Bug#577558: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: steady rate display locks up with OpenGL + slow screen redraw with ncurse apps

[alexandre <ac007@bluewin.ch>]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 07:56:35PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Hi Alexandre.
> 
> alexandre <ac007@bluewin.ch> (12/04/2010):
> > * small display locks up, at regular interval (locks for ~1-2
> >   seconds, moves for ~1 second, repeat) in OpenGL apps (glxgears,
> >   geomview, googleearth).
> > 
> > * verry slow screen redraw with ncurse applications (Aptitude),
> >   particularly noticeable in rxvt-unicode but also, to a lesser
> >   extent, in xterm. An incremental search in Aptitude, for instance,
> >   makes this problem apparent : you could literraly see line redraws
> >   with each new char entered in the search prompt.
> 
> Is this still happening with current sid (including X, kernel, mesa)?
> 
> Mraw,
> KiBi.

Hello and sorry for the 2 monts+ delay. I missed your message.

I just reactivated KMS and both problems are solved in current Sid version.
OpenGL apps run smoothly and no more problem with Aptitude when doing
incremental search.

Thanks and regards,
Alexandre

Mesa : 7.7.1-4

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages xserver-xorg-video-radeon depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.11.2-7          Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdrm-radeon1         2.4.21-1~squeeze3 Userspace interface to radeon-spec
ii  libdrm2                2.4.21-1~squeeze3 Userspace interface to kernel DRM 
ii  libpciaccess0          0.12.0-1          Generic PCI access library for X
ii  libpixman-1-0          0.16.4-1          pixel-manipulation library for X a
ii  libudev0               164-2             libudev shared library
ii  xserver-xorg-core [xor 2:1.7.7-10        Xorg X server - core server

xserver-xorg-video-radeon recommends no packages.

Versions of packages xserver-xorg-video-radeon suggests:
ii  firmware-linux                0.27       Binary firmware for various driver