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[SOLVED] Graphics rendering displays 3D Xscreensaver animations very slowly

I installed XScreensaver on my Thinkpad. The 2D screensavers look fine, but the 3D screensavers are practically not animated. The framerate is very low.

I have Mesa installed.
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glxinfo | grep "direct rendering"
returns yes.

Is the built-in graphics card (Intel graphics) not being detected?

EDIT: I installed mesa-amber, which caused the 3D animations to play. However, when I restarted the laptop the UI was very laggy.

Re: Graphics rendering displays 3D Xscreensaver animations very slowly

Reply #3 –
Quote from: p_y_c – on
Is the built-in graphics card (Intel graphics) not being detected?
Quote from: p_y_c – on
Could the issue be with my Xorg configuration?
Given the ample information you gave on your precise hardware and software configuration, the answer is "probably".

Re: Graphics rendering displays 3D Xscreensaver animations very slowly

Reply #4 –
Quote from: nous – on
Quote from: p_y_c – on
Is the built-in graphics card (Intel graphics) not being detected?
Quote from: p_y_c – on
Could the issue be with my Xorg configuration?
Given the ample information you gave on your precise hardware and software configuration, the answer is "probably".
lspci command shows PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake PCIe 4.0 Graphics Port. x86_64 13th Gen Intel(R) Core i5-1340P model.

I reinstalled the OS and now I do not have mesa-utils nor mesa-amber installed. Blender is again very laggy on this newly installed system.  I hadn't realized this was a specific enough issue to need the hardware information so didn't leave any earlire. Won't make the same mistake again. If there's any other relevant information I should list for clarity, please tell me.

Re: Graphics rendering displays 3D Xscreensaver animations very slowly

Reply #5 –
From the Arch wiki:
"The xf86-video-intel driver does not have proper support for Gen 11 and newer hardware, causing lack of acceleration and rendering issues that make Plasma Desktop almost unusable."

Remove xf86-video-intel and let the modesetting driver do the job. Also, don't use mesa-amber, it's for older generation GPUs.

Re: Graphics rendering displays 3D Xscreensaver animations very slowly

Reply #6 –
Quote from: nous – on
From the Arch wiki:
"The xf86-video-intel driver does not have proper support for Gen 11 and newer hardware, causing lack of acceleration and rendering issues that make Plasma Desktop almost unusable."

Remove xf86-video-intel and let the modesetting driver do the job. Also, don't use mesa-amber, it's for older generation GPUs.
Hadn't noticed this was in the extra repo. Deleting it seems to have worked as Blender and Steam now run smoothly. Thank you!