Public bug reported: https://tjaalton.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/intel-graphics-gen4-and-newer- now-defaults-to-modesetting-driver-on-x/
There are reports that WebKitGTK performance is much worse with Intel's modesetting driver (which was enabled a month ago for yakkety). Upstream bug attached. ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: webkit2gtk (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: webkitgtk (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: iso-testing yakkety ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #85064 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85064 ** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85064 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Also affects: webkit2gtk (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: https://tjaalton.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/intel-graphics-gen4-and-newer- now-defaults-to-modesetting-driver-on-x/ - There are reports that WebKit2 performance is much worse with Intel's + There are reports that WebKitGTK performance is much worse with Intel's modesetting driver (which was enabled a month ago for yakkety). Upstream bug attached. ** Summary changed: - Poor performance with WebKit2 on yakkety with Intel modesetting enabled + Poor performance with WebKit on yakkety with Intel modesetting enabled ** Also affects: webkitgtk (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1615871 Title: Poor performance with WebKit on yakkety with Intel modesetting enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1615871/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs