FlossieSheep
(Tourist)
06/16/06 10:06 AM
Intel Integrated Graphics display problems

The linux beta of Google Earth seems to be having some pretty serious problems with Intel Integrated graphics chips. I've got a thinkpad X30 with the 82830 chip. The OpenGL over lay dosn't seem to line up properly with the display window and the on screen controls don't line up with the place where you have to click to use them. The Overlay tends to move about when you resize the window and a lot of display rubbish gets left behind around the edges.

Quite a few other people with Intel Integrated graphics drivers in my local LUG have reported similar problems. You can see a screen shot demonstrating the problem on http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~tmw/ge.jpg


Sunfreak
(First Post)
06/17/06 09:02 AM
Re: Intel Integrated Graphics display problems

Hi,

I've got the same problems with my Dell Inspiron 700m laptop (US model) and its Intel i810 graphic chip.
I'm running OpenSuSE 10.1 with KDE 3.5.3 Level "a".

Display Info
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Model: 855 GM
Driver: i810 (3D Support)

Some pics:
[image]http://juergen.lennefer.de/Bilder/GE_on_i810_is_messy-1.jpeg[/image]
[image]http://juergen.lennefer.de/Bilder/GE_on_i810_is_messy-2.jpeg[/image]

If I can give any halp to debug the problems please contact me.

Best regards,
Juergen


xerxesdaphat
(First Post)
06/17/06 11:20 PM
Re: Intel Integrated Graphics display problems

I have the identical problem with 852GM/855GM graphics. One thign I found helped was to not run the window maximised in your window manager; instead, resize the window just so the ugly distorted bits are chopped off. Then, you can run the programme normally (except for the fact the window is rather smaller than it could be normally). When you restart Google Earth however, although the window size will be remembered, the graphics viewport may have shifted offscreen, so simply resize the window in and out a few pixels using your window manager and it should re-centre itself. Give it a try; worked for me.

However, this is not ideal, so it would be wonderful if somebody could look into this problem who has the code...

-Tommi


PenguinOpusAdministrator
(Sysop, Emeritus)
06/18/06 06:59 AM
Re: Intel Integrated Graphics display problems


The problem is with the graphics driver. Things you can try to workaround it: choose a lower detail area, maybe 16bit textures, _maybe_ a smaller memcache (this is likely to do more harm than good).


dattiljx
(First Post)
07/28/06 07:22 PM
Re: Intel Integrated Graphics display problems

I am also experiencing this same problem on a Thinkpad A31 laptop. A fix that has worked for me everytime is putting Google Earth into full-screen mode (F11). Once in full screen, the display is normal. Even after exiting full-screen does the display remain normal. I surely don't mind doing this on launch for now, but it would be great if this bug could be addressed.

Pereira
(Tourist)
08/01/06 06:24 PM
Re: Intel Integrated Graphics display problems

I have the same problem with Kubuntu 6.06 using this VGA adapter:
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)

I can use GEarth with a smaller screen, but I'm waiting for fixing.

Thanks.


ASH12
(First Post)
08/27/06 08:13 PM
View in Google Earth
Re: Intel Integrated Graphics display problems

I have basically the same problem on my Toshiba Satelite M45 which has an intergrated Intel 915GM & running SuSE 10.1.

Pseudemys
(Tourist)
09/24/06 01:54 AM
Re: Intel Integrated Graphics display problems

I don't even get that far. On my Dell Dimension 2400 desktop with an integrated Intel 82845G graphics card, running under Debian, I get the famous "could not access graphic card" message, and Google Earth does not even start. This is under XFree86, and when I check the XF86Config file, I see that the Intel chip is defined there.

Interestingly enough, on exactly the same machine but booted into Windows XP Professional, so using exactly the same hardware, Google Earth has no problems either accessing the graphics card, or running beautifully.


Accornehl
(Tourist)
09/25/06 10:24 AM
Check your glxinfo output

Even though the graphics card is defined in the X config file this doesn't guarantee that DRI or DRM is recognizing the chipset for accelerated rendering. The application "glxinfo" will display information on the DRI and OpenGL. Having your AGP and Framebuffer support installed in your kernel can affect the support of your chipset when attempting Direct Rendering or accelerated 2d/3d graphics.

