[radeonhd] 0x9610:0x147B:0xA705: Abit A-S78H mobo with 780G

17 Sep 2008

      Dear developers

This email is a result of the comment in my Xorg.0.log, attached. I also
attach my Xorg.conf.

I have recently rebuilt my machine and it is now the Abit A-S78H mobo
with 780G north bridge (HD 3200 graphics) with 4850e CPU and SuSE 11.0
(it was Abit KV8 Pro mobo, Radeon 9200SE discrete AGP graphics card,
Sempron 3000+ socket 754 CPU on SuSE 10.3).

The new config has much poorer video performance than the old and I
guess something is 'wrong'. In short my video picture is worse than
before and the CPU usage when playing video seems much higher. I hope
you can help identify any problem - I hope I can help with any other
information you may need. My skills do not include kernel builds, but I
can find my way around YaST and the file system and log/config files.

Some more description of my explorations and symptoms with this config is:

Symptoms: DVD playing in Kaffeine/xine – good video but high CPU (over
30%). Only workable Videodriver in xine is xshm.
DVB-T in Kaffeine – streak artefacts behind any movement, high CPU
DVD in MythTV – so slow about 2 frames/second! (audio OK)
DVB-T in MythTV – like DVD

Config: Abit A-S78H mobo (AMD 780G northbridge, Ati HD3200 graphics)
2Gb DDR2, 128Mb for graphics
19” LCD monitor, 1280*1024

Video driver: started with fbdev – realised it should be fglrx or radeonhd
tried fglrx 8.522 (Catalyst) – SaX2 stops working, screen not always
refreshed after sleep mode so ditched it
got radeonHD 1.2.1 – it bombed as no support for 780G
got 20080905 git version – loads fine, but no change in symptoms
(artefacts in TV, high CPU use)

My main concern is the comment in Xorg.0.log
RADEONHD(0): Direct rendering turned off by default. Use Option "DRI" to
enable.

Thanks for any help

Chris Norris

# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2008-09-12T00:01:26+0100.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer , 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#
Section "Files"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
  FontPath     "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
  InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
  InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
  Option       "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
  Option       "ZapWarning" "on"
EndSection

