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2013-04-24 ALL DAY #fedora-test-day (webirc)
Arriving after the date above?
If you come to this page after the test day is completed, your testing of Nouveau is still valuable, and you can use the information on this page to test Nouveau with your graphics card and provide feedback. If you are visiting after the release of Fedora 19, please wait for the next Nouveau test day.


What to test?[edit]

Today's Fedora Test Day will focus on the Nouveau graphics driver for NVIDIA graphics cards.

Who's available[edit]

The following cast of characters will be available for testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion.

What's needed to test[edit]

  • An NVIDIA graphics adapter. To confirm whether you have supporting hardware, run the following command:
    /sbin/lspci -d 10de: | grep -iq VGA && echo "Join Nouveau Fedora Test Day" || echo "No nVidia graphics hardware found." 
  • An updated Fedora 41 pre-release, or the special live image (see below)

How to test?[edit]

Update your machine[edit]

If you're running Fedora 19, make sure you have all the current updates for it installed, using the update manager. Or you can use a live image:

Live image[edit]

Optionally, you may download a non-destructive Fedora 19 live image for your architecture. Tips on using a live image are available at FedoraLiveCD.

Architecture SHA256SUM
x86_64 (750 MB) 6c741f41647cc6a04eee0e5213f98350110e328738ae3e610905d6fa1bbe1314
x86_64 full (2.7GB, including games) f01dc79959faeba6aa36851e03e241a9d64652f4f394f712eb8355578e4d689c
i686 (750 MB) 17a9bb6bf552228cf0f7f910113d7dc4daec769137f6d0e75eb0cf5134b753d5
i686 full (2.7GB, including games) d5ece89cfe9a7e9aa70e0f59c1ad24d71c727f825d2974e92bdf229b1f98191b

Configuration options[edit]

If 3D acceleration is disabled by default on your adapter but you want to test it (these results may be useful to the developers), you can pass the following parameter at boot time: nouveau.config=PGRAPH=1. Similarly, if you want to forcibly enable power management for your adapter, pass the parameter nouveau.perflvl_wr=7777. Please, though, if you use one or both of these parameters, note this in the comments on your results and in any bug reports you file.

Testing[edit]

Basic[edit]

Elementary functionality tests, which should pass on supported GPU.

Desktop[edit]

Basic desktop usage scenarios, which should pass on supported GPU.

Video[edit]

Tests focused on different video playback acceleration features. Some older GPUs may not support VDPAU.

3D applications/Games[edit]

Following applications has been carefully selected to test and exploit various OpenGL features using different rendering engines. If one applications test fails, next may work. Working HW 3D acceleration is needed.

Please file bugs for any failures you find if running these tests. But remember, crashes, rendering issues and glitches bugreports are more important then performance issues. Use your common sense and your knowledge about your GPU limits before reporting performance issues.

Experimental[edit]

Some recommended test cases for people, who likes trying new technology (Wayland, OpenCL) or who are interested in particular scenarios, eg. Steam, Wine.

  • Hybrid graphics You will need a laptop with two GPUs. Intel and ATI (PowerXpress) or Intel and nVidia (Optimus).
  • Steam
  • WebGL
  • Wine - Install 'wine' and try to play your favorite game. Important: Always check if your game is supported, visit: http://appdb.winehq.org Lot of bugs are actually Wine bugs, not related to GPU drivers, so be careful

Report your results[edit]

If you have problems with any of the tests, report a bug to Bugzilla usually for the component xorg-x11-drv-nouveau. If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report, just ask on IRC and we will help you. Follow the instructions on this page to ensure you include sufficient information in the report. Once you have completed the tests, add your results to the Results table below, following the example results from Sample user as a template. The first column should be your name with a link to your User page in the Wiki if you have one, and the second should be the model of your graphics adapter. For each test case, use the result template to enter your result, as shown in the example result line. If you could not perform one test (for example, you cannot perform the more advanced tests because the basic one fails, or you cannot perform the multihead test as you have only one display), enter the word N/A. In the comments column, you can enter the model name and PCI device ID (vendor ID is usually 10DE) of your card, if you know it - you can usually find this information in the output of the command lspci -nn.

Results[edit]

Long notes
Please try to avoid leaving long comments in the table, it makes it difficult to read. If you need to explain an issue in detail, please file a bug, and link to the bug.

