Hello Mathias,

(this time with everybody in cc)

Am Montag, 10. Februar 2020, 13:20:03 CET schrieb Matthias Brugger:
> On 09/02/2020 20:26, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
> > Am 09.02.20 um 17:05 schrieb Matthias Brugger:
> >> Hi Axel,
> >> 
> >> On 09/02/2020 16:33, Axel Braun wrote:
> >>>> Gesendet: Sonntag, 02. Februar 2020 um 22:16 Uhr
> >>>> Von: "Axel Braun" <[email protected]>
> >>>> An: [email protected]
> >>>> Betreff: [opensuse-arm] Graphics acceleration
> >>>> 
> >>>> quick question...is there a possibility to accelerate the graphics
> >>>> output
> >>> 
> >>> for
> >>> 
> >>>> a Raspi 3? There is a package X11-raspberrypi, but that seems not to
> >>>> contain any drivers or hints
> >>> 
> >>> To answer my own question: I stumbled over xf86-video-fbturbo, which
> >>> seems to offer what I'm looking for:
> >>> 
> >>> Hardware accelerated window moving/scrolling on Raspberry Pi (using the
> >>> BCM2835 DMA Controller)
> >>> 
> >>> hwinfo | grep bcm2835 gives a bunch of entries
> >>> 
> >>> In fact loading the module fails:
> >>> 
> >>> raspi:/home/test # insmod /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbturbo_drv.so
> >>> insmod: ERROR: could not insert module /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/
> >>> fbturbo_drv.so: Invalid module format
> > 
> > Most likely, by the name and location, this is *not* a kernel module,
> > but an Xorg driver.
> 
> Yes, right. *.so isn't a kernel modules... I should read better before
> responding.
> >>> Any idea what this means, or how to solve it? Or is ist the wrong driver
> >>> at
> >>> all?
> >> 
> >> Hm, that's strange. Do you boot a custom kernel?
> >> 
> >> I asked our graphics specialist Patrik (in CC) and he told me the
> >> following:
> >> 
> >> <paste>
> >> To enable 3D acceleration you need to:
> >> 1) Install Mesa-dri-vc4 package
> >> 2) Edit /etc/X11/Xorg.conf.d/20-kms.conf and remove the line:
> >> Option "AccelMethod" "none"
> >> 
> >> This will enable Mesa 3D acceleration and 2D acceleration in X with
> >> Glamor.
> > 
> > Does that also work with the upstream/openSUSE kernel?
> 
> I don't know, we have to ask Patrik as he tested it (I added him back into
> CC as you dropped him).

I just tried the Mesa-dri-vc4 package, and the effect is amazing: Now the 
windows scroll smoothly over the screen, even under load (graphical desktop, 
database- and application server running)

Thanks for the hint. I will add it to the wiki!

Cheers
Axel


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