Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers for Ubuntu* Host

User Guide

  • 2020.3
  • 07/10/2020
  • Public Content
Contents

To access the
Options
 screen, click the button on the
Graphics Monitor Launcher Screen
.
The
Options
 screen comprises the following tabs:
  • :
    choose metrics to be displayed in the
     System Analyzer HUD in the target application, customize
    the
     System Analyzer HUD position, and configure metrics collection.
  • :
    view and change
     the default keyboard shortcuts.
  • Trigger
    : enable and configure a trigger.
  • Trace
    :
    set trace collection settings.
  • Frame
    : set frame delimiters.
NOTE
Settings in the
Metrics
 tab and the
Trigger
 tab are not applicable to applications running in the Steam* mode.
Metrics
Use the
Metrics
 tab to do the following:
  • Enable/disable GPU metrics collection by the target application
  • Customize
    the
     System Analyzer HUD position
  • Configure the HUD metrics
  • Select the active metric set from a list
Metrics
 tab comprises two lists:
  • List of all available HUD metrics.
  • List of active HUD metrics.
To configure the HUD metrics to be shown in the target application, drag and drop a metric from the list of available metrics to the list of active metrics. The maximum number of active HUD metrics is four. To restore the default list of active HUD metrics, click the button. To change the metrics that are displayed, you can remove a metric from the Active HUD Metrics list by dragging and dropping this metric back to the list of available HUD metrics, or reorder the Active HUD Metrics list by dragging and dropping a desired metric over another active metric.
Use the search bar at the top of the tab to find relevant metrics.
To select the active metric set, use the
Active Metric Set
 drop-down menu in the
GPU
 section of the metric tree.
Shortcuts
To change a shortcut, click the shortcut value, and then click the buttons combination that you want to use as a new shortcut: start with a combination of modifier keys (ALT, CTRL, SHIFT, etc.) and end with an alpha-numeric character key.
To restore default shortcut values, click the button.
Use the search field at the top of the tab to find relevant shortcuts.
The
Trigger
 tab enables you to set a custom condition for system trace capturing. For instructions on setting up a trigger, see Setting up a Trigger.
Trace
In the
Trace
 tab you can modify tracing options:
  • Enable capturing a trace upon an application startup.
  • Change the duration of the application run to be captured in a single trace file. By default, the trace duration is five seconds.
To restore the default tracing parameters, click the button.
Use the search field at the top of the tab to find relevant domains.
Stream
Use the
Stream
 tab to set configure the following stream capture settings:
  • Create a keyframe at a specified time interval.
  • Create a keyframe upon pressing a key.
  • Create screenshots in a specified sequence of frames.
  • Create screenshots in a specified time interval.
  • Enable/disable a HUD layer in the running application window.
  • Enable/disable a Metrics layer in the running application window.
Frame
Use the
Frame
 tab to set frame delimiters for OpenGL applications. Frame delimiter is an API call acting as a frame border. Set frame delimiters to enable Intel® GPA analysis for applications that do not use default frame delimiters.
OpenGL Frame Delimiters:
  • SwapBuffers
  • SetCurrentContext
  • glBlitFramebuffer
  • glClear
  • glFinish
  • glFlush
 

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