[gentoo-amd64] Anyone using i965 3D?

[gentoo-amd64] Anyone using i965 3D?

[Jack Lloyd]

Just wanted to ping the list to see if anyone using i965 embedded
graphics was having any luck with 3d/DRI? Regardless of the driver, it
seems that hardware 3d is completely non-functional on this chip under
Linux. I've seen other people complain about the same problems I see
in various forums, but (apparently) everything works fine for the
driver developers, since I just get blank looks when I file bugs. Any
input from Gentoo users?

-Jack
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Anyone using i965 3D?

[Wil Reichert]

Works for me.  Not very speedy, but it gets the job done.    What
exactly isn't working?

Wil

On 4/5/07, Jack Lloyd <lloyd@randombit.net> wrote:
>
> Just wanted to ping the list to see if anyone using i965 embedded
> graphics was having any luck with 3d/DRI? Regardless of the driver, it
> seems that hardware 3d is completely non-functional on this chip under
> Linux. I've seen other people complain about the same problems I see
> in various forums, but (apparently) everything works fine for the
> driver developers, since I just get blank looks when I file bugs. Any
> input from Gentoo users?
>
> -Jack
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Anyone using i965 3D?

[Andrei Slavoiu]

--- Jack Lloyd <lloyd@randombit.net> wrote:
> 
> Just wanted to ping the list to see if anyone using
> i965 embedded
> graphics was having any luck with 3d/DRI? Regardless
> of the driver, it
> seems that hardware 3d is completely non-functional
> on this chip under
> Linux. I've seen other people complain about the
> same problems I see
> in various forums, but (apparently) everything works
> fine for the
> driver developers, since I just get blank looks when
> I file bugs. Any
> input from Gentoo users?
Do you have Xorg 7.2? The driver for this card was
only included starting from this version, so if you
use the current stable xorg you need to switch to the
testing version.


 
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Anyone using i965 3D?

[Andrei Slavoiu]

--- Jack Lloyd <lloyd@randombit.net> wrote:
> 
> Just wanted to ping the list to see if anyone using
> i965 embedded
> graphics was having any luck with 3d/DRI? Regardless
> of the driver, it
> seems that hardware 3d is completely non-functional
> on this chip under
> Linux. I've seen other people complain about the
> same problems I see
> in various forums, but (apparently) everything works
> fine for the
> driver developers, since I just get blank looks when
> I file bugs. Any
> input from Gentoo users?
Do you have Xorg 7.2? The driver for this card was
only included starting from this version, so if you
use the current stable xorg you need to switch to the
testing version.


 
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Anyone using i965 3D?

[Wil Reichert]

> > Just wanted to ping the list to see if anyone using
> > i965 embedded
> > graphics was having any luck with 3d/DRI? Regardless
> > of the driver, it
> > seems that hardware 3d is completely non-functional
> > on this chip under
> > Linux. I've seen other people complain about the
> > same problems I see
> > in various forums, but (apparently) everything works
> > fine for the
> > driver developers, since I just get blank looks when
> > I file bugs. Any
> > input from Gentoo users?
> Do you have Xorg 7.2? The driver for this card was
> only included starting from this version, so if you
> use the current stable xorg you need to switch to the
> testing version.

Not exactly, xorg 7.1 supports the G965 with the 1.6.5 intel driver.
You'll even get hardware acceleration if you are running a recent
enough kernel (2.6.20 works well).  Theres some caveats tho -  AIGLX
didn't work until the 7.2 and if you don't have an 'classic' 4:3
screen resolution then you need to be running the lasted masked in
portage ~ 7.3.

Wil
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Anyone using i965 3D?

[Canek Peláez]

On 4/5/07, Jack Lloyd <lloyd@randombit.net> wrote:
>
> Just wanted to ping the list to see if anyone using i965 embedded
> graphics was having any luck with 3d/DRI? Regardless of the driver, it
> seems that hardware 3d is completely non-functional on this chip under
> Linux. I've seen other people complain about the same problems I see
> in various forums, but (apparently) everything works fine for the
> driver developers, since I just get blank looks when I file bugs. Any
> input from Gentoo users?

