From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MAaYf-0008DH-Ga for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 31 May 2009 02:13:57 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DF4BFE0343; Sun, 31 May 2009 02:13:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f176.google.com (mail-gx0-f176.google.com [209.85.217.176]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC10DE0343 for ; Sun, 31 May 2009 02:13:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk24 with SMTP id 24so24689945gxk.10 for ; Sat, 30 May 2009 19:13:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=kQYLj0IErGlGQO5a25kZhT0ONd852ttNye13CKluJmI=; b=LoQV3TEKemQDA2kWcMedaMwJfMIx6176Aj9HlFwvY9/tUjtNIo4bFcEBrWYeTrsW3d 0QtWofsEbNRlnsJrSmeWZKg+zW6MT/H3EK/lDES9cCCU8o3m44404UcZ2UErs0VL35RB Z+U+KXooUbvtjGLWwyrKOX3nRTPS97O+ZTzYA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=sVZ+b7dmTLGtOZ++th3INYnOJerKMLn/gkA6gXPyVS/jZ7r6JdOoeEayDivOSUIsIP tdbppMeue9+q4Iajld2mRsx0Pv/NEiFHJfa9moursYqeU0c6fbcAT/plWr9T0Pjs6/g2 xOHoOLkfrKFG/cn8G/WzLpT/UMK5saOIkMEsU= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.151.84.10 with SMTP id m10mr8309573ybl.316.1243736035279; Sat, 30 May 2009 19:13:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A1F552E.3030605@gmail.com> References: <4A1E24DA.7020500@gmail.com> <20090528095226.2d54d988@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> <4A1EA15C.4060504@gmail.com> <4A1F552E.3030605@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 22:13:55 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] get fences failed: -1 and [drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR* From: AJ Spagnoletti To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: cb2ae300-67a9-4cc4-8c18-6de56ec09477 X-Archives-Hash: cbb46b3f1a57bcea92a53105f386d379 > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA > > which is pertinent to my hardware and kernel/drivers. Therefore if I do > > > -> vblank_mode=3D0 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 =3D 883.510 FPS > 4490 frames in 5.0 seconds =3D 897.871 FPS > 4491 frames in 5.0 seconds =3D 898.054 FPS > 4481 frames in 5.0 seconds =3D 896.043 FPS > 4382 frames in 5.0 seconds =3D 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 =A0information on how to deal wit= h > 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