f18-64: Video Resolution problem on a netbook ASUS 1225C-GRY015U

Dario Lesca d.lesca at solinos.it
Mon Mar 11 10:03:24 UTC 2013


Hi, I have buy this Asus netbook with Ubuntu pre-installed:

ASUS 1225C-GRY015U
http://www.monclick.it/schede/asus/1225C-GRY015U/1225c-gry015u.htm

With a Video integrate VGA compatible controller Intel Corporation Atom
Processor D2xxx/N2xxx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) and driver
gma500

(see below lspci and lshw)

At the first power on, I do not have start Ubuntu, then do not know if
the problem (see below) there is with Ubuntu, but I have install
straightaway Fedora 18 64 bit.

After install and update f18 (kernel 3.8.2-206.fc18.x86_64), I have try
to work into Gnome 3.6, but the video performance are very slow and
gnome-shell use too many CPU :

> top - 10:30:02 up 5 min,  3 users,  load average: 1,50, 1,19, 0,56
> Tasks: 163 total,   2 running, 161 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
> %Cpu0  : 59,5 us,  3,9 sy,  0,0 ni, 34,0 id,  0,0 wa,  1,6 hi,  1,0 si,  0,0 st
> %Cpu1  : 58,8 us,  2,6 sy,  0,0 ni, 37,0 id,  0,0 wa,  1,3 hi,  0,3 si,  0,0 st
> %Cpu2  : 71,7 us,  9,1 sy,  0,0 ni, 17,3 id,  0,0 wa,  1,6 hi,  0,3 si,  0,0 st
> %Cpu3  : 63,5 us,  5,2 sy,  0,0 ni, 29,3 id,  0,0 wa,  1,6 hi,  0,3 si,  0,0 st
> KiB Mem:   2039580 total,   942292 used,  1097288 free,    30068 buffers
> KiB Swap:  4095996 total,        0 used,  4095996 free,   439180 cached
> pid to signal/kill 
>   PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S  %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND           
>  1706 lesca     20   0 1949m 170m  48m S 246,3  8,5   2:13.89 gnome-shell       
>   672 root      20   0  192m  49m 8244 S  19,2  2,5   0:13.80 Xorg              
>  2042 lesca     20   0  115m 1444 1024 R   1,6  0,1   0:00.71 top               
>    65 root      20   0     0    0    0 R   1,3  0,0   0:01.14 kworker/2:2       
>  1985 lesca     20   0  720m  16m  11m S   1,3  0,8   0:01.51 gnome-terminal    
>  1407 lesca     20   0  129m 2084  904 S   1,0  0,1   0:03.46 sshd              
>  1473 lesca     20   0  115m 1464 1040 S   1,0  0,1   0:02.84 top               

Furthermore, the video resolution is fixed to 1366x768 (16:9) and when I
attach a video projector (this is very important for me) with a 1024x768
resolution It's not possible to clone the monitors and see what what I'm
projecting. Switch via Fn+monitor I can only see netbook monitor or
projector...  

Question: there is some way to resolve the high CPU usage of gnome-shell
and change the video resolution when projector is connect?

Many thanks.

lspci:

> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx DRAM Controller (rev 03)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
> 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
> 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
> 02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)

-- 
Dario Lesca - sip:dario at solinos.it
(Inviato dal mio Linux Fedora18+Gnome3)