It works like a charm for me. I'm using Beryl/Emerald and all the
plugins (except water and blur, the most demanding ones AFAIK) work
without any problem.

> -Jack
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Anyone using i965 3D?

[Jack Lloyd]

On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 02:27:46AM -0700, Andrei Slavoiu wrote:

> Do you have Xorg 7.2? The driver for this card was
> only included starting from this version, so if you
> use the current stable xorg you need to switch to the
> testing version.

Yes, Xorg 7.2 with the 1.7.4 driver (actually the modesetting branch
matching same, as I'm using an LCD and wanted 1680x1050 resolution
support), Mesa 6.5.2 with 2.6.20.3 kernel

With DRI off, glxgears/etc work though of course slowly. With them on,
anything talking to gl fails, eg:

(motoko ~)$ glxinfo 
name of display: :0.0
glxinfo: bufmgr_fake.c:746: bmGenBufferStatic: Assertion `0' failed.
Aborted

Backtrace shows the assertion inside i965_dri.so

I also tried xorg-server-1.2.99.903.ebuild and xf86-video-i810-1.9.94,
which failed entirely (segfault on driver load, trashed the display
state and rendered the entire console unusable).

Glad to know this is working for someone at least - so hopefully it's
just something with my configuration or specific versions, or at the
worst a hardware problem. Maybe DRI works under 4:3 screen layouts but
not others? I can live with slow 3D, it's not essential to my workflow
but it's very frustrating when your hardware doesn't seem to work as
it should.

-Jack
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Anyone using i965 3D?

[Wil Reichert]

On 4/8/07, Jack Lloyd <lloyd@randombit.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 02:27:46AM -0700, Andrei Slavoiu wrote:
>
> > Do you have Xorg 7.2? The driver for this card was
> > only included starting from this version, so if you
> > use the current stable xorg you need to switch to the
> > testing version.
>
> Yes, Xorg 7.2 with the 1.7.4 driver (actually the modesetting branch
> matching same, as I'm using an LCD and wanted 1680x1050 resolution
> support), Mesa 6.5.2 with 2.6.20.3 kernel
>
> With DRI off, glxgears/etc work though of course slowly. With them on,
> anything talking to gl fails, eg:
>
> (motoko ~)$ glxinfo
> name of display: :0.0
> glxinfo: bufmgr_fake.c:746: bmGenBufferStatic: Assertion `0' failed.
> Aborted
>
> Backtrace shows the assertion inside i965_dri.so
>
> I also tried xorg-server-1.2.99.903.ebuild and xf86-video-i810-1.9.94,
> which failed entirely (segfault on driver load, trashed the display
> state and rendered the entire console unusable).
>
> Glad to know this is working for someone at least - so hopefully it's
> just something with my configuration or specific versions, or at the
> worst a hardware problem. Maybe DRI works under 4:3 screen layouts but
> not others? I can live with slow 3D, it's not essential to my workflow
> but it's very frustrating when your hardware doesn't seem to work as
> it should.

The assertion issues you initially had sound xcb related, though most
(all?) the related bugs I've seen w/ the intel driver have been fixed
with the versions you are using.  You can always remove xcb, tho it
takes quite a bit of recompilation.  Have you tried a 'revdep-rebuild'
lately?  Little clue why the latest builds tanked so horribly, but I'm
pretty sure its nothing to do with you not having a 4:3 screen.

Wil
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Anyone using i965 3D?

[Jack Lloyd]

On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 06:30:32AM -0700, Wil Reichert wrote:
> The assertion issues you initially had sound xcb related, though most
> (all?) the related bugs I've seen w/ the intel driver have been fixed
> with the versions you are using.  You can always remove xcb, tho it
> takes quite a bit of recompilation.

OK, I'll give that a try sometime this week.

> Have you tried a 'revdep-rebuild' lately?

Yes, probably around a week ago, nothing showed up but some persistent
swt/gtk problems that have been around for a long time for me.

-Jack
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