Basic[edit]

User Graphics card Boot Virtual Terminal X restart Rendercheck GLX Mesa demos Suspend Comments
Example user HD 3000
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
N/A
Fail fail [1]
Warning warn [2]
  1. RHBZ #123456
  2. RHBZ #234567
Presario r3445 NVIDIA Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go 64M] (rev a3)
Fail fail
[long 1]
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
konstantinjch GTS 250
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
JPopelka Quadro FX 370
Pass pass
Pass pass
N/A
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
Pass pass
N/A
Petr Schindler GeForce 7300 GT
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
Fail fail [2]
Jiri Koten ThinkPad T430 NVIDIA 5400M (GF108M) [10de:0def] (rev a1)
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
N/A
Fail fail [2]
Used forced PM
  1. All tests passed
  2. RHBZ #956184
Frantisek Zatloukal GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a (rev a2)
Fail fail
[long 2]
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Darryl Pierce GF108 [Quadro NVS 5400M]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Fail fail [1]
[2]
  1. RHBZ #858503
  2. Same problem with suspend/resume as with F18.
Aleš Svoboda NVIDIA Corporation GT215 [GeForce GT 240] (rev a2)
Fail fail [1]
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Failed when loading Gnome display manager.After a while the screen got garbled.
  1. RHBZ #891505
royboy626 G73 GeForce 7600 GT (rev a1)
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Warning warn
[1]
N/A
  1. No anim w/multiarb;arrow keys rotate blak sq
Gašper Sedej G84 GF8600GT [10de:0402] (rev a1)
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Warning warn
[2]
Pass pass
  1. Render glitch (kernel text), but dissapears
  2. fbo_firecube mis-renders face for a sec when it goes behind (white texture)
Gašper Sedej G92 GeForce GTS 250 [10de:0615] (rev a2)
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Warning warn
[2]
Pass pass
  1. Render glitch (kernel text), but dissapears
  2. fbo_firecube mis-renders face for a sec when it goes behind (white texture)
Vincent Douillet NV86 8400 GS
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
N/A
Pass pass
Fail fail [1]
Pass pass
  1. RHBZ #861939
Marek Zukal NV86 8400 GS
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Jimmy Kloss NV44A 6200 (10de:0221)
Pass pass
Pass pass
[1]
Warning warn [2]
[3][4]
Pass pass
Warning warn
[5][6]
Fail fail
[7][8]
Pass pass
[9]
  1. gnome-terminal redraws visible
  2. RHBZ #956362
  3. INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected
  4. dmesg
  5. no vsync (tearing)
  6. no smooth transitions
  7. multiarb: just renders a non moving black polygon
  8. other test render fine though
  9. garbage on resume, but recovers in a few seconds
Jeff Bastian Quadro FX 570 (NV84)
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Luya Tshimbalanga Geforce GTX 460 v2 NVCE (GF114)
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Inprogress inprogress
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
[1]
  1. Using overlay on livemedia permanently blanked the monitor plugged through hdmi until poweroff
alich NVIDIA Corporation GK106 [GeForce GTX 660] (rev a1)
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
[1]
Warning warn
[long 3]
Pass pass
[2]
Pass pass
  1. File:Alich renderchecklog.gz
  2. + ray, engine, gearbox
User Graphics card Boot Virtual Terminal X restart Rendercheck GLX Mesa demos Suspend Comments

Desktop[edit]

User Graphics card Gnome Shell KDE 4 Screen rotation User switch Multihead Comments
Example user HD 3000
Pass pass
Pass pass
N/A
Fail fail [1]
Warning warn [2]
  1. RHBZ #123456
  2. RHBZ #234567
Jpopelka Quadro FX 370 N/A
Pass pass
N/A N/A N/A
Petr Schindler GeForce 7300 GT
Pass pass
N/A
Pass pass
Pass pass
N/A
Jiri Koten ThinkPad T430 NVIDIA 5400M (GF108M) [10de:0def] (rev a1)
Pass pass
N/A N/A
Fail fail [1]
Pass pass
Used forced PM
  1. RHBZ #956193
royboy626 G73 GeForce 7600 GT (rev a1)
Pass pass
N/A
Pass pass
[1]
Fail fail [2]
Fail fail
[3]
  1. Suggest "clockwise (from normal)" in menu etc.
  2. RHBZ #956311
  3. Immediately fails to boot after POST. Same setup as good test with fc18. DVI con; 2nd monit is KD5/VS-7e
Vincent Douillet NV86 8400 GS
Pass pass
[1]
N/A
Pass pass
Pass pass
N/A
  1. Gnome Shell is slow on this card
Marek Zukal NV86 8400 GS
Warning warn [1]
[2]
N/A N/A
Pass pass
Pass pass
  1. RHBZ #956528
  2. Gnome slow and unstable, even slower on multihead. Multihead window placing is very strange.
Jimmy Kloss NV44A 6200 (10de:0221)
Pass pass
N/A
Pass pass
Pass pass
[1]
N/A
  1. sometimes controls go blank, but reappear on kdb/mouse input
Jeff Bastian Quadro FX 570 (NV84)
Pass pass
N/A
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Gašper Sedej G84 GF8600GT [10de:0402] (rev a1)
Pass pass
[1]
N/A
Pass pass
Warning warn
[2]
N/A
  1. Graphics freezes for a sec when change focus of window
  2. buggy, takes much time, but usualy works
Gašper Sedej G92 GeForce GTS 250 [10de:0615] (rev a2)
Pass pass
N/A
Pass pass
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
  1. logout render glitch, for a sec. Changing focus on windows freezes desktop for a moment
Luya Tshimbalanga Geforce GTX 460 v2 NVCE (GF114)
Pass pass
N/A
Inprogress inprogress
Inprogress inprogress
N/A
User Graphics card Gnome Shell KDE 4 Screen rotation User switch Multihead Comments

