sony vaio fw series Intel integrated Graphics

earth · n00b Joined: 30 May 2009 Posts: 14

hi guys, plz help me i dont know what to do.

I have an sony vaio vgn-fw240j notebook that i cannot set my video card correctly.

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 4232
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
09:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
09:03.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
09:03.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)

My xorg.conf:

Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
Load "v4l"
Load "vbe"
Load "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
# Driver "i940"
Driver "intel"
# Driver "nv"
# BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
VideoRam 256000
Option "DPMS"
# Option "RenderAccel" "TRUE"
Option "DRI"
# Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
# Option "monitor-VGA" "Samsung"
# Option "monitor-LVDS" "Dell"

EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Version of xf86-video-intel :

* x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel
Latest version available: 2.6.3-r1
Latest version installed: 2.6.3-r1
Size of files: 771 kB
Homepage: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
Description: X.Org driver for Intel cards
License: xf86-video-intel

egrep '(EXA|UXA|DRI)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log :

(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(**) intel(0): Option "DRI"
(==) intel(0): Using EXA for acceleration
(II) EXA(0): Offscreen pixmap area of 31948800 bytes
(II) EXA(0): Driver registered support for the following operations:
(II) intel(0): [DRI] installation complete
(II) intel(0): 0x07fff000-0x0bb86fff: DRI memory manager (60960 kB)
(II) intel(0): direct rendering: XF86DRI Enabled
(II) GLX: Initialized DRI GL provider for screen 0

glxinfo | grep rend:

direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Mobile IntelÂ® GM45 Express Chipset GEM 20090114

And when i run the glxgears i got a rly poor performace :
294 frames in 5.0 seconds = 58.767 FPS
298 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.459 FPS
298 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.458 FPS
298 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.459 FPS

Obs: I tried with an ubuntu liveCD just to check if my video card was all right... and i got like 5000+ 6000+ frames on glxgears

Sorry to disturb u guys, but i rly need help here.... thx

tony-curtis · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 111

Have you tried letting Xorg probe for things? Xorg -configure

Or examine the X log file from the LiveCD to see what it's loading...

earth · n00b Joined: 30 May 2009 Posts: 14

Tony thx for ur help ....

yes, i already tried Xorg -configure end the result was this xorg.conf and the problem persist :

earth · n00b Joined: 30 May 2009 Posts: 14

upgrade mesa to 7.4.2 but the issue persist :

downgrade xf86-video-intel to 2.5.1-r1 but with no luck yet

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:24 am Post subject:

xf86-video-intel-2.6.1 was the last non-buggy driver for this machine (i915). Also, what kernel version are you using?

Blessed be!
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earth · n00b Joined: 30 May 2009 Posts: 14

thanks Pappy for your assistence
my kernel version is 2.6.28 -r5 .... i already tried with this xf86-video-intel version 2.6.1 but without luck

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:40 am Post subject:

Try a .27 kernel. The latest vanilla is 2.5.27.24, and 2.6.27-gentoo-r10. If that works, then try the .29. I think you will find that only the .27 is going to work properly.

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earth · n00b Joined: 30 May 2009 Posts: 14

pappy ....

im now running with kernel 2.6.27-r10 but the problem persist =-/

i got the source of this kernel from www.kernel.org

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 4:49 am Post subject:

What are the exact symptoms? Does X work at all? Or are you looking at glxgears and assuming an issue where none exists?

If it's only the glxgears, you're not looking at a problem. That's how it's supposed to work. Intel chips aren't like other video chips. Any greater FPS, and then you have a real problem. If it's X failure or video distortion, that's another issue entirely.

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earth · n00b Joined: 30 May 2009 Posts: 14

pappy

My X is working ... and all is set ...just when i try to run light games as teeworlds or xmoto, they crash and turn my screen white and my oonly option is to reboot =-/

I just dont know why ubuntu show fps correclty.

Can i ask one other thing? i got this warning on my xorg.log.o :

earth · n00b Joined: 30 May 2009 Posts: 14

i got this libdri2.so from an ubuntu instalation and put it at /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extension.

Now the error is:

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:26 am Post subject:

earth · n00b Joined: 30 May 2009 Posts: 14

earth · n00b Joined: 30 May 2009 Posts: 14

i followed this tutorial http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA but my screen on games still blinks.

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:57 pm Post subject:

Between you, me, and the rest of the folks in Gentoo-land, the Intel video driver is still a work in progress. Last night, after much resistance, I updated to xf86-video-intel-2.7.1 on this machine. It works great...except that openGL is still choppy and kerchunky. Fortunately, they have xvmc working right, so at least you can watch a DVD without going nuts as people move laterally across the screen.

At this point, I'd write a bug report on the issue, or search to see if there is one already reported. If you're using a desktop style system, you might want to consider getting an nVidia video card, like I did for core-too. That will eliminate the problem. If you have a lappy, just hope that eventually the intel video devs get that part right, and don't mess anything else up in the process...like I do.

Blessed be!
Pappy
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