Re: toshiba video problem
On Wed, 06 Apr 2022 22:10:01 +0200, Noah Sombrero <fedora@fea.st>
wrote:
>On Wed, 06 Apr 2022 18:00:01 +0200, Noah Sombrero <fedora@fea.st>
>wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:20:01 +0200, Noah Sombrero <fedora@fea.st>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 06 Apr 2022 06:50:01 +0200, Felix Miata
>>><mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Noah Sombrero composed on 2022-04-05 22:18 (UTC-0400):
>>>>
>>>>> Everything is ok until I load a program of any size, pan, kmail,
>>>>> thunderbird, worker file manager. Worker immediately freezes up
>>>>> debian. This was not true at 1024x768.
>>>>
>>>>Using which DE or WM?
>>
>>This is X, Cinnamon environment.
>>
>>>Konsole, Worker & MC are all running fine here @1440x900 on
>>>>a 1680x1050 display, though without any RAM shared by the GPU.
>>>
>>>That would make it hard to compare. But resource monitor shows:
>>>
>>>cpu1 & cpu 2 both running at about 30%, with the system idle and only
>>>resource monitor running. Memory shows 53% of 1.25gb used. Swap not
>>>used at all, 8 gb.
>>>
>>>If I widen the System Monitor display on the processes page an inch or
>>>so, debian crashes. Could this be a cpu issue? Why is cpu usage so
>>>high?
>>>
>>>>On all old limited
>>>>resource systems like this I automatically ease up the load by disabling
>>>>compositing
>>
>>How can I do that?
>>
>>>, as well as using a lightweight DE:
>>>># free
>>>> total used free shared buff/cache available
>>>>Mem: 1542280 146580 903320 1296 492380 1206724
>>>>Swap: 192744 0 192744
>>>># inxi -GSayz
>>>>System:
>>>> Kernel: 5.10.0-13-686 arch: i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
>>>> parameters: ro root=LABEL=<filter>
>>>> Desktop: Trinity info: kicker wm: Twin v: 3.0 vt: 7 dm: TDM
>>>> Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
>>>>Graphics:
>>>> Device-1: NVIDIA NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] driver: nouveau v: kernel ports:
>>>> active: VGA-1 empty: DVI-I-1,TV-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0322
>>>> class-ID: 0300
>>>> Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: nouveau
>>>> unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa alternate: nv gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0
>>>> screens: 1
>>>> Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1440x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 380x238mm (14.96x9.37")
>>>> s-diag: 448mm (17.65")
>>>> Monitor-1: VGA-1 model: Lenovo L2251x Wide serial: <filter> built: 2011
>>>> res: 1440x900 dpi: 77 gamma: 1.2 size: 474x296mm (18.66x11.65")
>>>> diag: 559mm (22") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1680x1050 min: 720x400
>>>> OpenGL: renderer: NV34 v: 1.5 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes
>>>># xrandr
>>>>Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1440 x 900, maximum 4096 x 4096
>>>>VGA-1 connected primary 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>>>>474mm x 296mm
>>>> 1680x1050 59.97 + 74.89
>>>> 1280x1024 75.02 60.02
>>>> 1440x900 74.98 59.89*
>>>> 1152x864 75.00
>>>> 1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00
>>>> 800x600 72.19 75.00 60.32
>>>> 640x480 75.00 72.81 66.67 59.94
>>>> 720x400 70.08
>>>>DVI-I-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>>>>TV-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>>>># cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-extensions.conf
>>>>Section "Extensions"
>>>> Option "Composite" "Disable"
>>>>EndSection
>>>>
>>>>The mozilla.org build of Firefox ESR52 and of SeaMonkey 2.49.5 run too:
>>>># free
>>>> total used free shared buff/cache available
>>>>Mem: 1542280 592224 136556 19900 813500 719904
>>>>Swap: 192744 2840 189904
>>
>>So, I ran System monitor and got cpu readings of 30% on both 1 & 2.
>>Ram usage was 53%
>>
>>I started FireFox, cpu readings went to 60-70%, ram usage went to 63%
>>ram and .1% swap. That was with no web page loaded. Debian died at
>>that point.
>>
>>Like windows task manager, it seems that a lot is going on that
>>doesn't get shown on such tools. The important thing, I think is
>>that, if I boot into root, where the video adjustment is not made
>>remaining 1024x768, I can load Worker and use it causing no problem.
>>In normal user mode, Worker causes immediate debian shutdown.
>
>It is interesting then, that, if I disable the screen resolution
>adjustment, and boot as normal user into 1024x768, cpu usage is about
>20% higher on cpu's 1 & 2, and ram usage is a little lower. But I can
>load all programs like Worker and Kmail and use them with not a
>problem.
>
>It must simply be something about not being able to manage 1440x900
>resolution.
Yes, it is. I failed to remove entries in xorg.conf that I was
advised to try. They didn't affect anything as far as I could see,
but it turns out that the duplication was confusing debian. I removed
those entries and bingo, debian behaves. Thanks everyone.
--
Noah Sombrero
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