ATI video problem - extremely slow desktop - 100% cpu load
Nikita Druba
admin at npo-lencor.ru
Wed Jun 20 10:04:27 UTC 2018
Hello!
I was have the same problem with my HD 4870x2 at FreeBSD 11.1 and kde5
some time ago. As a result I was change video card to Nvidia. But I
don't try vesa drivers.
Good luck!
20.06.2018 00:23, Vincent Stemen пишет:
> Hi.
>
> FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE
> Motherboard: gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 R2
> Video: Integrated ATI Radeon HD 3000 graphics
>
> System runs fine with a simple stand alone window manager such as jwm,
> openbox, etc. But anytime I run a desktop environment that has a panel and/or
> desktop icons, the X desktop takes a very long time to start up and runs
> extremely slow and unresponsive, the pointer jumps instead of moving smoothly,
> and the main Xorg process runs at 100% load on one core. I have tried several
> different desktops, such as xfce, enlightenment, lumina, etc. Similar problem
> on all of them.
>
> It appears to be any environment that is using DBUS. That could just be
> a coincidence.
>
> The weird thing is that it does not always do it. Once in a while, when
> I launch X, it comes up quick and runs fine. Shut down X and re-run it and
> it's back doing it again. Sometimes it will come up running fine several
> times in a row. Once it comes up working correctly, it stays working until
> I restart X. Even after a reboot, it is inconsistent about doing it the first
> time X is run.
>
> I have tried re-installing all the ports from X11 and the desktop environments
> from FreeBSD 11 release_1, release_2, quarterly, and latest. Same problem
> with all of them.
>
> Does anybody have any idea what could be causing this?
>
> I don't know if for sure if this is a FreeBSD or a port problem. There are
> radeon modules running.
>
> # kldstat
>
> 5 1 0xffffffff82431000 12b4a0 radeonkms.ko
> ...
> 10 1 0xffffffff825b9000 103e radeonkmsfw_RS780_pfp.ko
> 11 1 0xffffffff825bb000 5b3f radeonkmsfw_RS780_me.ko
> 12 1 0xffffffff825c1000 1338 radeonkmsfw_R600_rlc.ko
>
> X is using the ati driver from the xf86-video-ati-7.9.0_1,1 package.
>
> The evidence seems to be pointing toward the xf86-video-ati package being the
> problem. If I edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use the "vesa" driver rather than
> the "radeon" driver the problem goes away.
>
> But, of course, the vesa driver is low resolution and does not re-initialize the
> console when I exit X.
>
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