[opensuse] Leap 15.1 and Intel graphics driver question
After having many stability problems with the xf86-video-intel graphics driver, I switched to the "modesetting" driver on my Lenovo IdeaPad U430 notebook (Intel i5-4200UCPU and graphics) on Leap 42.3 and Leap 15.0. Yesterday I upgraded to Leap 15.1 and KDE Plasma did not start (TWM and Gnome had no problems). To fix this, I removed the "modesetting" driver settings from /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf: Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "modesetting" # Driver "intel" # Option "AccelMethod" "glamor" # Option "AccelMethod" "none" # Option "DRI" "3" EndSection Now KDE Plasma starts again with the Intel driver. My questions: - Does anyone successfully run the "modesetting" driver with Intel graphics? - Do I need an additional configuration for "modesetting" and Leap 15.1? - As I was running the xf86-video-intel some time ago, I decided to update the driver the Git-master. The Leap 15.1 xf86-video-intel driver seems to be updated last time on Sep 19 2018. Is this recent enough or should I update to make the driver more stable? Greetings, Björn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Bjoern Voigt composed on 2019-06-12 10:00 (UTC+0200):
- Does anyone successfully run the "modesetting" driver with Intel graphics? - Do I need an additional configuration for "modesetting" and Leap 15.1?
I use modesetting for all my Intel GPUs that the modesetting DDX supports, including Haswell. I'm guessing that's upwards of 40 installations, including TW, 15.1, 15.0, 42.3 and older, and as many as 3 connected displays. The only necessary configuration for a single display is not having xf86-video-intel installed, and not having KMS disabled. On my Haswell and Kaby Lakes I only use KDE3, TDE or IceWM. Curing Plasma failing to start might be a matter of simply deleting ~/.cache/* (while Plasma is not running). Were any clues left in .xsession-errors by a failed Plasma startup?
The Leap 15.1 xf86-video-intel driver seems to be updated last time on Sep 19 2018. Is this recent enough or should I update to make the driver more stable?
xf86-video-intel has been in maintenance mode for 3 years. Intel's DDX devs focus on the modesetting DDX. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Felix Miata wrote:
Curing Plasma failing to start might be a matter of simply deleting ~/.cache/* (while Plasma is not running). I have cleared ~/.cache, but this didn't help.
Were any clues left in .xsession-errors by a failed Plasma startup? My ~/.xsession-errors-:0 is 4477 lines long. Autostart programs like /usr/bin/korgac start fine. The first errors occure here:
PolicyKit daemon disconnected from the bus. We are no longer a registered authentication agent. bluedevil: AGENT-Release bluedevil: Bluetooth operational changed false klauncher: Exiting on signal 15 ksmserver: autostart service ("/usr/lib64/libexec/kdeconnectd") finished with exit code 15 ksmserver: autostart service ("/usr/lib64/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1") finished with exit code 15 QSocketNotifier: Invalid socket 10 and type 'Read', disabling... QSocketNotifier: Invalid socket 11 and type 'Read', disabling... ksmserver: autostart service ("/usr/bin/xembedsniproxy") finished with exit code 15 QDBusAbstractAdaptor: Cannot relay signal KDEDModule::moduleDeleted(KDEDModule*): Pointers are not supported: KDEDModule* KCrash: Application 'ksmserver' crashing... KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib64/libexec/drkonqi from kdeinit Warning: connect() failed: : Verbindungsaufbau abgelehnt KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib64/libexec/drkonqi directly ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 4504, errno = 11 ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 4507, errno = 11 ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 4523, errno = 11 ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 4553, errno = 11 I especially wonder about the 21 "Pointers are not supported" errors (see https://lists.gt.net/gentoo/user/333724). There are no errors in ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log: [ 409.253] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting" [ 409.253] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so [ 409.253] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 409.254] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
The Leap 15.1 xf86-video-intel driver seems to be updated last time on Sep 19 2018. Is this recent enough or should I update to make the driver more stable? xf86-video-intel has been in maintenance mode for 3 years. Intel's DDX devs focus on the modesetting DDX. Okay. I would also prefer the modesetting driver, but it does not run with Plasma on my laptop after the Leap 15.1 upgrade.
Greetings, Björn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Bjoern Voigt wrote:
My questions: - Does anyone successfully run the "modesetting" driver with Intel graphics?
Yes, it is usually the default I use. At times I switch between intel and modesetting, e.g., modesetting has no tear-free support which can be annoying in multi-monitor setups. On one Gemini-Lake PC I use intel because modesetting has performance issues when used via x11vnc_ssh.
- Do I need an additional configuration for "modesetting" and Leap 15.1?
I'm not using any. That is Tumbleweed though. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 11:19 AM Peter Suetterlin <pit@astro.su.se> wrote:
Bjoern Voigt wrote:
My questions: - Does anyone successfully run the "modesetting" driver with Intel graphics?
Yes, it is usually the default I use. At times I switch between intel and modesetting, e.g., modesetting has no tear-free support which can be annoying in multi-monitor setups.
I did have this issue in the past and also forced Intel driver, but now I use modesetting with second HDMI monitor for video and observe no tearing. That's using Ubuntu 18.04 though, possibly more recent X stack. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 11:19 AM Peter Suetterlin <pit@astro.su.se> wrote:
Bjoern Voigt wrote:
My questions: - Does anyone successfully run the "modesetting" driver with Intel graphics?
Yes, it is usually the default I use. At times I switch between intel and modesetting, e.g., modesetting has no tear-free support which can be annoying in multi-monitor setups.
I did have this issue in the past and also forced Intel driver, but now I use modesetting with second HDMI monitor for video and observe no tearing. That's using Ubuntu 18.04 though, possibly more recent X stack.
More recent than Tumbleweed? (Ah no, I guess you refer to Björn/Leap 15.1) But yes, it has substantially improved in the last year. While still noticeable if you look for it, it's not distracting me from work (which it did before...) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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