vmayer
June 24th, 2008, 05:07 PM
I am running Ubuntu on a Toshiba Tecra M8 with an Intergrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 chipset. Output of my compiz-check:
Distribution: Ubuntu 8.04
Desktop environment: GNOME
Graphics chip: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Driver in use: intel
Rendering method: AIGLX
Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...
Checking for texture_from_pixmap... [ OK ]
Checking for non power of two support... [ OK ]
Checking for composite extension... [ OK ]
Checking for FBConfig... [ OK ]
Checking for hardware/setup problems... [ OK ]
First of all, I know now that Intel chipsets are bad w/ Linux, but I bought this computer w/ the intention to run Vista and just recently converted to Linux.
That being said, my problem is that my computer would freeze up whenever I tried to run 3D applications (ie. games like Glest, Supertuxkart). To try and fix this, I turned off Compiz (System/Preferences/Appearance/Visual Effects = None), and that actually worked. Or, at least made it possible to run those games w/o crashing every time. But I want to know:
(1) WHY was it crashing w/ Compiz on? and
(2) How can I know if my graphics chipset is optimally configured?
Because I eventually want to do some more serious 3D stuff (on the level of Autodesk Inventor if that's possible through Wine), which worked (as well as could be expected w/ X3100) when I had Vista.
Distribution: Ubuntu 8.04
Desktop environment: GNOME
Graphics chip: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Driver in use: intel
Rendering method: AIGLX
Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...
Checking for texture_from_pixmap... [ OK ]
Checking for non power of two support... [ OK ]
Checking for composite extension... [ OK ]
Checking for FBConfig... [ OK ]
Checking for hardware/setup problems... [ OK ]
First of all, I know now that Intel chipsets are bad w/ Linux, but I bought this computer w/ the intention to run Vista and just recently converted to Linux.
That being said, my problem is that my computer would freeze up whenever I tried to run 3D applications (ie. games like Glest, Supertuxkart). To try and fix this, I turned off Compiz (System/Preferences/Appearance/Visual Effects = None), and that actually worked. Or, at least made it possible to run those games w/o crashing every time. But I want to know:
(1) WHY was it crashing w/ Compiz on? and
(2) How can I know if my graphics chipset is optimally configured?
Because I eventually want to do some more serious 3D stuff (on the level of Autodesk Inventor if that's possible through Wine), which worked (as well as could be expected w/ X3100) when I had Vista.