics stack (differences between it and openSUSE?)
It’s using 4.8.11 I tried that on the desktop too (both opensuse as vanilla) but it didn’t make a difference backe then.
It looks like the issue has stopped occuring now. I can run zypper update (which I know sometimes make the issue worse), glxgears and a full HD youtube video without any stuttering.
The only thing I changed in my settings/configuration is that I stopped using cairo-dock. (I’m also not running it on the laptop). It would be really silly if that’s the cause of the issue.
I’ll restore the image of openSUSE on my laptop this weekend and see if it makes any difference there too, and report back.