Xgl and i810

roderick · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 4:27 am Post subject:

Noticed the updated xorg-server + other stuff in overlay coffeebuzz.

Got xorg-server updated. No issues thus far.

Tried updating the xf86-video-i810 and Mesa from overlay. Still got the same issue below:

roderick · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:31 am Post subject:

I was attempting to install x11-drm from the overlay, and it appears as if it could use a tweak as I had CONFIG_DRM=m set, and the ebuild wouldn't pass unless I deleted that line from my kernel config file.

Here is a better patch to check instead for CONFIG_DRM being builtin.

Peregrine · n00b Joined: 16 Jun 2003 Posts: 67

I've been trying to get this working as well, with no luck.

Hardware: Dell GX220
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82915G Express Chipset Family Graphics Controller (rev 04)

glxinfo from a shell gives:
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 915G 20050225 x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 6.4.2

Using the latest Coffee overlay.

The Xgl window opens ok, but I get a black screen when I try and load compiz. Maybe unrelated, but I fired up xterm in the Xgl window (nothing else loaded into it) and ran glxinfo. The relevant lines I got back were:

direct rendering: no
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5)

Wonder if this may have anything to do with it? I also tried running glxgears, however the image was distorted (looks like I was zoomed into part of a gear) and I was getting 167 FPS. glxgears in native gives 1174 FPS

Any ideas?

x.para · Apprentice Joined: 22 May 2005 Posts: 174 Location: CZ

I fallen down. Some time I stayed on my almost working revision 78. I had flickering when moving windows but other things were ok. Yesterday I decided to try move towards better future but I end up with this situation:

- non working compiz either at all (not possible to fire up with message no managed screens found)
or compiz is loaded with black screen effect as described one post above.
- also fonts are destroyed.

It looks and behaves like copy_intel_pixel USE flag is not implemented. I belive it is and using that, but I remember this bevaviour in the past when it wasn't present.

I am still trying to use i915 drives from http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots, but not sure if they copy coffee's development.

Here is my versions list:[/list]

roderick · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:51 pm Post subject:

x.para · Apprentice Joined: 22 May 2005 Posts: 174 Location: CZ

Buf. I found the trick. I started xgl under already opened standard X and it looks really good. Also flickering when moving windows has gone so I can enjoy the feature now

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I haven't done enything else that re-emerged all again after svn up to revison 106.

anyway thanks roderick.

Peregrine · n00b Joined: 16 Jun 2003 Posts: 67

Got it working

I still had the paint patch USE flag set. It works pretty well, although I can't rotate via the mouse. Ctrl-Alt-Left & Right works, however, for rotating the cube. I also updated xorg-server to the latest version in the coffee overlay, which might have also helped.

Speed isn't too bad - glxgears now runs at about 1/5th of the native speed (~230 fps compared to ~1100 fps), but thats probably because glxinfo is showing 'direct rendering: no'

Has anyone tried with KDE yet? I'm debating about compiling qt4 just so I can test it.

roderick · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject:

Peregrine · n00b Joined: 16 Jun 2003 Posts: 67

That worked out quite well - slow because of the render issue (I915M) but was even able to rotate via the mouse under KDE. Task list and pager were having issues, although I guess they are linked (i only display tasks for the current desktop, so if it can't work out what the current desktop is ..) The only confusing part is that it seemed that konqueror hung when I tried to start it - didn't spend too much time on it, however, as was needing to work on some other things.

roderick · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:09 am Post subject:

Peregrine · n00b Joined: 16 Jun 2003 Posts: 67

Hmm - i'm using 3.5.0 atm (haven't got around to moving to 3.5.1) but I had made my own overlay with the ksystemtray-xgl.patch. I may just upgrade to kde 3.5.1 anyway.

Re: task switcher - I just checked and I did have that flag set.

Thanks for the help - looks like theres been some minor changes in CVS for the i810 xorg driver, although they don't look like they change too much (just removing a wrapper)

roderick · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:32 am Post subject:

x.para · Apprentice Joined: 22 May 2005 Posts: 174 Location: CZ

Hi can you post what xorg-server version should be emerged and also other packages versions? I currently have xorg-server 1.0.2, tried to compile 1.0.99 but getting compilig error. My problem is that I can not start Xgl+compiz+gnome or kde other way than from already started normal X. I know this is wrong procedure but don't have any other way to do it now.

scrop · n00b Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Posts: 24

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roderick · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:23 pm Post subject:

x.para · Apprentice Joined: 22 May 2005 Posts: 174 Location: CZ

Coffeebuzz and others, I am not sure whether is this problem still related to i810 driver, but since several previous releases I have the problem that I am unable to start any other application than xterm. As soon as I start some other one like xmms or sim or whatever, my Xgl crashes. I tried several combinations of i915 driver, mesas, xgl and xorg-server but still the same resut. In the past I could start others apps. under Xgl+compiz fine, even Gnome and Kde was working. Later I was able to start it only from already started X and nowadays not at all. I am disappointed besaouse other thing in compiz like effect are getting better and better, also flickering has gone, but this one not. Would someone know what this case can be related to?

roderick · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:47 pm Post subject:

psycepa · Veteran Joined: 27 Dec 2004 Posts: 1637 Location: Poland

hi
can't find _exact_ shape of flags of compiz
i am using xfce-svn and i need to know what exactl do i have to put into the gconf-editor for the plugins to work
could someone post it here
i'd be very grateful

greetingz

oh and btw. maby i'm blind but i also can't find a way to get gnome-window-decorator

roderick · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:11 am Post subject: