Is there a 2D acceleration support on Linux?

Question

Seriously. I just installed a newly bought graphics card from Nvidia, ASUS GeForce GT 610 (come on, I don't want games, just desktop), installed recent proprietary drivers from Nvidia and I still can't scroll stupid spreadsheet in LibreOffice without lags. Before I had Nvidia 7300GT and it was the same both on nouveau and proprietary driver.
Here's sample xls (don't worry, no malicious macros attached): http://upload.koci.net.pl/uploads/test.xls
If for someone it works as it is expected to work on modern system, please provide you configuration (CPU, GPU and driver).
Mine is AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+, Nvidia GT 610 and nvidia driver 346.35.
I'm also unhappy with my web browsing performance but this is for another topic. Anyway, believe me, I tried everything, finally changed the GPU and it is only a little bit better.

Answer 1

Wow. I thought karol was asking me if card is properly detected. Okay, sorry for that. I doubt if there is anything wrong with my configuration (anyway I'm not sure why X loads nv driver as well). I also have some remainings after playing around with nouveau but they shouldn't really pose a problem (I'm not sure how about mesa libraries but AFAIK nvidia binary driver replaces some of these files when installed). I'm also confused about text-mode VGA console messages from NVRM but I guess they shouldn't cause performance penalty. Anyway, I would appreciate if you look at those:
Xorg.0.log:
http://wklej.org/id/1636978/
pacman -Qs nvidia
[mk@linux ~]$ pacman -Qs nvidia
local/lib32-libvdpau 0.9-1
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libcl 1.1-4
OpenCL library and ICD loader from NVIDIA
local/libvdpau 0.9-1
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/nouveau-fw 325.15-1
This package provides video & pgraph firmwares for all NVIDIA chipsets that
need them
local/nvidia 346.35-6
NVIDIA drivers for linux
local/nvidia-libgl 346.35-2
NVIDIA drivers libraries symlinks
local/nvidia-utils 346.35-2
NVIDIA drivers utilities
pacman -Qs nouveau
[mk@linux ~]$ pacman -Qs nouveau
local/lib32-mesa 10.4.4-1
an open-source implementation of the OpenGL specification (32-bit)
local/mesa 10.4.4-1
an open-source implementation of the OpenGL specification
local/nouveau-fw 325.15-1
This package provides video & pgraph firmwares for all NVIDIA chipsets that
need them
pacman -Qs xorg
http://wklej.org/id/1636983/
journalctl -b
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journalctl -b | grep NVRM
[root@linux mk]# journalctl -b | grep NVRM
lut 16 11:36:13 linux kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 346.35 Sat Jan 10 21:27:15 PST 2015
lut 16 11:36:28 linux kernel: NVRM: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console
lut 16 11:36:28 linux kernel: NVRM: on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver
lut 16 11:36:28 linux kernel: NVRM: requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console
lut 16 11:36:28 linux kernel: NVRM: drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in
lut 16 11:36:28 linux kernel: NVRM: corruption and stability problems, and is not supported.
ls /etc/X11
[mk@linux ~]$ ls /etc/X11/
xinit xorg.conf2 xorg.conf.backup xorg.conf.new
xorg.conf~ xorg.conf3 xorg.conf.d
I assume none of this files is parsed.
[mk@linux ~]$ ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
10-evdev.conf~         10-keyboard.conf  20-nvidia.conf.7300GT
10-evdev.conf.pacsave  20-nvidia.conf2   30-monitorsaver.conf
I assume that only files with .conf suffix are parsed. The only files I left from previous configuration are 10-keyboard.conf and 30-monitorsaver.conf.
10-keyboard.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "system-keyboard"
Option "XkbLayout" "pl"
EndSection
30-monitorsaver.conf
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "ServerLayout0"
Option "StandbyTime" "20"
Option "SuspendTime" "30"
Option "OffTime" "60"
EndSection
~/.nvidia-settings-rc
http://wklej.org/id/1636998/
lspci
[root@linux mk]# lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:08.1 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev 10)
01:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. VT1720/24 [Envy24PT/HT] PCI Multi-Channel Audio Controller (rev 01)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 610] (rev a1)
02:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1)
modinfo nvidia
[root@linux mk]# modinfo nvidia
filename: /lib/modules/3.18.6-1-ARCH/extramodules/nvidia.ko.gz
alias: char-major-195-*
version: 346.35
supported: external
license: NVIDIA
alias: pci:v000010DEd00000E00sv*sd*bc04sc80i00*
alias: pci:v000010DEd00000AA3sv*sd*bc0Bsc40i00*
alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc02i00*
alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00*
depends: drm,i2c-core
vermagic: 3.18.6-1-ARCH SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
parm: NVreg_Mobile:int
parm: NVreg_ResmanDebugLevel:int
parm: NVreg_RmLogonRC:int
parm: NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileUID:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileGID:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileMode:int
parm: NVreg_RemapLimit:int
parm: NVreg_UpdateMemoryTypes:int
parm: NVreg_InitializeSystemMemoryAllocations:int
parm: NVreg_UsePageAttributeTable:int
parm: NVreg_MapRegistersEarly:int
parm: NVreg_RegisterForACPIEvents:int
parm: NVreg_CheckPCIConfigSpace:int
parm: NVreg_EnablePCIeGen3:int
parm: NVreg_EnableMSI:int
parm: NVreg_MemoryPoolSize:int
parm: NVreg_RegistryDwords:charp
parm: NVreg_RmMsg:charp
parm: NVreg_AssignGpus:charp
dmesg
http://wklej.org/id/1637005/
gcc -v
http://wklej.org/id/1637007/
xset -q
http://wklej.org/id/1637010/
nvidia-settings -q all
http://wklej.org/id/1637024/
xrandr --verbose
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//edit
~/.xinitrc
[mk@linux ~]$ cat .xinitrc
#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
# nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
# exec gnome-session
#exec startkde
exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice
#exec twm
I commented out nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2 as I was removing all changes made in system with previous card. I had also a file /etc/modprobe.d/50-nvidia.conf with options nvidia NVreg_EnableMSI=1. The file has been removed.
.bashrc
[mk@linux ~]$ cat .bashrc
# Check for an interactive session
[ -z "$PS1" ] && return
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
// edit 2
I also forgot to mention that I was testing firefox with new profile as well (I just changed name of profile directory in ~/.mozilla/firefox/)
Last edited by mkkot (2015-02-16 12:43:25)