Section "Module"
  Load         "dbe"
  Load         "type1"
  Load         "freetype"
  Load         "extmod"
  Load         "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "kbd"
  Identifier   "Keyboard[0]"
  Option       "Protocol" "Standard"
  Option       "XkbLayout" "gb"
  Option       "XkbModel" "microsoftpro"
  Option       "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "mouse"
  Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
  Option       "Buttons" "5"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option       "Name" "Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical"
  Option       "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
  Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  DisplaySize  376 301
  HorizSync    29-83
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  ModelName    "IIYAMA PLE483"
  Option       "DPMS"
  Option       "PreferredMode" "1280x1024"
  VendorName   "IVM"
  VertRefresh  43-76
  UseModes     "Modes[0]"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
  Identifier   "Modes[0]"
  Modeline 	"1280x960" 107.32 1280 1360 1496 1712 960 961 964 995
  Modeline 	"1280x960" 88.25 1280 1328 1360 1440 960 963 967 989 +HSync -VSync
  Modeline 	"1280x800" 107.21 1280 1360 1496 1712 800 801 804 835
  Modeline 	"1280x800" 98.89 1280 1352 1488 1696 800 801 804 833
  Modeline 	"1280x800" 91.61 1280 1352 1488 1696 800 801 804 831
  Modeline 	"1280x800" 88.25 1280 1328 1360 1440 800 803 809 829 +HSync -VSync
  Modeline 	"1280x800" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828
  Modeline 	"1152x864" 106.51 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 903
  Modeline 	"1152x864" 97.69 1152 1224 1344 1536 864 865 868 900
  Modeline 	"1152x864" 90.02 1152 1224 1344 1536 864 865 868 897
  Modeline 	"1152x864" 88.00 1152 1200 1232 1312 864 867 871 895 +HSync -VSync
  Modeline 	"1152x864" 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895
  Modeline 	"1280x768" 104.48 1280 1360 1496 1712 768 769 772 803
  Modeline 	"1280x768" 95.88 1280 1352 1488 1696 768 769 772 800
  Modeline 	"1280x768" 88.42 1280 1352 1488 1696 768 769 772 798
  Modeline 	"1280x768" 85.75 1280 1328 1360 1440 768 771 778 796 +HSync -VSync
  Modeline 	"1280x768" 80.14 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795
  Modeline 	"1280x720" 96.93 1280 1352 1488 1696 720 721 724 752
  Modeline 	"1280x720" 89.89 1280 1352 1488 1696 720 721 724 750
  Modeline 	"1280x720" 82.10 1280 1344 1480 1680 720 721 724 748
  Modeline 	"1280x720" 80.50 1280 1328 1360 1440 720 723 728 746 +HSync -VSync
  Modeline 	"1280x720" 74.48 1280 1336 1472 1664 720 721 724 746
  Modeline 	"1024x768" 83.00 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 803
  Modeline 	"1024x768" 76.89 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 800
  Modeline 	"1024x768" 70.50 1024 1072 1104 1184 768 771 775 796 +HSync -VSync
  Modeline 	"1024x768" 70.07 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 798
  Modeline 	"1024x768" 64.11 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795
  Modeline 	"1280x600" 80.06 1280 1344 1480 1680 600 601 604 627
  Modeline 	"1280x600" 73.49 1280 1336 1472 1664 600 601 604 625
  Modeline 	"1280x600" 67.08 1280 1336 1464 1648 600 601 604 623
  Modeline 	"1280x600" 67.00 1280 1328 1360 1440 600 603 613 622 +HSync -VSync
  Modeline 	"1280x600" 61.50 1280 1336 1464 1648 600 601 604 622
  Modeline 	"1024x600" 64.04 1024 1080 1184 1344 600 601 604 627
  Modeline 	"1024x600" 58.65 1024 1072 1176 1328 600 601 604 625
  Modeline 	"1024x600" 55.00 1024 1072 1104 1184 600 603 613 622 +HSync -VSync
  Modeline 	"1024x600" 54.05 1024 1072 1176 1328 600 601 604 623
  Modeline 	"1024x600" 48.96 1024 1064 1168 1312 600 601 604 622
  Modeline 	"800x600" 50.32 800 840 928 1056 600 601 604 627
  Modeline 	"800x600" 45.93 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 625
  Modeline 	"800x600" 44.75 800 848 880 960 600 603 607 622 +HSync -VSync
  Modeline 	"800x600" 42.33 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 623
  Modeline 	"800x600" 38.22 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 622
  Modeline 	"768x576" 46.12 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 602
  Modeline 	"768x576" 42.06 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 600
  Modeline 	"768x576" 41.50 768 816 848 928 576 579 583 597 +HSync -VSync
  Modeline 	"768x576" 38.82 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 599
  Modeline 	"768x576" 34.96 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 597
  Modeline 	"640x480" 31.13 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 502
  Modeline 	"640x480" 29.75 640 688 720 800 480 483 487 498 +HSync -VSync
  Modeline 	"640x480" 28.83 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 500
  Modeline 	"640x480" 26.60 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 499
  Modeline 	"640x480" 23.86 640 656 720 800 480 481 484 497
  Modeline 	"1280x1024" 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      15
    Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      16
    Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
    Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      8
    Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
  Device       "Device[0]"
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  BoardName    "ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics"
  BusID        "1:5:0"
  Driver       "radeonhd"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  VendorName   "ATI"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier   "Layout[all]"
  InputDevice  "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
  InputDevice  "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
  Option       "Clone" "off"
  Option       "Xinerama" "off"
  Screen       "Screen[0]"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Group      "video"
    Mode       0660
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
EndSection