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    description: Notebook
    product: 1225C (1225C)
    vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
    version: 1.0
    serial: C8OAAS048181
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.7 dmi-2.7 vsyscall32
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=ASUS Family sku=1225C uuid=8045D240-D3AD-4981-39D9-3085A91803F4
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: 1225C
       vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
       physical id: 0
       version: 1.0
       serial: BSN12345678901234567
       slot: MIDDLE
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
          physical id: 0
          version: 214
          date: 07/06/2012
          size: 64KiB
          capacity: 1984KiB
          capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi
     *-cpu
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          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 4
          bus info: cpu at 0
          version: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N2600   @ 1.60GHz
          serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
          slot: CPU 1
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          capacity: 1600MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 400MHz
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             slot: L1-Cache
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             capacity: 24KiB
             capabilities: internal write-back unified
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: 6
             slot: L2-Cache
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             capacity: 512KiB
             capabilities: internal varies unified
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 28
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 2GiB
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             vendor: [Empty]
             physical id: 0
             serial: [Empty]
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             product: 8KTF25664HZ-1G4M
             vendor: Micron
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             serial: 00000000
             slot: DIMM1
             size: 2GiB
             width: 64 bits
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     *-pci
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          product: Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx DRAM Controller
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci at 0000:00:00.0
          version: 03
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
        *-display
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx Integrated Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:02.0
             version: 09
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=gma500 latency=0
             resources: irq:45 memory:dfc00000-dfcfffff ioport:f100(size=8)
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1b.0
             version: 02
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
             resources: irq:47 memory:dff00000-dff03fff
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1c.0
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:40 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:80000000-801fffff ioport:80200000(size=2097152)
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.1
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1c.1
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:41 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:dfe00000-dfefffff ioport:80400000(size=2097152)
           *-network
                description: Wireless interface
                product: AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter
                vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci at 0000:02:00.0
                logical name: wlan0
                version: 01
                serial: 74:e5:43:5f:ef:c6
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.8.2-206.fc18.x86_64 firmware=N/A ip=10.1.61.139 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
                resources: irq:17 memory:dfe00000-dfe7ffff memory:dfe80000-dfe8ffff
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.2
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1c.2
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:42 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:dfd00000-dfdfffff ioport:80600000(size=2097152)
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci at 0000:03:00.0
                logical name: p2p1
                version: 05
                serial: 30:85:a9:18:03:f4
                size: 100Mbit/s
                capacity: 100Mbit/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw ip=192.168.61.167 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
                resources: irq:46 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:dfd04000-dfd04fff memory:dfd00000-dfd03fff
        *-pci:3
             description: PCI bridge
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 4
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.3
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1c.3
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:43 ioport:4000(size=4096) memory:80800000-809fffff ioport:80a00000(size=2097152)
        *-usb:0
             description: USB controller
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1d.0
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:23 ioport:f0a0(size=32)
        *-usb:1
             description: USB controller
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.1
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1d.1
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:19 ioport:f080(size=32)
        *-usb:2
             description: USB controller
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.2
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1d.2
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:18 ioport:f060(size=32)
        *-usb:3
             description: USB controller
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.3
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1d.3
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:16 ioport:f040(size=32)
        *-usb:4
             description: USB controller
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.7
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1d.7
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
             resources: irq:23 memory:dff05000-dff053ff
        *-pci:4
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1e
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1e.0
             version: e2
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: NM10 Family LPC Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1f.0
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
             resources: irq:0
        *-storage
             description: SATA controller
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.2
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1f.2
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
             resources: irq:44 ioport:f0f0(size=8) ioport:f0e0(size=4) ioport:f0d0(size=8) ioport:f0c0(size=4) ioport:f020(size=16) memory:dff04000-dff043ff
        *-serial
             description: SMBus
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.3
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1f.3
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0
             resources: irq:19 ioport:f000(size=32)
     *-scsi
          physical id: 1
          logical name: scsi0
          capabilities: emulated
        *-disk
             description: ATA Disk
             product: WDC WD3200BPVT-8
             vendor: Western Digital
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sda
             version: 01.0
             serial: WD-WXL1E32JPTWL
             size: 298GiB (320GB)
             capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
             configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=4096 signature=000ad5df
           *-volume:0
                description: EXT4 volume
                vendor: Linux
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sda1
                logical name: /boot
                version: 1.0
                serial: 8e01f863-00a0-49d2-a48e-e06710308fa8
                size: 500MiB
                capacity: 500MiB
                capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                configuration: created=2013-02-23 19:01:58 filesystem=ext4 label=boot lastmountpoint=/boot modified=2013-03-08 07:27:44 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,stripe=4,data=ordered mounted=2013-03-08 07:27:44 state=mounted
           *-volume:1
                description: Linux LVM Physical Volume partition
                physical id: 2
                bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0,2
                logical name: /dev/sda2
                serial: jNT8fk-xSTW-HBPk-qACF-QKgt-HD7R-qWMgDR
                size: 297GiB
                capacity: 297GiB
                capabilities: primary multi lvm2
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: virbr0-nic
       serial: 52:54:00:6c:2d:7f
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: autonegotiation=off broadcast=yes driver=tun driverversion=1.6 duplex=full link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10Mbit/s
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci at 0000:00:02.0
       version: 09
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=gma500 latency=0
       resources: irq:45 memory:dfc00000-dfcfffff ioport:f100(size=8)


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