retitle 249277 xserver-xfree86: [ati/r128] DRI performance terrible, log fills with '(EE) R128(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine...' on Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS rev 0 tag 249277 + moreinfo upstream thanks On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 01:18:54PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > Package: xserver-xfree86 > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 > Severity: normal > > When I enable the dri module on my system the performance of the X > server becomes completely unacceptable - things slow to the point where > I can see individual things being rendered and there can be delays of > many seconds before keypresses are responded to. The CPU usage of the > server goes through the roof. Without DRI performance is completely > acceptable. > > Looking at the server log everything seems normal during startup but > there is a profusion of "(EE) R128(0): Idle timed out, resetting > engine..." messages towards the end of the log. A full copy of the log > for a failed startup is below, along with one from my current startup > where performance is fine. There is reason to believe that the proposed fix for #236187 will fix this problem as well. Are you interested in building XFree86 from source yourself and letting us know? -- G. Branden Robinson | Build a fire for a man, and he'll Debian GNU/Linux | be warm for a day. Set a man on branden@debian.org | fire, and he'll be warm for the http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | rest of his life. - Terry Pratchett
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