Re: Please recommend zero-hassle video card for GUIX

[yasu@yasuaki.com]

Just one more note:


In GNU IceCat browser, in about:config, this option needs to be enabled:

layers.acceleration.force-enabled

See:
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=239077

Otherwise, there will be a subtle but noticeable tearing of videos.





On 24.09.2020 12:34, yasu@yasuaki.com wrote:
> Just to follow up, here's what I did:
> 
>  - Removed my original NVidia GTX 750 video card
>  - Installed the new AMD RX580 video card
>  - Added an unofficial Guix channel to use the "regular"
>      Linux Kernel (instead of Linux-Libre)
> 
> My new Guix experience is now a world apart from the old!
>  - It does't freeze like every 30 minutes anymore...
>  - It works like any other normal computer! (Great 2D/3D/video 
> performance!)
> 
> Cheers,
> Yasu
> 
> 
> yasu@guix ~$ guix system describe
> Generation 16	Sep 24 2020 20:27:04	(current)
>   file name: /var/guix/profiles/system-16-link
>   canonical file name: 
> /gnu/store/9crwhnhyc6nwspd9j4m09sk1bb6r93j3-system
>   label: GNU with Linux 5.8.10
>   bootloader: grub-efi
>   root device: label: "my-root"
>   kernel: 
> /gnu/store/2z8smc1cn921gxqhb7m11byk6h3asf1k-linux-5.8.10/bzImage
>   channels:
>     guix:
>       repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
>       branch: master
>       commit: ff128dc6332fddfc65658a8462796fc7ecd1bdd2
>     nonguix:
>       repository URL: https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix
>       branch: master
>       commit: fc683132b1838cfdbe968b49e459dc12f4f41ef8
>   configuration file:
> /gnu/store/9f1vi852r032wd38hchm5g2sywxzfkj1-configuration.scm
> 
> yasu@guix ~$ cat 
> /gnu/store/9f1vi852r032wd38hchm5g2sywxzfkj1-configuration.scm
> ;; This is an operating system configuration template
> ;; for a "desktop" setup with GNOME and Xfce where the
> ;; root partition is encrypted with LUKS.
> 
> (use-modules
>   (gnu)
>   (gnu system nss)
>   (nongnu packages linux) ;; engine power
>   (nongnu system linux-initrd)) ;; engine power
> 
> (use-service-modules desktop xorg)
> (use-package-modules certs gnome)
> 
> (operating-system
>     (kernel linux) ;; engine power
>     (initrd microcode-initrd) ;; engine power
>     (firmware (list linux-firmware)) ;; engine power
>   (host-name "guix")
>   (timezone "Asia/Tokyo")
>   (locale "en_US.utf8")
> 
>   ;; Choose US English keyboard layout.  The "altgr-intl"
>   ;; variant provides dead keys for accented characters.
>   (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "us"))
> 
>   ;; Use the UEFI variant of GRUB with the EFI System
>   ;; Partition mounted on /boot/efi.
>   (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
>                 (bootloader grub-efi-bootloader)
>                 (target "/boot/efi")
>                 (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))
> 
>   ;; Specify a mapped device for the encrypted root partition.
>   ;; The UUID is that returned by 'cryptsetup luksUUID'.
>   ;; (mapped-devices
>   ;; (list (mapped-device
>   ;;        (source (uuid "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc"))
>   ;;        (target "my-root")
>   ;;        (type luks-device-mapping))))
> 
>   (file-systems (append
>                  (list (file-system
>                          (device (file-system-label "my-root"))
>                          (mount-point "/")
>                          (type "ext4")
>                          ;; (dependencies mapped-devices)
>                         )
>                        (file-system
>                          (device (uuid "C2D0-0B91" 'fat))
>                          (mount-point "/boot/efi")
>                          (type "vfat")))
>                  %base-file-systems))
> 
>   (users (cons (user-account
>                 (name "yasu")
>                 (comment "yasu")
>                 (group "users")
>                 (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev"
>                                         "audio" "video")))
>                %base-user-accounts))
> 
>   ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages.
>   (packages (append (list
>                      ;; for HTTPS access
>                      nss-certs
>                      ;; for user mounts
>                      gvfs)
>                     %base-packages))
> 
>   ;; Add GNOME and Xfce---we can choose at the log-in screen
>   ;; by clicking the gear.  Use the "desktop" services, which
>   ;; include the X11 log-in service, networking with
>   ;; NetworkManager, and more.
>   (services (append (list ;; (service gnome-desktop-service-type)
>                           (service gnome-desktop-service-type)
>                           ;; (bluetooth-service)
>                           (set-xorg-configuration
>                            (xorg-configuration
>                             (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))))
>                     %desktop-services))
> 
>   ;; Allow resolution of '.local' host names with mDNS.
>   (name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss))
> 
> 
> root@guix ~# glxinfo | egrep -i 'device|memory'
>      Device: Radeon RX 580 Series (POLARIS10, DRM 3.38.0, 5.8.10, LLVM
> 10.0.0) (0x67df)
>     Video memory: 8192MB
> 
> https://www.amazon.co.jp/SAPPHIRE-RADEON-%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89-VD6907-SA-RX580-8GD5PL002/dp/B07PCCS63W/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&dchild=1&keywords=amd+580&qid=1600948539&sr=8-3
> 
> 
> On 18.09.2020 10:27, Efraim Flashner wrote:
>> On September 17, 2020 9:00:54 PM UTC, Yasuaki Kudo <yasu@yasuaki.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> Thank you Efraim and Raghav but I forgot to mention that I need 
>>> decent web browser experience of dual 60hz 4K  (HDMI).
>>> 
>>> While the reviews on amazon.jp do confirm Linux friendliness but they 
>>> say it is way too slow for that, even with hardware acceleration 
>>> enabled...  😅
>>> 
>> 
>> Yeah, that does sound unfortunate. I would assume that another GPU
>> from that generation (something208) should work also but unfortunately
>> I don't have any experience with that.
>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 18, 2020, at 04:54, Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 12:53:50PM +0000, Raghav Gururajan wrote:
>>>>> Hello Yasuaki Kudo!
>>>>> 
>>>>> AFAIK, there is only one that is both free-software and AMD 
>>>>> chip-set compatible. It's GeForce GT 710.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> RG.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I can confirm the GeForce GT 710 works. I picked one up after I 
>>>> broke
>>>> the VGA port on my motherboard.
>>>> 
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