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low power options are ignored in 10.04

Bug #538002 reported by max123 on 2010-03-12

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Expired	Medium	Unassigned
	Lucid	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati

In 10.04 all Low-Power Options in the radeon driver are ignored on my System. I put

        Option "DynamicPM" "true"
        Option "ClockGating" "true"
        Option "ForceLowPowerMode" "true"

in my xorg.conf, but i get

(WW) RADEON(0): Option "DynamicPM" is not used
(WW) RADEON(0): Option "ClockGating" is not used
(WW) RADEON(0): Option "ForceLowPowerMode" is not used

in the logfiles. I think it's important to be able to use them because otherwise the card consumes up to 2W more.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Mar 12 12:12:09 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
Lsusb:
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: IBM 2673A88
Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.191-1ubuntu1
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
   no product info available
Socket 1:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
   no card
Socket 1:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic root=UUID=b35d3a0b-5429-4879-9468-1a19796c7c0a ro quiet splash hpet=force usbcore.autosuspend=1
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 07/28/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: IBM
dmi.bios.version: 1QET96WW (3.01 )
dmi.board.name: 2673A88
dmi.board.vendor: IBM
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr1QET96WW(3.01):bd07/28/2005:svnIBM:pn2673A88:pvrThinkPadX32:rvnIBM:rn2673A88:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 2673A88
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X32
dmi.sys.vendor: IBM
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.32-16-generic

---
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: x32 1362 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: x32 1362 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'I82801DBICH4'/'Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at irq 5'
   Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981B'
   Components : 'AC97a:41445374'
   Controls : 26
   Simple ctrls : 18
Card29.Amixer.info:
Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 1QHT22WW-1.07b'
   Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 1QHT22WW-1.07b'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 2
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card29.Amixer.values:
Simple mixer control 'Console',0
   Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Limits: Playback 0 - 14
   Mono: Playback 6 [43%] [on]
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=40a0fb78-18d5-439a-8258-a987099ca571
Lsusb:
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: IBM 2673A88
Package: linux (not installed)
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
   no product info available
Socket 1:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
   no card
Socket 1:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=b35d3a0b-5429-4879-9468-1a19796c7c0a ro quiet splash hpet=force usbcore.autosuspend=1
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Regression: Yes
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
Reproducible: Yes
RfKill:

Tags: lucid graphics regression-potential needs-upstream-testing
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 07/28/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: IBM
dmi.bios.version: 1QET96WW (3.01 )
dmi.board.name: 2673A88
dmi.board.vendor: IBM
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr1QET96WW(3.01):bd07/28/2005:svnIBM:pn2673A88:pvrThinkPadX32:rvnIBM:rn2673A88:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 2673A88
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X32
dmi.sys.vendor: IBM

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max123 (maxrest) wrote on 2010-03-12:

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description:	updated
description:	updated

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2010-03-12

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Robert Hooker (sarvatt) wrote on 2010-03-16:

Those options do not work when KMS is in use, they need to be done directly in the kernel with radeon module options. If you want to continue using them in xorg.conf, you can get the old functionality by booting with radeon.modeset=0 added to your kernel command line and then they will work.

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max123 (maxrest) wrote on 2010-03-16:

OK, so what's the preferred way in 10.04 to add module options? modprobe.conf has moved/been split up to some other file(s), right?

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Robert Hooker (sarvatt) wrote on 2010-03-16:

make your own file with a .conf extension in /etc/modprobe.d/ such as /etc/modprobe.d/radeon.conf and inside of it put

options radeon modeset=0

then sudo update-initramfs -u and reboot.

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote on 2010-03-18:

So the real issue here is that there needs to be a way to set these three options in the kernel.

I don't know if there actually are parameters available from the kernel to control these things.

If there is, the options should be documented somewhere obvious. If not, then they need added.

affects:	xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu)
tags:	added: regression-potential xorg-needs-kernel-fix
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → New

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Pauli (paniemin) wrote on 2010-03-19: Re: [Bug 538002] Re: low power options are ignored in 10.04

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Bryce Harrington
<email address hidden> wrote:
> So the real issue here is that there needs to be a way to set these
> three options in the kernel.
>
> I don't know if there actually are parameters available from the kernel
> to control these things.
>
> If there is, the options should be documented somewhere obvious. If
> not, then they need added.
>

modinfo radeon

there is dynclk that is same ClockGating in UMS xorg.conf.

KMS power management is still in development and quite unstable. First
version is in 2.6.34-rc1 but it has quite a few hard lock and GPU
freeze problems.

Of course it would be nice if there was sysfs files to set the power
management options from user space but that would need some coding.

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Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee) wrote on 2010-04-27:

Hi max123,

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 538002

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

[This is an automated message. Apologies if it has reached you inappropriately; please just reply to this message indicating so.]

tags:	added: needs-kernel-logs
tags:	added: needs-upstream-testing
tags:	added: kj-triage

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max123 (maxrest) wrote on 2010-04-28: AlsaDevices.txt

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max123 (maxrest) wrote on 2010-04-28: Card0.Codecs.codec97.0.ac97.0.0.txt

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Brad Figg (brad-figg) on 2010-12-03

tags:

added: acpi-bad-address

Brad Figg (brad-figg) on 2011-04-06

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee) on 2011-05-23

tags:

removed: regression-potential

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2011-06-28

tags:	removed: xorg-needs-kernel-fix
tags:	added: kernel-handoff-graphics

Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) on 2012-04-17

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2013-08-14:

#24

Won't Fix for Lucid as EOL. Don't have these permissions -> Invalid.

tags:	added: bios-outdated-3.02
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Lucid):
status:	New → Invalid

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2013-08-14:

#25

max123, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.11-rc5

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, please comment as to why specifically you were unable to test it and add the following tags:
kernel-unable-to-test-upstream
kernel-unable-to-test-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.11-rc5

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-10-13:

#26

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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