[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-03-22 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Shahar Or, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with a BIOS update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-03-12 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: linux Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/927918 Title: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-03-01 Thread Joseph Salisbury
This issue appears to be an upstream bug, since you tested the latest upstream kernel. Would it be possible for you to open an upstream bug report at bugzilla.kernel.org [1]? That will allow the upstream Developers to examine the issue, and may provide a quicker resolution to the bug. If you

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-03-01 Thread Shahar Or
Thanks to Gigabyte for a timely response! ** Description changed: + # SOLUTION ### + + This can be solved by flashing the latest BIOS from the vendor, version F4c. + This can be obtained here: + http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3817dl=1#bios + By the way, once

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-29 Thread Bryce Harrington
Closing the X task; this certainly appears to be a kernel issue rather than just X. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-28 Thread Shahar Or
** Description changed: # WORKAROUND # To work around this issue, I change the governor of all the cpu's to 'performance'. You can put the following lines in a script and run it as root after boot. This will make all cores run at maximum rate, causing more power consumption. Note

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-27 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/927918 Title: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-23 Thread bugbot
** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) = xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/927918 Title: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-23 Thread bugbot
** Tags added: freeze -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/927918 Title: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU To manage

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-23 Thread Shahar Or
Dear Ones, What does the freeze tag mean, please? I couldn't find it in: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Tags Thanks and Blessings, Shahar -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/927918 Title:

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-22 Thread Shahar Or
Dear Bryce, Joseph, It looks quite similar with all of the types of sessions. I've tried both Gnome Classic (No Effects), as you requested and Gnome Classic. I'm not sure what we're meant to test here, though. I'll try with the latest upstream kernel as you requested, Joseph. -- You received

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-22 Thread Shahar Or
** Tags removed: needs-upstream-testing ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstrem -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/927918 Title: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes /

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-22 Thread Shahar Or
** Description changed: # WORKAROUND # To work around this issue, I change the governor of all the cpu's to 'performance'. You can make this change at boot by adding the following lines to /etc/rc.local . This will make all cores run at maximum rate, causing more power consumption.

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-22 Thread Shahar Or
** Description changed: # WORKAROUND # - To work around this issue, I change the governor of all the cpu's to 'performance'. You can make this change at boot by adding the following lines to /etc/rc.local . This will make all cores run at maximum rate, causing more power consumption.

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-21 Thread Shahar Or
** Summary changed: - Display lags / framedrops / stutters GPU: RS880 CPU: FX-4100 + Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU ** Tags added: precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-21 Thread Shahar Or
** Attachment added: glxinfo https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/927918/+attachment/2766968/+files/glxinfo -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/927918 Title: Frequency

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-21 Thread Shahar Or
** Attachment added: sysprof https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/927918/+attachment/2766969/+files/sysprof -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/927918 Title: Frequency

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-21 Thread Shahar Or
** Description changed: Dear Ones, - This situation is permanent. It happens in both Ubuntu and Ubuntu 2D. + When frequency scaling is activated (more details below) the system has + short freezes, short lags, short time-outs. They vary in length and + can be as long as about 1 second.

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-21 Thread Shahar Or
Since this is cpureq related. ** Description changed: Dear Ones, When frequency scaling is activated (more details below) the system has short freezes, short lags, short time-outs. They vary in length and can be as long as about 1 second. Here's a video(1). + + I've received help

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-21 Thread Shahar Or
** Description changed: + # WORKAROUND # + To work around this issue, I change the governor of all the cpu's to 'performance'. You can make this change at boot by adding the following lines to /etc/rc.local . Note that I have four cpu's. You might have 6 or 8 if this occurs with other

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-21 Thread Shahar Or
** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #42807 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42807 ** Also affects: linux via http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42807 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Description changed: # WORKAROUND # - To work around

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-21 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.3 kernel[1] (Not a kernel in the daily directory). Once you've tested the upstream

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-21 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: linux Status: Unknown = Confirmed ** Changed in: linux Importance: Unknown = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/927918 Title: Frequency scaling causes

[Bug 927918] Re: Frequency scaling causes whole-system micro-freezes / Lags / stutters with AMD Zambezi (Bulldozer) CPU

2012-02-21 Thread Bryce Harrington
I agree with Alex the symptoms in your video feels like software rendering. However your glxinfo and unity test info show that you definitely have hardware rendering. And that would only really affect Unity, not Unity 2D. Would you mind also testing Gnome Classic (No Effects)? Install gnome-