Re: 6.11/regression/bisected - after commit 1b04dcca4fb1, launching some RenPy games causes computer hang

From: Michel Dänzer
Date: Mon Sep 09 2024 - 04:49:21 EST


On 2024-09-06 21:46, Leo Li wrote:
>
> Second, can you try adding "amdgpu.dcdebugmask=0x40" to your kernel cmdline at
> boot, and see if you can still repro the hang?
>
> This setting disables hw planes. If it resolves the hang, then it's quite
> interesting, because it suggests that gnome may be using direct-scanout via hw
> planes. We may need to align our gnome configuration in that case, since I don't
> see any additional hw planes being used on my setup.

GNOME's mutter doesn't make use of overlay planes yet.

(There's a WIP MR though: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/2660)


--
Earthling Michel Dänzer \ GNOME / Xwayland / Mesa developer
https://redhat.com \ Libre software enthusiast