Interlaced resolutions hang the desktop

Alberto Salvia Novella es20490446e at gmail.com
Wed Mar 31 14:33:44 UTC 2021 

- The computer still replies to *ping*.
- The *journal* shows no errors, but a few warnings
<https://bin.privacytools.io/?5a0bf22220398549#D8SPwPEh8A5BuKN6TkU78gAgEPgrUok4fCjcaucSEnyy>
.
- The *mouse* doesn't freeze.

On Wed, 31 Mar 2021 at 10:09, Christian König <christian.koenig at amd.com>
wrote:

> Can you access the system over the network and see if there is anything in
> the system log?
>
> It sounds like the display stack has crashed, but when the sound keeps
> playing the system is most likely still responsive over network.
>
> Thanks,
> Christian.
>
> Am 31.03.21 um 10:05 schrieb Alberto Salvia Novella:
>
> What happens is this simple: after a few minutes, about 6 or so, the
> entire content of the screen stays still. In some minor situations only the
> applications panel of KDE Plasma.
>
> If music is playing it continues playing, so only graphics are hung. Yet
> in most cases the power button won't shut down the computer, as it usually
> does.
>
> At least this is the case using kwin on x11, and not on wayland. It only
> happens on "radeon" and not on Intel or "radeonhd".
>
> On Wed, 31 Mar 2021 at 09:48, Christian König <christian.koenig at amd.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Correct, but a TV is intended for videos only. That's why it implements
>> only the lower HDMI standard.
>>
>> Interlaced transmits only halve the lines with each frame, so a 60Hz mode
>> effectively either becomes a 30Hz mode, halving the vertical resolution or
>> adaptive motion compensated which the know visual artifacts. Depending on
>> what the deinterlacing setting on your TV is.
>>
>> You could just add a progressive 1920x540 at 60 or 1920x1080 at 30 mode
>> manually and would have the same effect with probably better quality. See
>> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinterlacing
>> <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDeinterlacing&data=04%7C01%7Cchristian.koenig%40amd.com%7Ccf4929c9c3024efb7c4608d8f41bc0d0%7C3dd8961fe4884e608e11a82d994e183d%7C0%7C0%7C637527747331540923%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=7dTqbjDCQaDTGcXA3yt8jKzSnT%2BrqcdkMhukqyOGwg0%3D&reserved=0>
>> for reference.
>>
>> If you can give us some more information what is happening when the
>> system freeze we could try to narrow this down, but we can't spend much
>> time on a very specific use case in a driver which is in maintenance mode.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Christian.
>>
>> Am 31.03.21 um 09:21 schrieb Alberto Salvia Novella:
>>
>> 24fps is intended for video only. Anything interactive at 24fps, as just
>> moving the mouse around, is extremely choppy.
>>
>> No way anyone would prefer that over an interlaced resolution or a lower
>> resolution. That is, by far, the worst option.
>>
>> Just try it on your screen, set it to 24Hz or alike, and tell me your
>> experience. You can't even tell where the mouse is going to go.
>>
>> On Wed, 31 Mar 2021 at 08:44, Christian König <christian.koenig at amd.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Alberto,
>>>
>>> well a frame rate of 24Hz is perfectly reasonable for a TV and desktop
>>> usage.
>>>
>>> This is probably caused by the TVs limited HDMI bandwidth and a refresh
>>> rate of 30/25 Hz for the interlaced mode isn't much better either.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Christian.
>>>
>>> Am 30.03.21 um 22:59 schrieb Alberto Salvia Novella:
>>>
>>> The frame-rate at 24Hz is extremely poor for normal desktop usage.
>>>
>>> If the highest resolution, aka 1080p, uses that refresh rate then the
>>> desktop will default to that frame-rate.
>>>
>>> Other progressive modes don't exhibit any issue.
>>>
>>> On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 at 18:26, Christian König <christian.koenig at amd.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Alberto,
>>>>
>>>> I think the driver should only support resolutions that are
>>>> *progressive*, but also at least of *50Hz*.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why do you think so?, the 24Hz resolution seems to be the native one of
>>>> the display.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Christian.
>>>>
>>>> Am 30.03.21 um 17:37 schrieb Alberto Salvia Novella:
>>>>
>>>> This is why I'm using interlaced:
>>>>
>>>> $ *xrandr*
>>>> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
>>>> DisplayPort-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>>>> HDMI-0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x
>>>> axis y axis) 16mm x 9mm
>>>>    1920x*1080i*    60.00*+  50.00    59.94
>>>>    1920x1080     *24.00*    23.98
>>>>    1280x*720*      60.00    50.00    59.94
>>>>    1024x768      75.03    70.07    60.00
>>>>    832x624       74.55
>>>>    800x600       72.19    75.00    60.32    56.25
>>>>    720x576       50.00
>>>>    720x576i      50.00
>>>>    720x480       60.00    59.94
>>>>    720x480i      60.00    59.94
>>>>    640x480       75.00    72.81    66.67    60.00    59.94
>>>>    720x400       70.08
>>>> DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>>>>
>>>> I think the driver should only support resolutions that are
>>>> *progressive*, but also at least of *50Hz*.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 at 15:41, Christian König <
>>>> ckoenig.leichtzumerken at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mhm, no idea why an interlaced resolution would cause a crash. Maybe
>>>>> some miscalculation in the display code.
>>>>>
>>>>> But apart from that if you just connected your PC to a TV I also
>>>>> wouldn't recommend using an interlaced resolution in the first place.
>>>>>
>>>>> See those resolutions only exists for backward compatibility with
>>>>> analog hardware.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think we would just disable those modes instead of searching for the
>>>>> bug.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Christian.
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 30.03.21 um 11:07 schrieb Alberto Salvia Novella:
>>>>>
>>>>> I guessed so.
>>>>>
>>>>> The GPU is a Radeon HD5870, and the screen is an old Telefunken TV
>>>>> (TLFK22LEDPVR1).
>>>>>
>>>>> Since my real display got into repair I used this TV meanwhile, and to
>>>>> my surprise it froze the system.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 at 10:15, Christian König <
>>>>> christian.koenig at amd.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Alberto,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> well what hardware do you have?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Interlaced resolutions are not used any more on modern hardware, so
>>>>>> they
>>>>>> are not well tested.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Christian.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 30.03.21 um 10:04 schrieb Alberto Salvia Novella:
>>>>>> > The entire desktop hangs after some minutes when using the module
>>>>>> > "radeon" with an interlaced resolution.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Easier to trigger by playing a video on Firefox, at least on
>>>>>> kwin_x11.
>>>>>> > Wayland didn't exhibit the problem.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Other display drivers, from different computers I have tried,
>>>>>> didn't
>>>>>> > allow those interlaced resolutions all together. It seems they know
>>>>>> > there will be problems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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