Mpv is mostly ok with some config tweaks but lots of dropped frames on vids that play smooth on a j5005 iGPU same stack except intel, vlc still seems to blacklist vega11 but no issues with Intel iGPU.
Nothing will happen at all.
You're the best. Thank you.
I can tell what it does with an incompatible CPU (anything without an iGPU). It spins all the fans up but the power light doesn't come on and it doesn't post.
pci**/**/power/control, or no matter what you set in (3) some devices just won't get into (deeper) power-saving modes. At least not with Linux 5.3.0.pcie_aspm.policy=powersavenvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=25000/etc/default/grub reads like this (excerpt) and I remembered to run update-grub after changing it:GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1 pcie_aspm.policy=powersave acpihp.disable=1 nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=25000"/etc/sysctl.d/99-local.conf, the “dirty background ratio” assumes you have a fast drive, so skip first two lines if with SATA SSDs):vm.dirty_ratio=40
vm.dirty_background_ratio=30
vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs=18000
vm.dirty_expire_centisecs=18000
fs.xfs.filestream_centisecs=18000
fs.xfs.xfssyncd_centisecs=18000vm.laptop_mode=5/etc/systemd/journald.conf):[Journal]
Storage=volatile
SyncIntervalSec=5m
RateLimitIntervalSec=60s
RateLimitBurst=1000
SystemMaxUse=1G
RuntimeMaxUse=512M
MaxFileSec=1day
ForwardToSyslog=no
I think several people here would be very interested in hearing the details on that
Where are you based, are Deskmini in short supply? In the UK we seem to have steady stock but the price has gone up. I was paying around £130 now its £150.I found one Deskmini A300 as follow:
You are only using 3.9W? Impressive, and you still have the graphics (GPU) on the APU running/ enabled? The Pi4 is a bit less in real life use but by fractions, and it will go to about 5W if you really push it (as you can overclock it to 2Ghz), I want to know more. I don't have a 3200G unfortunately- I do have everything but with a 2400G sat in boxes still. Someone wanted a build then cancelled. Give me a chance to play with Ubuntu server as well I suppose.Heya voices from the internet. I'm new and, I too, do have to compensate something by a small form factor computer.
Jest aside, the Asrock A300 and Ryzen 3200G (stock cooler, Intel 660p drive, Optane M10 as pmem, 16 Go in 2×DDR4-3000 CL16) is a problem-free experience for me on Linux 5.3, specifically Ubuntu 19.10 (“eoaoun” or such similar Welsh codename). Out of the box.
I didn't try other distributions, though, because this one does it to my satisfaction.
The 3200G is “soldered”, and the 12nm chips are less picky about memory and their IGP can do higher clocks. That's why it's an 3200G. Overclocking the IGP or removing power limits is super easy on Linux, but that's for a later post perhaps.
To save power, as I leave the box on 24/7 for downloads and cron-jobs, …
- I did disable PBO and “turbo” in the BIOS (v3.50). Much to my surprise that dropped the voltage even when idle to what I now recognize as “reasonable” levels. I suspect it's been a BIOS flaw when on.
- Don't write anything to
pci**/**/power/control, or no matter what you set in (3) some devices just won't get into (deeper) power-saving modes. At least not with Linux 5.3.0.- … but do add to your kernel command line:
pcie_aspm.policy=powersave- … and if you don't have a buggy NVMe drive (Samsung *cough cough*) you might as well (any higher number [µs] will do), because some distros artificially lower that value as workaround:
nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=25000
My/etc/default/grubreads like this (excerpt) and I remembered to runupdate-grubafter changing it:
Bash:GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1 pcie_aspm.policy=powersave acpihp.disable=1 nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=25000"- Now tweak the threshold between “keep in memory”/“write to disk” to decrease how often your NVMe needs to wake up and work (
/etc/sysctl.d/99-local.conf, the “dirty background ratio” assumes you have a fast drive, so skip first two lines if with SATA SSDs):
Bash:vm.dirty_ratio=40 vm.dirty_background_ratio=30 vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs=18000 vm.dirty_expire_centisecs=18000 fs.xfs.filestream_centisecs=18000 fs.xfs.xfssyncd_centisecs=18000- While at it, have the kernel bundle writes with whenever it needs to read something new from disk anyway (same file, new line; increases read latency though!):
vm.laptop_mode=5- I don't care about logs from last boot. If I need to diagnose something, I'd change this, but for now logs go to memory (and swap if need be; ask me about my zram scripts) not waking up disks (
/etc/systemd/journald.conf):
INI:[Journal] Storage=volatile SyncIntervalSec=5m RateLimitIntervalSec=60s RateLimitBurst=1000 SystemMaxUse=1G RuntimeMaxUse=512M MaxFileSec=1day ForwardToSyslog=no- Do you have “slow internet” and no fast LAN devices anyway? Have your router/switch/whatever negotiate 100 MBit/s instead of gigabit ethernet. That'll save some more 0.nnn W!
