10de:104a [eMachines EL1360G] Video Engine Utilization not working

[Daryl Hughes]

well found a slight issue with the GPU and watching movies or video like content when 1 watches a 1080p or lower it don't run the Video Engine Utilization part of it done a test with an unofficial Nvidia graphics driver and it ran and took SO much load off my processor went to 20-30%

With Nvidia-331.38-updates driver not running Video Engine Utilization it runs 85-100% and barely can play a 1080p video

WORKAROUND: Use xorg-edgers PPA https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa .

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-25.33~14.04.2-generic 3.16.7
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.38 Wed Jan 8 19:32:30 PST 2014
 GCC version: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Nov 20 20:55:11 2014
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-40-generic, x86_64: installed
 bbswitch, 0.7, 3.16.0-25-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-331-updates, 331.38, 3.13.0-40-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-331-updates, 331.38, 3.16.0-25-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-331-updates-uvm, 331.38: added
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 610] [10de:104a] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:809f]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-16 (4 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
MachineType: eMachines EL1360G
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.16.0-25-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/16/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: AMI
dmi.bios.version: P01-C1
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: EL1360G
dmi.board.vendor: eMachines
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: eMachines
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAMI:bvrP01-C1:bd11/16/2011:svneMachines:pnEL1360G:pvr:rvneMachines:rnEL1360G:rvr:cvneMachines:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: EL1360G
dmi.sys.vendor: eMachines
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.2
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.3
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Thu Nov 20 19:33:25 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7
 input Razer Razer Naga MOUSE, id 8
 input Razer Razer Naga KEYBOARD, id 9
 input AT Translated Set 2 keyboard KEYBOARD, id 10
xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.2

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Daryl Hughes, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Could you please advise on which specific unofficial nvidia driver version you tested where this problem did not exist?

As well, would using an older nvidia driver version provide a WORKAROUND as noted in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia ?

[Daryl Hughes (zorw2016)]

the PPA ive tested is at Link:

https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa

Unoffical Software Tested on: "Nvidia-343.22-updates"

[Daryl Hughes (zorw2016)]

also just in case u or any 1 where to test it or something it is kinda buggy when u install "Nvidia-343.22-updates" it will work great but if u where to upgrade the driver or remove it it will come back with something like "came back with error 1" or something like that.

and cant remove it at all only why i know so fare is to re-install Ubuntu.

 But if any 1 has any tips how to fix that or work around it will be greatly appreciated for future bugs

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Daryl Hughes, given this is fixed in a later version of the nvidia driver, this would be a downstream (Ubuntu) issue, versus an upstream (NVIDIA) one. Hence, one potential solution would be to backport that version of the driver to the *updates package Trusty+.

Alberto Milone, would this be one for you?