HP ProLiant G9 DL360 & SuSE 15.5 Video Problems
Hi, I have HP ProLiant G9 DL360 with 16TB of storage which I would like to retrofit as video surveillance server. Server have only 1 problem - slow display of live video. Even moving window around is not smooth, video playback in youtube (in firefox) is choppy. It affects only video display, not recording. Built-in video card (lshw -C display) is Matrox MGA G200EH, driver mgag200 resolution 1400x1050, depth=32 glxinfo | grep render tells direct rendering = yes with GLX_MESA_***. I installed older SuSE 15.5 since newer kernel in 15.6 have Matrox drivers removed (please correct if I’m wrong here). I tried Gnome and Mate, Wayland is disabled. Is there any way to fix it apart from installing another vide card with help of DL360 Gen9 750685-001 775421-001 HP Expansion Slot Riser Board ? Thanks in advance for any help. Andrei
Hello, In the Message; Subject : HP ProLiant G9 DL360 & SuSE 15.5 Video Problems Message-ID : <CE63ED9C-0949-4C96-BFF1-EBBAAFEBDEC3@starlett.lv> Date & Time: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 13:17:08 +0300 [AV] == Andrei Verovski via openSUSE Users <users@lists.opensuse.org> has written: AV> Hi, AV> I have HP ProLiant G9 DL360 with 16TB of storage which I would AV> like to retrofit as video surveillance server. Server have only 1 AV> problem - slow display of live video. Even moving window around AV> is not smooth, video playback in youtube (in firefox) is choppy. AV> It affects only video display, not recording. AV> Built-in video card (lshw -C display) is Matrox MGA G200EH, AV> driver mgag200 resolution 1400x1050, depth=32 glxinfo | grep AV> render tells direct rendering = yes with GLX_MESA_***. [...] AV> Is there any way to fix it apart from installing another vide AV> card with help of DL360 Gen9 750685-001 775421-001 HP Expansion AV> Slot Riser Board ? I wonder if there's a way to do that... Please show the results of; $ inxi -Ga Best Regards. --- ┏━━┓彡 Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiya @ lake.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "Distinguish between what is meaningful to me and what is meaningless, and forget what is meaningless to me. This is where individuality comes into play. This is a function that computer cannot perform." -- Shigehiko Toyama (in Japanes) --
Hi, Here is inxi and dmesg outputs: $ localhost:/home/andrei # inxi -Ga Graphics: Message: No PCI device data found. Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: marco v: 1.26.0 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa failed: mga gpu: mgag200 display-ID: :0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo> Monitor-1: VGA-1 model: ViewSonic VG2437 SERIES serial: U7A163240437 built: 2016 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 78 gamma: 1.2 size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1400x1050 min: 640x480 API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.5 renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7 256 bits) direct render: Yes $ localhost:/home/andrei # dmesg | grep mga [ 3.005326] mgag200 0000:01:00.1: vgaarb: deactivate vga console [ 3.013178] [drm] Initialized mgag200 1.0.0 20110418 for 0000:01:00.1 on minor 0 [ 3.048163] fbcon: mgag200drmfb (fb0) is primary device [ 3.267366] mgag200 0000:01:00.1: [drm] fb0: mgag200drmfb frame buffer device $ localhost:/home/andrei # dmesg | grep 0000:01:00.1 [ 0.628947] pci 0000:01:00.1: [102b:0533] type 00 class 0x030000 [ 0.628982] pci 0000:01:00.1: reg 0x10: [mem 0x91000000-0x91ffffff pref] [ 0.629003] pci 0000:01:00.1: reg 0x14: [mem 0x92a88000-0x92a8bfff] [ 0.629024] pci 0000:01:00.1: reg 0x18: [mem 0x92000000-0x927fffff] [ 0.629121] pci 0000:01:00.1: BAR 0: assigned to efifb [ 0.629131] pci 0000:01:00.1: Video device with shadowed ROM at [mem 0x000c0000-0x000dffff] [ 0.655585] pci 0000:01:00.1: vgaarb: setting as boot VGA device [ 0.655585] pci 0000:01:00.1: vgaarb: VGA device added: decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none [ 0.655585] pci 0000:01:00.1: vgaarb: bridge control possible [ 3.005326] mgag200 0000:01:00.1: vgaarb: deactivate vga console [ 3.013178] [drm] Initialized mgag200 1.0.0 20110418 for 0000:01:00.1 on minor 0 [ 3.267366] mgag200 0000:01:00.1: [drm] fb0: mgag200drmfb frame buffer device
On 18 Sep 2024, at 08:09, Masaru Nomiya <nomiya@lake.dti.ne.jp> wrote:
Hello,
In the Message;
Subject : HP ProLiant G9 DL360 & SuSE 15.5 Video Problems Message-ID : <CE63ED9C-0949-4C96-BFF1-EBBAAFEBDEC3@starlett.lv> Date & Time: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 13:17:08 +0300
[AV] == Andrei Verovski via openSUSE Users <users@lists.opensuse.org> has written:
AV> Hi,
AV> I have HP ProLiant G9 DL360 with 16TB of storage which I would AV> like to retrofit as video surveillance server. Server have only 1 AV> problem - slow display of live video. Even moving window around AV> is not smooth, video playback in youtube (in firefox) is choppy.
