On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Christoph Bartoschek <bartosc...@or.uni-bonn.de> wrote: > Hi, > > how can I disable EXA and use XAA? I am on opensuse and added the following > section to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf: > > Section "Device" > Option "AccelMethod" "xaa" > Identifier "Default Device" > EndSection > > Xorg reads the file because it says in its logfile: > > [ 21.481] (==) RADEON(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 > [ 21.481] (II) RADEON(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp > pixmaps) > [ 21.481] (==) RADEON(0): Default visual is TrueColor > [ 21.481] (**) RADEON(0): Option "AccelMethod" "xaa" > [ 21.481] (==) RADEON(0): RGB weight 888 > [ 21.481] (II) RADEON(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC) > [ 21.481] (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon Mobility X300 (M22) 5460 > (PCIE)" (ChipID = 0x5460) > [ 21.481] (II) RADEON(0): PCIE card detected > > But EXA is still used: > > [ 21.481] (II) Loading sub module "exa" > [ 21.481] (II) LoadModule: "exa" > [ 21.482] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so > [ 21.488] (II) Module exa: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > [ 21.488] compiled for 1.10.4, module version = 2.5.0 > ... > [ 21.575] (II) RADEON(0): EXA: Driver will allow EXA pixmaps in VRAM > ... > [ 21.635] (II) RADEON(0): Setting EXA maxPitchBytes > [ 21.635] (II) EXA(0): Driver allocated offscreen pixmaps > [ 21.635] (II) EXA(0): Driver registered support for the following > operations: > [ 21.635] (II) Solid > [ 21.635] (II) Copy > [ 21.635] (II) Composite (RENDER acceleration) > [ 21.635] (II) UploadToScreen > [ 21.635] (II) DownloadFromScreen > > > How can I disable EXA and use XAA?. I suspect EXA to be responsible for a > huge performance regression.
XAA is not compatible with KMS. Alex _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
