Aspire One A110 and 3D

capitano666 · n00b Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 20

I'm trying to have 3D acceleration working on my aspire one A110X netbook, I've followed the guide here: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Acer_Aspire_One_A110L#3D_acceleration.2FDirect_Rendering (however the guide is a bit old, so I didn't need to unmask anything). According to the arch linux guide ( http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acer_Aspire_One#Games ), using glxgears as benchmark I should get something between 750 and 1000 fps...I'm actually getting around 250.

Any idea?
Useful system informations follows:

d2_racing · Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:14 pm Post subject:

Intel driver can be pretty hard these days.

I'm calling for backup for your problem. I know someone who knows how to handle that kind of problem

d2_racing · Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:15 pm Post subject:

Can you post this :

capitano666 · n00b Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 20

capitano666 · n00b Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 20

If it can be of help, while trying to load a game with wine it crashed with this error: http://pastebay.com/63442
from the stack trace it appears that the error is with i915_dri.so, so I was wondering if I'm using the wrong drivers in my kernel

Gusar · Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject:

I get 250 with glxgears too, I think I used to get higer numbers before DRI2. But this means absolutely nothing. Glxgears is supposed to be slower with DRI2. Total proof that glxgears is useless as a benchmark.

Your wine game problem, I can't help. The only game I ever had on this netbook was Need For Speed 4, which worked fine until something in wine broke it. Now NFS4 only works in glide-mode, but the glide-wrapper relies a lot on shaders, which this graphics chip sucks at, so the game isn't playable anymore.

The only piece of advice I can give is get rid of xorg.conf. I don't have one, there's no need for one. The chances that it'll fix things is low, but it is a thing to try.

capitano666 · n00b Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 20

well, I've asked in the wine IRC and I was told that it was clearly a problem with my i915 card, but I have a 945GME so I'm not sure I'm using the right driver

also, cedega fails it's 3D capabilities test

how do I know if I'm using DRI or DRI2?

thanks again

Gusar · Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:38 pm Post subject:

capitano666 · n00b Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 20

ok, according to /var/log/Xorg.0.log it's loading both "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so" and "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri2.so", then it registers UXA.
Any clue about that i915_dri? I thought the right driver was xf86-video-intel.

Maybe I should compile that stuff as module to have a better control on which driver is being used.

Gusar · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:01 am Post subject:

capitano666 · n00b Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 20

ah ok thanks, I thought i915 and xf86-video-intel were different drivers

seems like I'm using the 2.8.1 version right now (with USE="dri -debug"), should I try the 2.7.x and the 2.9.x?

I'm also getting the following warning in /var/log/Xorg.0.log:

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:32 am Post subject:

1. Your /etc/X11/xorg.conf is far too loaded down with options. If you're running xorg-sever-1.5.0 or greater, your /etc/X11/xorg.conf can be incredibly small.

2. Intel options change driver version to driver version. You must check the new settings with each update. Use the command man intel to find the latest settings.

Here is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. I have not checked it since the update as I've had other things to do. It gets 375+ with glxgears.

d2_racing · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:41 am Post subject:

Hi Pappy, why do you still load these :

xaviermiller · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:25 pm Post subject:

Hello,

I have NO xorg.conf on my Acer Aspire One A110

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pappy_mcfae · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:44 pm Post subject:

d2_racing · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject:

Ok, I'm fine with your answer

capitano666 · n00b Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 20

d2_racing · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:24 am Post subject:

@capitano666, can you post this :

xaviermiller · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:09 am Post subject:

Hello,

Indeed, I forgot that DPI problem. I can change the DPI within XFCE. Otherwise you need to use xorg.conf for that.
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aidanjt · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:24 am Post subject:

IIRC, bumping to Linux 2.6.31 helps.
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capitano666 · n00b Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 20

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject:

No dbus? That's not good if you want to run X. You should emerge dbus, and put it in the same runlevel as hald.

I started you with a seed. Your .config was the standard mess I see. All the slowdowns, too many drivers, etc.

Do you actually have a floppy drive in this machine, or is it a USB model? In either event, you shouldn't invoke a floppy drive in /etc/fstab. Under X, hal and dbus will address the floppy drive automatically when you click the floppy icon in your file manager. If you don't have a floppy, it's best not to set up for one.

Click here for your new .config. Compile as is.

For the best results, please do the following:

1) Move your .config file out of your kernel source directory (/usr/src/linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r6).
2) Issue the command make mrproper. This is a destructive step. It returns the source to pristine condition. Unmoved .config files will be deleted!
3) Copy my .config into your source directory.
4) Issue the command make && make modules_install.
5) Install the kernel as you normally would, and reboot.
6) Once it boots, please post /var/log/dmesg so I can see how things loaded.

If you have remaining X issues, we can deal with them after I am sure you are on a stable base.

Blessed be!
Pappy
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capitano666 · n00b Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 20

I have dbus installed and

capitano666 · n00b Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 20

Here's my dmesg: http://pastebay.com/64695 it will now take ages in front of diff for me to understand all the changes you did, in my defense for my messy .config I can say that I just added what I needed (or might have needed, you never know

) to the default kernel without removing anything (yet) ^_^

P.S. I've lost my fans from /sys/class/thermal/cooling_deviceX (not that I ever understood how to use them anyway)

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:19 am Post subject:

I never set up fans under ACPI. My thought is that the automatic system that controls the fan does so without the direct intervention of the Operating System. Why would I want to play with that? A computer's cooling system, especially a laptop/netbook/tiny computer's is a delicate thing. The only thing I do to mine is make sure the dust is blown out every month or so.

Don't worry about your messy kernel. Few do after the fact. You're not the first one with a .config like that, and you'll not be the last. Mine were pretty messy in the long, long ago.

Have you tried X yet?

Blessed be!
Pappy
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