On Mon, 2020-02-10 at 18:22 +0100, Axel Braun wrote: > 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!
Hi Axel, thanks for testing. Yes adding acceleration gives a much better desktop experience :) Please note that there are still unresolved issues so I don't think it makes sense to enable it by default. Cheers Patrik > > Cheers > Axel > >
