From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753314AbbEIJYt (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 May 2015 05:24:49 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:45671 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751473AbbEIJYq (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 May 2015 05:24:46 -0400 Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 11:24:41 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Nicholas A Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: Many games perform sluggishly after waking PC from suspend Message-ID: <20150509092441.GA4539@pd.tnic> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, May 09, 2015 at 04:05:11AM -0500, Nicholas A wrote: > Hello, > > I'm not sure who to report this to. I've already tried reporting it to > Nvidia, but haven't heard any response. I also submitted it to > Ubuntu's bug tracker. However, it occurred to me that it could be a > general Linux issue. Anyway, I'll voice it here since it strikes me as > the next step. > > Sorry I'm not following the prescribed bug reporting format. I'm not a > developer, or very technical. I'm just a general end user who found a > problem. Here is the issue. > > All of my Steam games run at great frame rates normally. However, upon > waking my PC from a suspend, many of them perform sluggishly until my > next reboot. It's like their frame rate gets cut in half. They're > still playable, but not very enjoyably so. Some of these games (played > through Steam) include Awesomenauts, Left 4 Dead 2, Dota 2, > Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 2, Portal, Portal 2 and Team > Fortress 2. > > However, some games continue to work just fine after a suspend. For > example, Killing Floor. I know it uses the Unreal 3 engine, and > perhaps it is optimized better for Linux. Also Nexuiz and Xonotic > continue to work well after a wake from suspend. > > While the aforementioned games run sluggishly, the desktop still > performs as snappy and responsive as before. It seems unaffected by > the problem. The issue is only noticeable in games. > > I hope this will be addressed in future Linux versions, as I would > like to continue gaming on this OS. > > If this has already been addressed in newer versions, please excuse this. > > Thank you, and take care. > > System Information: > Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS (64-bit) > Asus M4A78LT-M LE Motherboard > AMD Athlon II X4 645, 3.10 GHz > Mushkin 8GB PC3 Blackline RAM (2x 4GB) > 500 GB Hard Disk > Nvidia GeForce GT 240 > Nvidia Driver Version 331.113 If you're using the proprietary nvidia driver, we can't really help you - you need to complain to them. Or maybe the Steam people will have an idea... -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply. --