On Mon, 2020-02-10 at 18:22 +0100, Axel Braun wrote:
Hello Mathias,
(this time with everybody in cc)
Am Montag, 10. Februar 2020, 13:20:03 CET schrieb Matthias Brugger:
On 09/02/2020 20:26, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
Am 09.02.20 um 17:05 schrieb Matthias Brugger:
Hi Axel,
On 09/02/2020 16:33, Axel Braun wrote:
Gesendet: Sonntag, 02. Februar 2020 um 22:16 Uhr Von: "Axel Braun" <docb@opensuse.org> An: opensuse-arm@opensuse.org Betreff: [opensuse-arm] Graphics acceleration
quick question...is there a possibility to accelerate the graphics output
for
a Raspi 3? There is a package X11-raspberrypi, but that seems not to contain any drivers or hints
To answer my own question: I stumbled over xf86-video- fbturbo, which seems to offer what I'm looking for:
Hardware accelerated window moving/scrolling on Raspberry Pi (using the BCM2835 DMA Controller)
hwinfo | grep bcm2835 gives a bunch of entries
In fact loading the module fails:
raspi:/home/test # insmod /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbturbo_drv.so insmod: ERROR: could not insert module /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/ fbturbo_drv.so: Invalid module format
Most likely, by the name and location, this is *not* a kernel module, but an Xorg driver.
Yes, right. *.so isn't a kernel modules... I should read better before responding.
Any idea what this means, or how to solve it? Or is ist the wrong driver at all?
Hm, that's strange. Do you boot a custom kernel?
I asked our graphics specialist Patrik (in CC) and he told me the following:
<paste> To enable 3D acceleration you need to: 1) Install Mesa-dri-vc4 package 2) Edit /etc/X11/Xorg.conf.d/20-kms.conf and remove the line: Option "AccelMethod" "none"
This will enable Mesa 3D acceleration and 2D acceleration in X with Glamor.
Does that also work with the upstream/openSUSE kernel?
I don't know, we have to ask Patrik as he tested it (I added him back into CC as you dropped him).
I just tried the Mesa-dri-vc4 package, and the effect is amazing: Now the windows scroll smoothly over the screen, even under load (graphical desktop, database- and application server running)
Thanks for the hint. I will add it to the wiki!
Hi Axel, thanks for testing. Yes adding acceleration gives a much better desktop experience :) Please note that there are still unresolved issues so I don't think it makes sense to enable it by default. Cheers Patrik
Cheers Axel