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**Rog131** · Oct 02, 2007, 05:47 AM

Re: fglrx X1600 performance

What logs say:

Xorg.0.log is log file for X Windowing Server. It is in /var/log/.

Markers in the Xorg.0.log

Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.

Just looking errors:

Code:

:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "(EE)"

Just looking warnings:

Code:

:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "(WW)"

Also K > System > System Logs Viewer (KSystemLog)

More logs
LinuxLogFiles
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxLogFiles

Is CPU load high ?
K > System > KSysGuard - Performance monitor
or in the konsole

Code:

:~$ top

man top:

TOP(1) Linux User’s Manual TOP(1)

NAME
top - display Linux tasks

SYNOPSIS
top -hv | -bcHisS -d delay -n iterations -p pid [, pid ...]

The traditional switches ’-’ and whitespace are optional.

DESCRIPTION
The top program provides a dynamic real-time view of a running system.
It can display system summary information as well as a list of tasks
currently being managed by the Linux kernel. The types of system sum‐
mary information shown and the types, order and size of information
displayed for tasks are all user configurable and that configuration
can be made persistent across restarts.

**MrDuck** · Oct 03, 2007, 12:59 PM

Re: fglrx X1600 performance (testing in World of Warcraft)

Well here come something from logs,but nothing i found important (thanks for hint with grep for logs :-) never got that idea) so Errors from X server:

Code:

$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "(EE)"
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/wacom
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/wacom
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/wacom

and Warnings:

Code:

$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "(WW)"
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "UseFastTLS" requires an integer value
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(WW) fglrx(0): Only one display is connnected,so single mode is enabled
(WW) LoadModule: given non-canonical module name "glesx.so"

CPU load is in normal(+-3% when working with this,listening mp3 and stuff..), goes 100% when running game.

Here is what it says while running WoW from console:

Code:

$ wine ./WoW.exe
fixme:advapi:SetSecurityInfo stub
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 112 (SPI_GETMOUSESPEED)
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x34edac,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x34ecd4,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x34f1bc,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x34f5b0,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x34f5a8,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x34f584,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 113 (SPI_SETMOUSESPEED)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 113 (SPI_SETMOUSESPEED)
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW Option INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_TIMEOUT (5000): STUB
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT not supported on protocol 4
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW Option INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_TIMEOUT (5000): STUB
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT not supported on protocol 4
fixme:reg:GetNativeSystemInfo (0x374026c4) using GetSystemInfo()
fixme:process:IsWow64Process (0xffffffff 0x68fc9494) stub!
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW Option INTERNET_OPTION_CONTEXT_VALUE; STUB
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW Option INTERNET_OPTION_CONTEXT_VALUE; STUB
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 113 (SPI_SETMOUSESPEED)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 113 (SPI_SETMOUSESPEED)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 113 (SPI_SETMOUSESPEED)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 113 (SPI_SETMOUSESPEED)
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x34d1b4,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x34d210,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 113 (SPI_SETMOUSESPEED)
err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x525db0c "?" wait timed out in thread 0010, blocked by 0009, retrying (60 sec)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 113 (SPI_SETMOUSESPEED)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 113 (SPI_SETMOUSESPEED)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 113 (SPI_SETMOUSESPEED)
fixme:imm:ImmAssociateContextEx (0x30024, (nil), 16): stub

Guys on irc gave me(and other guy with this prob) that it uses software rendering,not a gpu,it sounds pretty much possible to me,is there any way to confirm that or force it to use DRI?

Thanks, Mr. Duck

**SheeEttin** · Oct 03, 2007, 01:39 PM

Re: fglrx X1600 performance

Open up a console and say "fglrxinfo". If it mentions Mesa at all, you're using software rendering (i.e. your CPU, not your GPU).

**MrDuck** · Oct 03, 2007, 02:47 PM

Re: fglrx X1600 performance

Code:

$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Radeon X1600 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6747 (8.40.4)

This looks ok, however,I've read on gentoo's howto that it can just use software rendering ingame while test uses gpu(if i understood correctly):

Enabling hardware rendering

You should verify that you are actually rendering the game with OpenGL, not just software. If you are getting 1 FPS or the game is virtually unplayable, you're probably using software rendering. To switch to hardware/OpenGL rendering, run the following command as root:

For nVidia Cards: eselect opengl set nvidia

For ATi Cards: eselect opengl set ati

Exit X, Log out and back in, then start X again. Startup WoW, and you should be fine. See http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t...start-375.html.

(source: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install...ware_rendering )
So it would be worth trying i think,is there an alternative to eselect in ubuntu or something i could use?

**Rog131** · Oct 04, 2007, 09:31 AM

Re: fglrx X1600 performance

Do you have Ati Catalyst Control Center installed ?

And Anti-Aliasing and Anisotopic Filtering at Performance (lowest quality) ?

Using Ati 9600

When i have the lowest quality:
glxgears ~ 3560 FPS
fgl_glxgears ~ 673 FPS

When i have the highest quality:
glxgears ~ 650 FPS
fgl_glxgears ~ 161FPS

**MrDuck** · Oct 04, 2007, 01:06 PM

Re: fglrx X1600 performance

Originally posted by Rog131

Do you have Ati Catalyst Control Center installed ?

And Anti-Aliasing and Anisotopic Filtering at Performance (lowest quality) ?

Using Ati 9600

When i have the lowest quality:
glxgears ~ 3560 FPS
fgl_glxgears ~ 673 FPS

When i have the highest quality:
glxgears ~ 650 FPS
fgl_glxgears ~ 161FPS

Yep it's set to lowest values.

Code:

kachna@kachna-desktop:~$ glxgears
17827 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3565.396 FPS
19445 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3888.886 FPS
kachna@kachna-desktop:~$ fgl_glxgears
Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
2501 frames in 5.0 seconds = 500.200 FPS
2701 frames in 5.0 seconds = 540.200 FPS

(1st result is lower coz yakuake is scrolling up above the window)

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