Bug 52407

Summary: [GLAMOR][Zaphod] xserver segfaults on startup (with backtrace).
Product: xorg Reporter: Till Matthiesen <high.entropy>
Component: Driver/RadeonAssignee: xf86-video-ati maintainers <xorg-driver-ati>
Status: RESOLVED MOVED QA Contact: Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity: normal    
Priority: medium    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)   
OS: Linux (All)   
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Description Till Matthiesen 2012-07-23 18:05:55 UTC
Created attachment 64559 [details]
backtrace

Hi,

I wanted to give the newly added GLAMOR acceleration a try.
Unfortunately it segfaults immediately. 
Find a backtrace attached.

X.Org Server 1.12.3
libdrm, mesa, glamor and DDX from master (today).
(glamor 0.4.1 segfaults also)
GPU Radeon HD 4850 (running in 2 screen Zaphod mode)
Comment 1 Felix Miata 2012-07-23 18:24:48 UTC
Mime type is set wrong on attachment. Gecko won't open it.

Are you using 100% automagic, or are you using any config file in /etc/X11/? cf. bug 51640
Comment 2 Till Matthiesen 2012-07-23 18:35:39 UTC
Created attachment 64560 [details]
xorg.conf

Hi Felix,

find the xorg.conf attached (hope the mime type is fine this time).

How can I use "automagic" when targeting Zaphod mode?
AFAIK I _have_ to specify separate screens in xorg.conf.
Otherwise I always ended up with a single big framebuffer 
using xrandr. I don't want that.
Comment 3 Alex Deucher 2012-07-23 18:56:25 UTC
I don't think glamor will work with zaphod mode at the moment.  Does it work ok if you use non-zaphod mode?
Comment 4 Till Matthiesen 2012-07-23 19:35:48 UTC
Indeed, Alex is right. 
It works for the single screen configuration.

So I have to revert to EXA, obviously not missing much yet:
A quick test with the scrolling performance of a
long Facebook page in Google Chrome 21.x has been more
than disappointing. It's awfully slow.

Are there any technical restrictions concerning 
Glamor+Zaphod mode? I plan to get new card in the next
months. AFAIK buying >= HD 7000 series card means
2D acceleration is _only_ provided through Glamor.
Without Zaphod mode and decent 2D performance this does
not sound like a good deal to me. :/
Comment 5 Michel Dänzer 2014-08-04 10:01:13 UTC
Is this still an issue with xf86-video-ati 7.4.0 or later and glamor from xserver 1.16.0 or later?
Comment 6 Martin Peres 2019-11-19 07:34:45 UTC
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