[vbox-dev] Horrible (3D???) performance in F20 guests when it uses Gnome Shell (default)

Perry Halbert phalbert at cox.net
Wed May 21 14:48:18 GMT 2014


I would expect glxinfo | grep render to return chromium if in fact the 
VBox 3D drivers are loaded not Gallium. Are you certain that you have 
achieved activation of the VBox 3D drivers?



On 05/21/2014 09:25 AM, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> [sergio at efilmsr ~]$ glxinfo | grep render
> libGL error: failed to authenticate magic 6
> libGL error: failed to load driver: vboxvideo
> direct rendering: Yes
>      GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer,
> OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.4, 128 bits)
>      GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture, GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_conditional_render,
>
>
> seems good here, despite swrast load error .
>
> On Qua, 2014-05-21 at 07:14 -0700, quickbooks office wrote:
>> I did uninstall 4.3.12 guest additions before trying the rpmfusion's
>> guest additions.
>>
>> swrast_dri.so ==> software rendering
>>
>> In particular, if the driver is not found in the mentioned path,
>> OpenGL will try to fall back to the software renderer called
>> swrast_dri.so. This is an indication that the DRI drivers are not
>> installed correctly. source: http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/glxinfo/
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:58 AM, Sérgio Basto <sergio at serjux.com>
>> wrote:
>>          LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo
>>          name of display: :0
>>          libGL error: failed to authenticate magic 3
>>          libGL error: failed to load driver: vboxvideo
>>          
>>          libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/dri/tls/swrast_dri.so
>>          libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so
>>          libGL: driver does not expose
>>          __driDriverGetExtensions_swrast(): /usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so:
>>          undefined
>>          symbol: __driDriverGetExtensions_swrast
>>          display: :0  screen: 0
>>          direct rendering: Yes
>>          
>>          [   17.068518] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
>>          [   17.209723] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2
>>          (21.10.2013).
>>          [   17.209726] [drm] No driver support for vblank timestamp
>>          query.
>>          [   17.209745] [drm] Initialized vboxvideo 1.0.0 20090303 for
>>          0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
>>          
>>          
>>          
>>          men , first uninstall your additionals installation , after on
>>          guest
>>          system , with some browser
>>          go to http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration
>>          click on RPM Fusion free for Fedora 20 and install it , if you
>>          want sign
>>          verification , but you may trust on this package for a quick
>>          install
>>          see
>>          https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/37820/confusion-with-rpm-fusions-signing-keys/?answer=38282#post-id-38282
>>          
>>          after that :
>>          yum install VirtualBox-guest kmod-VirtualBox
>>          restart X or vm
>>          and it is installed and you don't need worry about upgrade
>>          kernels
>>          anymore
>>          
>>          On Qua, 2014-05-21 at 07:33 +0100, Karoline Haus wrote:
>>          > I have the same problem with VBox 4.3.6 and 4.3.8. Looking
>>          inside the
>>          > FC20 guest I can see the CPU being used 100% by the
>>          gnome-shell. The
>>          > VBox process on the host of that FC20 VM also runs at 100%.
>>          When I
>>          > kill the gnome-shell, CPU utilization returns to normal
>>          again. Haven't
>>          > tried to investigate this problem any further yet.
>>          >
>>          > quickbooks office <quickbooks.office at gmail.com> schrieb am
>>          14:25
>>          > Samstag, 17.Mai 2014:
>>          >
>>          >
>>          >
>>          > I got this with 4.3.12 Guest Additions also.
>>          >
>>          >
>>          > So I tried your guest additions found in rpmfusion repo.
>>          Same problem:
>>          >
>>          > [user at localhost ~]$ journalctl -b | grep vboxvideo
>>          > May 17 05:03:57 localhost.localdomain
>>          systemd-modules-load[302]:
>>          > Inserted module 'vboxvideo'
>>          > May 17 05:03:57 localhost.localdomain kernel: [drm]
>>          Initialized
>>          > vboxvideo 1.0.0 20090303 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
>>          > May 17 05:04:12
>>          localhost.localdomain /usr/bin/dbus-launch[835]: libGL
>>          > error: failed to load driver: vboxvideo
>>          > May 17 05:04:16 localhost.localdomain gnome-session[835]:
>>          libGL error:
>>          > failed to load driver: vboxvideo
>>          > May 17 05:04:42 localhost.localdomain gnome-session[1297]:
>>          libGL
>>          > error: failed to load driver: vboxvideo
>>          > [user at localhost ~]$
>>          >
>>          > [user at localhost ~]$ glxinfo
>>          > name of display: :0
>>          > libGL error: failed to authenticate magic 4
>>          > libGL error: failed to load driver: vboxvideo
>>          > display: :0  screen: 0
>>          >
>>          >
>>          >
>>          >
>>          > On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Sérgio Basto
>>          <sergio at serjux.com>
>>          > wrote:
>>          >         On Qua, 2014-05-14 at 14:57 -0700, quickbooks office
>>          wrote:
>>          >         > May 14 13:47:53
>>          >         localhost.localdomain /usr/bin/dbus-launch[954]:
>>          >         > gnome-session-is-accelerated: llvmpipe detected.
>>          >         > May 14 13:47:53
>>          >         localhost.localdomain /usr/bin/dbus-launch[954]:
>>          libGL
>>          >         > error: failed to load driver: vboxvideo
>>          >         > May 14 13:47:53
>>          >         localhost.localdomain /usr/bin/dbus-launch[954]:
>>          libGL
>>          >         > error: failed to authenticate magic 1
>>          >         >
>>          >         >
>>          >         > Using 4.3.10 guest additions.
>>          >
>>          >
>>          >         selling my fish you could try
>>          >         rpmfusion repos http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration
>>          >
>>          >         and do :
>>          >
>>          >         yum install VirtualBox-guest kmod-VirtualBox
>>          >
>>          >         before remove all stuff of guest additions.
>>          >         >
>>          >         >
>>          >         > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 4:00 PM, quickbooks office
>>          >         > <quickbooks.office at gmail.com> wrote:
>>          >         >         There is horrible (3D???) performance in
>>          F20 guests
>>          >         when it
>>          >         >         uses Gnome
>>          >         >         Shell (default)
>>          >         >
>>          >         >         Is something broken with the Guest
>>          Additions (i.e.
>>          >         vboxvideo
>>          >         >         driver)?
>>          >         >
>>          >         >         Please compare a Fedora 20 (or rawhide -
>>          F21) guest
>>          >         running
>>          >         >         Gnome
>>          >         >         Shell vs. Windows 7.
>>          >         >
>>          >         >         In fact even a Windows 8.1 guest is faster
>>          than a
>>          >         Fedora
>>          >         >         guest.
>>          >         >
>>          >         >
>>          >
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>>          >         --
>>          >         Sérgio M. B.
>>          >
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