More information can be gained from the DRI troubleshooting page at DRI Wiki http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DriTroubleshooting and a quick DRI troubleshooting list from the Gatos developers here http://gatos.sourceforge.net/dri-debug.php


FlossieSheep
(Tourist)
09/27/06 04:11 PM
Re: Intel Integrated Graphics display problems

Just tried pulling down the latest release of Google earth and this issue does not appear to have been resolved. I've also had a look at glxinfo, but can't see anything obviously amis. I've pasted the output below for info in case somebody else can spot anything wrong :

Code:

[timw@saucy ~]$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Loading required GL library /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe, GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier,
GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_OML_sync_control, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
GLX extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample,
GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 830M 20050225 x86/MMX/SSE
OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 6.4.1
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture,
GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map,
GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine,
GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle,
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object,
GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra,
GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate,
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract,
GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint, GL_EXT_cull_vertex, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array,
GL_EXT_convolution, GL_EXT_copy_texture, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements,
GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_histogram, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays,
GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_polygon_offset,
GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_subtexture,
GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic,
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle,
GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1,
GL_APPLE_client_storage, GL_APPLE_packed_pixels,
GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip,
GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_INGR_blend_func_separate,
GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture, GL_MESA_window_pos,
GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_texture_rectangle,
GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_NV_vertex_program, GL_NV_vertex_program1_1,
GL_OES_read_format, GL_SGI_color_matrix, GL_SGI_color_table,
GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp,
GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x24 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x25 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x26 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x27 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x28 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x29 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x2a 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x2b 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2c 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2d 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2e 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2f 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x30 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x31 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x32 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow



MikeSchiraldi
(First Post)
10/15/06 08:37 PM
Re: Intel Integrated Graphics display problems

"Me too!"

More specifically, i see this on a Thinkpad T43 with a fresh vanilla install of Ubuntu 6.06.1. What's worse, the "Maximize and restore" workaround no longer seems to work with the latest Google Earth release.


Dangerjunkie
(Tourist)
10/29/06 07:19 AM
Re: Intel Integrated Graphics display problems

Hi,

I've got the same problem with GE running on Mepis 6.0 (a derivitive of Ubuntu Dapper) on an Acer Travelmate 4100WLMi (Intel 915GM)

All the DRI and DRM stuff seems to be working:

Quote:


[Email]root@5[~]#[/Email] dmesg |grep drm
[17179606.732000] [drm] Initialized drm 1.0.1 20051102
[17179606.736000] [drm] Initialized i915 1.4.0 20060119 on minor 0

[Email]root@5[~]#[/Email] grep -i "Direct rendering" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(II) I810(0): direct rendering: Enabled





Most of the XOrg log looks OK:

Quote:


[Email]root@5[~]#[/Email] grep -i dri /var/log/Xorg.0.log
X.Org Video Driver: 0.8
X.Org XInput driver : 0.5
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/v4l_drv.so
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/i810_drv.so
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
(II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
(II) I810: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810, i810-dc100,
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
(II) I810(0): [drm] loaded kernel module for "i915" driver
(II) I810(0): [drm] created "i915" driver at busid "pci:0000:00:02.0"
(II) I810(0): [dri] visual configs initialized
(II) I810(0): [DRI] installation complete





There is one possible problem in the Xorg log:

Quote:


[Email]root@5[~]#[/Email] grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so
(EE) Failed to load module "GLcore" (loader failed, 7)





I would be grateful for any suggestions.

Thanks,
Paul.


FlossieSheep
(Tourist)
11/13/06 01:57 PM
Re: Intel Integrated Graphics display problems

I recently upgraded to mandriva 2007 (which has xorg 7.1 rather than 6.9 and things have improved somewhat, but it still isn't right. The corruption and bad positioning has gone, but a new problem has developed, the picture flashes constantly whenever it is moving or the mouse pointer is over the main part of the google earth window. Parts of windows placed in front of google earth also have a tendancy to go black and have to be moved away and minimised/maximised to force them to redraw.

FlossieSheep
(Tourist)
01/28/07 07:46 AM
Re: Intel Integrated Graphics display problems

Just checked out the latest release (Jan 2007) and there is improvement.

Krisztoforo
(First Post)
02/13/07 03:30 PM
Re: Intel Integrated Graphics display problems

Quote:

Just checked out the latest release (Jan 2007) and there is improvement.




Still very bad for me, it kinda works for a few minutes, but eventually it crashes my whole X server:

Error in I830WaitLpRing(), now is -1117257480, start is -1117259481
pgetbl_ctl: 0x3ffe0001 pgetbl_err: 0x29
ipeir: 0 iphdr: 18800080
LP ring tail: c8 head: 0 len: 1f001 start 0
eir: 0 esr: 11 emr: ffff
instdone: ffc1 instpm: 0
memmode: 306 instps: 40
hwstam: ffff ier: 2 imr: 9 iir: 80
space: 130864 wanted 131064
(II) I810(0): [drm] removed 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) I810(0): [drm] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0xf8a92000 at 0xb7f46000

Fatal server error:
lockup

Fedora Core 5, Intel 865G, X Org 7.0.0



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