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* [REGRESSION] v4.17-rc4: xgalaga fails to start in fullscreen (default) mode
@ 2018-05-21 19:53 Vito Caputo
  2018-05-21 21:57 ` Vito Caputo
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Vito Caputo @ 2018-05-21 19:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hello all,

4.17-rc4 (my latest kernel ATM) consistently fails to start xgalaga
without -window.  I will try find time to build the latest rc this
evening.

> ~$ xgalaga
> X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  152 (XFree86-VidModeExtension)
>   Minor opcode of failed request:  10 (XF86VidModeSwitchToMode)
>   Value in failed request:  0x120004e
>   Serial number of failed request:  199
>   Current serial number in output stream:  203

Haven't dug into this much yet, only did a perfunctory check by booting into a
few older kernels (4.11, 4.12, 4.16) and the problem is absent on all of them.
It appears to be a 4.17-specific regression right now.

Also observed, though this is surely a different regression, the game
ran like molasses with -window, showing some prominent kworkers in top:

  692 vc        20   0  312852  45884  20556 R  32.0  1.2   0:08.69 Xorg           
  102 root      20   0       0      0      0 R  11.2  0.0   0:01.43 kworker/1:3    
   94 root      20   0       0      0      0 I   8.9  0.0   0:00.83 kworker/0:2    
  696 vc        20   0   39948   4124   2912 S   1.0  0.1   0:05.57 vwm            
  902 vc        30  10   46372   4144   3500 S   0.7  0.1   0:00.08 xgalaga        
  891 vc        30  10   44924   3868   3156 R   0.3  0.1   0:00.09 top            
  903 vc        30  10    4180   1184   1100 S   0.3  0.0   0:00.01 xgal.sndsrv.oss

The windowed performance issue was observed on the older kernels tested
as well, though 4.11 felt better and didn't have the busy kworkers.

I have not attempted to play xgalaga for ages, but it used to be perfectly
playable on this machine in windowed mode when I last did.

Machine is the venerable Thinkpad X61s, 1.8Ghz, Debian 9, config attached.

Regards,
Vito Caputo

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2018-05-23  9:49   ` Vito Caputo
2018-05-23 13:18     ` Ville Syrjälä
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2018-05-23 20:41                 ` Ville Syrjälä
2018-05-23 21:27                   ` Vito Caputo
2018-05-23 22:27                     ` Vito Caputo
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