[gentoo-user] get fences failed: -1 and [drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR*

[gentoo-user] get fences failed: -1 and [drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR*

[Valmor de Almeida]

Hello,

Anytime I fireup openoffice-3.0.0 components, I get this message at the
command prompt:


get fences failed: -1
param: 6, val: 0


and a line in the /var/log/messages  file


[drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR* Unknown parameter 6


does anyone know what these mean? The application runs but apparently
unusually slow when in slide show mode. This started after an update to

xorg-server-1.5.3/hal-0.5.11-r8 and gcc-4.3.2


Thanks,

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Valmor


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Re: [gentoo-user] get fences failed: -1 and [drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR*

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Thu, 28 May 2009 01:44:58 -0400, Valmor de Almeida wrote:

> Anytime I fireup openoffice-3.0.0 components, I get this message at the
> command prompt:
> 
> 
> get fences failed: -1
> param: 6, val: 0

I used to get this, although it caused no apparent problems. The message
disappeared after upgrading to OOo 3.1.0. Whether it was the upgrade or
rebuilding OOo that fixed it, I have no idea.


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Neil Bothwick

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Re: [gentoo-user] get fences failed: -1 and [drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR*

[Valmor de Almeida]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Thu, 28 May 2009 01:44:58 -0400, Valmor de Almeida wrote:
> 
>> Anytime I fireup openoffice-3.0.0 components, I get this message at the
>> command prompt:
>>
>>
>> get fences failed: -1
>> param: 6, val: 0
> 
> I used to get this, although it caused no apparent problems. The message
> disappeared after upgrading to OOo 3.1.0. Whether it was the upgrade or
> rebuilding OOo that fixed it, I have no idea.
> 
> 

I just noticed that I do get the same messages when I run

glxinfo and glxgears

In fact glxgears seems quite slow:

-> glxgears
get fences failed: -1
param: 6, val: 0

300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.565 FPS
298 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.524 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.737 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.884 FPS


Also I finally can reproduce a strange thing that I see when I run
ooimpress, namely as the mouse pointer moves from the original window
where the application was run to another window, a portion of the
original window is highlighted as if it were selected for copy? Not sure
I am doing a good job at describing it. For instance the frames info I
listed above cannot be seen on the window once I move the mouse pointer
out of it because the entire window is highlighted; in my case with
yellow color. Then I kill glxgears and scroll the xterm up and down to
see the frames output from glxgears; always ~60 FPS. Shouldn't I be
getting a lot more?

I wonder whether I should reemerge mesa?

I just did an updated of x11

*  x11-base/xorg-server
      Latest version available: 1.5.3-r6
      Latest version installed: 1.5.3-r6
      Size of files: 5,549 kB
      Homepage:      http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
      Description:   X.Org X servers
      License:       xorg-server MIT

*  x11-base/xorg-x11
      Latest version available: 7.2
      Latest version installed: 7.2
      Size of files: 0 kB
      Homepage:      http://xorg.freedesktop.org
      Description:   An X11 implementation maintained by the X.Org
Foundation (meta package)
      License:       as-is


Thanks for any inputs.

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Valmor




-> glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
get fences failed: -1
param: 6, val: 0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
    GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGIS_multisample,
    GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
    GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
    GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
    GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method,
    GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIS_multisample,
    GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945GM GEM 20090114
OpenGL version string: 1.4 Mesa 7.4
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_fragment_program, GL_ARB_multisample,
    GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object,
GL_ARB_point_parameters,
    GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression,
    GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat,
    GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle,
    GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object,
    GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra,
    GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate,
    GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_logic_op, GL_EXT_blend_minmax,
    GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint, GL_EXT_cull_vertex,
    GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_copy_texture,
    GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object,
GL_EXT_fog_coord,
    GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil,
    GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object,
GL_EXT_point_parameters,
    GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs,
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap,
    GL_EXT_subtexture, GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D,
    GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
    GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias,
    GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array,
    GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1, GL_APPLE_client_storage,
    GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate,
    GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip,
    GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_INGR_blend_func_separate,
    GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture, GL_MESA_window_pos,
    GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_point_sprite,
    GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_NV_vertex_program,
    GL_NV_vertex_program1_1, GL_OES_read_format, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap,
    GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp,
    GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_depth_texture, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays

3 GLX Visuals
   visual  x  bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer  ms  cav
 id dep cl sp sz l  ci b ro  r  g  b  a bf th cl  r  g  b  a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x21 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x22 24 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x7b 32 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None

36 GLXFBConfigs:
   visual  x  bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer  ms  cav
 id dep cl sp sz l  ci b ro  r  g  b  a bf th cl  r  g  b  a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x7c  0 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x7d  0 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x7e  0 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x7f  0 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x80  0 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x81  0 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x82  0 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x83  0 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x84  0 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x85  0 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x86  0 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x87  0 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x88  0 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x89  0 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x8a  0 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x8b  0 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x8c  0 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x8d  0 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x8e  0 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x8f  0 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x90  0 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x91  0 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x92  0 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x93  0 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x94  0 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x95  0 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x96  0 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x97  0 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x98  0 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x99  0 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x9a  0 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x9b  0 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x9c  0 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x9d  0 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow
0x9e  0 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x9f  0 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 Slow

Re: [gentoo-user] get fences failed: -1 and [drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR*

[AJ Spagnoletti]

> -> glxgears
> get fences failed: -1
> param: 6, val: 0
>
> 300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.565 FPS
> 298 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.524 FPS
> 299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.737 FPS
> 300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.884 FPS
>
>

I have run into this same problem following an xorg-server upgrade,
The problem started with the upgrade to xorg-server-1.5.x, using intel
graphics driver version 2.7.1 and mesa version 7.4.2, my thread ran
dead and as of writing this email I still have yet to find a solution
to the problem. To the best of my knowledge there are known issues
with new versions of the intel video drivers, however I cannot
personally confirm this nor do I know of any plans or time line for
the fixes to be made.