Video[edit]

User Graphics card XVideo XVMC VA-API Comments
Example user HD 3000
Pass pass
Fail fail [1]
Warning warn [2]
  1. RHBZ #123456
  2. RHBZ #234567
Petr Schindler GeForce 7300 GT
Fail fail [1]
N/A N/A
  1. RHBZ #928741
Vincent Douillet NV86 8400 GS
Fail fail [1]
N/A N/A
  1. RHBZ #928741
royboy626 G73 [GeForce 7600 GT] (rev a1)
Fail fail
[1]
N/A N/A
  1. No Open under "Movies" in totem; Used ^O on Suggested ogg video; Seg Fault
Jimmy Kloss NV44A 6200 (10de:0221)
Fail fail [1]
N/A N/A
  1. RHBZ #928741
User Graphics card XVideo XVMC VA-API Comments

3D Applications/Games[edit]

User Graphics card PyMOL Stellarium SuperTuxKart Xonotic VDrift 0 A.D. Comments
Example user HD 3000
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
N/A
Fail fail [1]
Warning warn [2]
  1. RHBZ #123456
  2. RHBZ #234567
Jimmy Kloss NV44A 6200 (10de:0221)
Pass pass
[1]
Fail fail
[2]
Warning warn
[3]
Pass pass
[4]
Pass pass
[5]
Pass pass
[6]
  1. slow
  2. GL_OUT_OF_MEMORY -> segfault
  3. STK changes refresh rate to 70 Hz
  4. Artefacts on the right side of the menu background, menu remains usable. Game almost playable on low detail.
  5. slow
  6. slow
Jeff Bastian Quadro FX 570 (NV84)
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
N/A N/A N/A N/A
  1. Very slow
Luya Tshimbalanga Geforce GTX 460 v2 NVCE (GF114)
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Warning warn
[2]
Pass pass
  1. slow
  2. Interface runs fine but the game caused entire violet artefact
Gašper Sedej G92 GeForce GTS 250 [10de:0615] (rev a2)
Warning warn
[1]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
[long 4][2]
Pass pass
Pass pass
[3]
  1. very slow!
  2. High quality buffer makes black except menu.
  3. 10-25FPS
User Graphics card PyMOL Stellarium SuperTuxKart Xonotic VDrift 0 A.D. Comments

Experimental[edit]

User Graphics card Hybrid graphics Steam WebGL Wine Comments
Example user HD 3000
Pass pass
N/A
Fail fail [1]
Warning warn [2]
  1. RHBZ #123456
  2. RHBZ #234567
Jimmy Kloss NV44A 6200 (10de:0221) N/A N/A
Fail fail
[1]
N/A
  1. few test work, some don't, some have artilacts
Jeff Bastian Quadro FX 570 (NV84) N/A N/A
Fail fail
[1]
N/A
  1. The demos are only achieving 1 or 2 FPS and eventually Firefox wanted to kill the unresponsive Javascript
Luya Tshimbalanga Geforce GTX 460 v2 NVCE (GF114) N/A N/A
Warning warn
[1]
N/A
  1. All demos rendered fine, FPS is below 12 and feels choppy.
User Graphics card Hybrid graphics Steam WebGL Wine Comments

Reference[edit]


Long comments[edit]

  1. After boot i get this screen: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7gzjct6znvw4cek/100B6331.JPG Here is the dmesg with some nouveau errors: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jhd5m2iby8tn2yi/fedora.txt
  2. Boot failed to console. Gnome display manager couldn't start. Boot log showed starting gdm as OK but nothing happens. Service restrart didn't help.
  3. XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0" after 6384 requests (6384 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
  4. xonotic default + 1280x1024 100FPS, some weapons have almost wite-only texture. Ultra: same, 50FPS. AA AF max-> 30FPS. Console says: Texture compression required, but notsupported.