From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bugzilla-daemon@freedesktop.org Subject: [Bug 91880] Radeonsi on Grenada cards (r9 390) exceptionally unstable and poorly performing Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:31:07 +0000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1117723275==" Return-path: Received: from culpepper.freedesktop.org (culpepper.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.165]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C0606E060 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:31:07 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" To: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org List-Id: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org --===============1117723275== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="14585814670.6f9c13.27864"; charset="UTF-8" --14585814670.6f9c13.27864 Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:31:07 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91880 --- Comment #89 from Orlando Nigro --- Hi! I have been reading this bugreport since several days since it seems to be very cloase to my situation! I have a MSI r9 390. I have debian jessie with kernel 4.3, latest Mesa, and I also installed "firmware-amd-graphics" as jonas wrote in Comment 23. As it is now I can start debian both with Mate and Gnome, and of course Gnome freezes much faster while it takes a while for Mate, also because, for some reason, all the graphic funcionalities are deactivated in Mate, the docky doesn't allow me to choose 3d icons for instance. Gnome looks much better with all its windows-effects and nice graphic and it makes me think that, a part from the freezing, the open source drivers work fine. I have been making lots of tests, using different distribution with different drivers, kernels and DE but nothing, same problem all the time! I get black screens while working. I haven't tried yet to change the DPM, and I think that it could be the solution! (I hope) I intend to do it now and run some tests! But I have a couple of question first. Should I dowload the unicode as recommended by many like this http://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/radeon_ucode/ or this: people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/radeon_ucode/k/hawaii_k_smc.bin or will the ones I have got in the debian package be enough? Do I only need to run this command to make the tests: echo 'high' > '/sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_dpm_force_performance_level' Or a do I need to stop the xserver first? (would it be gdm? I choose lightdm when I installed gnome alongside Mate) I apologize for all the questions that should be obvious after all the great work you have done in this report but I'm afraid to do wrong and I'm not much of an expert. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. --14585814670.6f9c13.27864 Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:31:07 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html

Comment # 89 on bug 91880 from 
Hi! I have been reading this bugreport since several days since it seems to be
very cloase to my situation!

I have a MSI r9 390. 
I have debian jessie with kernel 4.3, latest Mesa, and I also installed 
"firmware-amd-graphics" as jonas wrote in Comment 23. 

As it is now I can start debian both with Mate and Gnome, and of course Gnome
freezes much faster while it takes a while for Mate, also because, for some
reason, all the graphic funcionalities are deactivated in Mate, the docky
doesn't allow me to choose 3d icons for instance.
Gnome looks much better with all its windows-effects and nice graphic and it
makes me think that, a part from the freezing, the open source drivers work
fine. 

I have been making lots of tests, using different distribution with different
drivers, kernels and DE but nothing, same problem all the time! I get black
screens while working. I haven't tried yet to change the DPM, and I think that
it could be the solution! (I hope) I intend to do it now and run some tests!
But I have a couple of question first. 
Should I dowload the unicode as recommended by many like this

 http://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/radeon_ucode/

or this:

people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/radeon_ucode/k/hawaii_k_smc.bin

or will the ones I have got in the debian package be enough?

Do I only need to run this command to make the tests: 
echo 'high' > '/sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_dpm_force_performance_level'

Or a do I need to stop the xserver first? (would it be gdm? I choose lightdm
when I installed gnome alongside Mate)

I apologize for all the questions that should be obvious after all the great
work you have done in this report but I'm afraid to do wrong and I'm not much
of an expert.

You are receiving this mail because:
  • You are the assignee for the bug.
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