AJ

Re: [gentoo-user] get fences failed: -1 and [drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR*

[Valmor de Almeida]

AJ Spagnoletti wrote:
>> -> glxgears
>> get fences failed: -1
>> param: 6, val: 0
>>
>> 300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.565 FPS
>> 298 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.524 FPS
>> 299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.737 FPS
>> 300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.884 FPS
>>
>>
> 
> I have run into this same problem following an xorg-server upgrade,
> The problem started with the upgrade to xorg-server-1.5.x, using intel
> graphics driver version 2.7.1 and mesa version 7.4.2, my thread ran
> dead and as of writing this email I still have yet to find a solution
> to the problem. To the best of my knowledge there are known issues
> with new versions of the intel video drivers, however I cannot
> personally confirm this nor do I know of any plans or time line for
> the fixes to be made.
> 
> AJ
> 
> 
Same here the upgrade to xorg-server-1.5.x introduced lots of surprises.
  There were too many changes for me: upgrade of gcc to 4.3.2, and
configuration of hal (a difficult thing to do on a laptop at the
moment). What really slowed me down was that for some unknown reason my
windowmaker was completely messed up and took me almost a day to get it
fixed.

Back to the glxgears problem. This is critical for me since my ooimpress
presentations have embedded animated gifs and they play really really
slow under slideshow after the xorg upgrade. A random run of glxgears
gave me this clue (go figure; I must have ran glxgears a hundred times
before I saw this message)

-> glxgears
get fences failed: -1
param: 6, val: 0
298 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.518 FPS
297 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.293 FPS
297 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.281 FPS
do_wait: drmWaitVBlank returned -1, IRQs don't seem to be working correctly.
Try adjusting the vblank_mode configuration parameter.


Googling vblank_mode on the web I came across this web site


http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA

which is pertinent to my hardware and kernel/drivers. Therefore if I do


-> vblank_mode=0 glxgears
ATTENTION: default value of option vblank_mode overridden by environment.
get fences failed: -1
param: 6, val: 0
4418 frames in 5.0 seconds = 883.510 FPS
4490 frames in 5.0 seconds = 897.871 FPS
4491 frames in 5.0 seconds = 898.054 FPS
4481 frames in 5.0 seconds = 896.043 FPS
4382 frames in 5.0 seconds = 876.251 FPS

I get much better performance as I used to have before the xorg upgrade.
This is where I am now trying to gather  information on how to deal with
dri and vblank_mode settings.

Hope this helps.

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Valmor

Re: [gentoo-user] get fences failed: -1 and [drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR*

[AJ Spagnoletti]

> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA
>
> which is pertinent to my hardware and kernel/drivers. Therefore if I do
>
>
> -> vblank_mode=0 glxgears
> ATTENTION: default value of option vblank_mode overridden by environment.
> get fences failed: -1
> param: 6, val: 0
> 4418 frames in 5.0 seconds = 883.510 FPS
> 4490 frames in 5.0 seconds = 897.871 FPS
> 4491 frames in 5.0 seconds = 898.054 FPS
> 4481 frames in 5.0 seconds = 896.043 FPS
> 4382 frames in 5.0 seconds = 876.251 FPS
>
> I get much better performance as I used to have before the xorg upgrade.
> This is where I am now trying to gather  information on how to deal with
> dri and vblank_mode settings.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --
> Valmor
>
>

Using the link you posted I was able to get similar numbers on my
card, if you scroll down to the bottom of the page there where it
talks about driconf, and set up your drirc file you should be able to
apply these settings system wide. I am still have some issues with
compiz-fusion running smoothly I currently dont have the cube working
it lags very bad with that. I will do some more research into the
kernel bug and see if upgrading and re-enabling tiling fixes this
issue. Thanks for the link and pointing me in the right direction.

AJ

Re: [gentoo-user] get fences failed: -1 and [drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR*

[Valmor de Almeida]

AJ Spagnoletti wrote:
> Using the link you posted I was able to get similar numbers on my
> card, if you scroll down to the bottom of the page there where it
> talks about driconf, and set up your drirc file you should be able to
> apply these settings system wide. I am still have some issues with
> compiz-fusion running smoothly I currently dont have the cube working
> it lags very bad with that. I will do some more research into the
> kernel bug and see if upgrading and re-enabling tiling fixes this
> issue. Thanks for the link and pointing me in the right direction.
> 
> AJ
> 
> 
Indeed I am also using driconf; do get faster FPS

Still get the fences failed, etc...

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Valmor