I've switched off the screen, unplugged peripherals including my headset, removed one memory stick, pulled the fan—it draws 3.5–3.9W when idle (with the occasional process doing something). No coil whine btw. Raspberry Pi owners' dream.
Both sticks, fan, …—everyday idle, browsing, chatting, has it at about 7.2–8.3W. :-)
The lines below the first are for the last 7 and 30 days. I did some experiments and didn't configure the device properly, so those numbers are a bit higher.
Given that a gaming GPU alone would draw this or more, I find those numbers quite impressive.
4k videos play fine, I did try VLC and had to disable the always-on interlacing. Consumption then is about 20W, as it would be when watching transmissions of the Mormon church, hence I cannot recommend doing it.
I think several people here would be very interested in hearing the details on that
4ksamples.com to verify and as metric. Plays fine, no frames lost or dropped. htop has the all-core average at 20–50%, no idea how to have VLC display it's gpu-accelerated. Update: Acceleration is active.uname -rv
5.3.0-10-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 9 15:12:17 UTC 2019vainfo
error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set in the environment.
libva info: VA-API version 1.5.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_5
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.5 (libva 2.5.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Mesa Gallium driver 19.1.6 for AMD RAVEN (DRM 3.33.0, 5.3.0-10-generic, LLVM 8.0.1)
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile2 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointVideoProcegrep '^[^#\n]' .config/vlc/vlcrc | sed -ne '/^\[/{N;/=/p};/^\[/!p'
[visual] # Visualizer filter
effect-fft-window=none
[qt] # Qt interface
qt-pause-minimized=1
qt-name-in-title=0
qt-recentplay=0
qt-privacy-ask=0
sout-x264-preset=ultrafast
sout-x264-tune=film
svg-width=1
svg-height=1
a52-dynrng=0
soxr-resampler-quality=3
[headphone] # Headphone virtual spatialization effect
headphone-compensate=1
[core] # core program
stereo-mode=1
aout=any
audio-resampler=any
video-title-show=0
vout=xcb_xv
text-renderer=any
access=any
mux=any
access_output=any
packetizer=any
vod-server=any
one-instance-when-started-from-file=0
playlist-enqueue=1
advanced=1dpkg-query -f '${db:Status-Abbrev} ${Package}=${Version}\n' --show 'vlc*' 'linux*' '*amdgpu*' '*vdpau*' 'libav[cfu]*' '*265*' | grep -F ii | column -t | cut -d ' ' -f 3
libavc1394-0=0.5.4-5
libavcodec58=7:4.1.3-1
libavfilter7=7:4.1.3-1
libavformat58=7:4.1.3-1
libavutil56=7:4.1.3-1
libdrm-amdgpu1=2.4.99-1
libdrm-amdgpu1=2.4.99-1
libvdpau1=1.2-1ubuntu1
libx265-165=2.9-4
libx265-176=3.1.1-2
linux-base=4.5ubuntu2
linux-firmware=1.181
linux-image-5.3.0-10-generic=5.3.0-10.11
linux-image-generic=5.3.0.10.11
linux-libc-dev=5.2.0-15.16
linux-modules-5.3.0-10-generic=5.3.0-10.11
linux-modules-extra-5.3.0-10-generic=5.3.0-10.11
linux-signed-image-generic=5.3.0.10.11
linux-sound-base=1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5
linux-tools-common=5.3.0-10.11
mesa-vdpau-drivers=19.1.6-1ubuntu1
vdpau-driver-all=1.2-1ubuntu1
vlc=3.0.8-2
vlc-bin=3.0.8-2
vlc-data=3.0.8-2
vlc-l10n=3.0.8-2
vlc-plugin-base=3.0.8-2
vlc-plugin-notify=3.0.8-2
vlc-plugin-qt=3.0.8-2
vlc-plugin-samba=3.0.8-2
vlc-plugin-skins2=3.0.8-2
vlc-plugin-video-output=3.0.8-2
vlc-plugin-video-splitter=3.0.8-2
vlc-plugin-visualization=3.0.8-2
xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu=19.0.1-1=A.B.C to its name, and pick packages from a particular codename (such as xenial or yakkety or eoan) by flag -t eoan to apt or appending /eoan to the package name. Ex.: apt-get install -t eoan vlc>=3.0.8
Many of us here are tinkerers so this is right up our alley!