AV> It affects only video display, not recording. AV> Built-in video card (lshw -C display) is Matrox MGA G200EH, AV> driver mgag200 resolution 1400x1050, depth=32 glxinfo | grep AV> render tells direct rendering = yes with GLX_MESA_***. [...] AV> Is there any way to fix it apart from installing another vide AV> card with help of DL360 Gen9 750685-001 775421-001 HP Expansion AV> Slot Riser Board ?
I wonder if there's a way to do that...
Please show the results of;
$ inxi -Ga
Best Regards.
--- ┏━━┓彡 Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiya @ lake.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "Distinguish between what is meaningful to me and what is meaningless, and forget what is meaningless to me. This is where individuality comes into play. This is a function that computer cannot perform."
-- Shigehiko Toyama (in Japanes) --
Hello, In the Message; Subject : Re: HP ProLiant G9 DL360 & SuSE 15.5 Video Problems Message-ID : <1C4F68BF-4CE6-43EC-9B2F-6EBA3AB808F2@starlett.lv> Date & Time: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:17:18 +0300 [AV] == Andrei Verovski via openSUSE Users <users@lists.opensuse.org> has written: AV> Hi, AV> Here is inxi and dmesg outputs: Thanks. AV> $ localhost:/home/andrei # inxi -Ga AV> Graphics: AV> Message: No PCI device data found. AV> Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: marco v: 1.26.0 driver: AV> X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa failed: mga gpu: mgag200 AV> display-ID: :0 screens: 1 AV> Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo> AV> Monitor-1: VGA-1 model: ViewSonic VG2437 SERIES serial: U7A163240437 AV> built: 2016 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 78 gamma: 1.2 AV> size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: AV> max: 1400x1050 min: 640x480 AV> API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.5 renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7 256 bits) AV> direct render: Yes AV> $ localhost:/home/andrei # dmesg | grep mga AV> [ 3.005326] mgag200 0000:01:00.1: vgaarb: deactivate vga console AV> [ 3.013178] [drm] Initialized mgag200 1.0.0 20110418 for 0000:01:00.1 on minor 0 AV> [ 3.048163] fbcon: mgag200drmfb (fb0) is primary device AV> [ 3.267366] mgag200 0000:01:00.1: [drm] fb0: mgag200drmfb frame buffer device AV> $ localhost:/home/andrei # dmesg | grep 0000:01:00.1 AV> [ 0.628947] pci 0000:01:00.1: [102b:0533] type 00 class 0x030000 AV> [ 0.628982] pci 0000:01:00.1: reg 0x10: [mem 0x91000000-0x91ffffff pref] AV> [ 0.629003] pci 0000:01:00.1: reg 0x14: [mem 0x92a88000-0x92a8bfff] AV> [ 0.629024] pci 0000:01:00.1: reg 0x18: [mem 0x92000000-0x927fffff] AV> [ 0.629121] pci 0000:01:00.1: BAR 0: assigned to efifb AV> [ 0.629131] pci 0000:01:00.1: Video device with shadowed ROM at [mem 0x000c0000-0x000dffff] AV> [ 0.655585] pci 0000:01:00.1: vgaarb: setting as boot VGA device AV> [ 0.655585] pci 0000:01:00.1: vgaarb: VGA device added: decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none AV> [ 0.655585] pci 0000:01:00.1: vgaarb: bridge control possible AV> [ 3.005326] mgag200 0000:01:00.1: vgaarb: deactivate vga console AV> [ 3.013178] [drm] Initialized mgag200 1.0.0 20110418 for 0000:01:00.1 on minor 0 AV> [ 3.267366] mgag200 0000:01:00.1: [drm] fb0: mgag200drmfb frame buffer device ? No device information.... The phenomenon you described about video play is very similar to the phenomenon that occurs when there is too little VRAM. So I asked you to run the inxi command. Then. I asked Google, and it said that the VRAM of the MGA G200EH is 16MB, but if that's the case, smooth video playback is impossible. The Matrox video card has supported me as an OS/2 user for nearly 10 years, so I thought I'd see if I could do something about it... Best Regards. --- ┏━━┓彡 Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiya @ lake.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "To hire for skills, firms will need to implement robust and intentional changes in their hiring practices ― and change is hard." -- Employers don’t practice what they preach on skills-based hiring --
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