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    [SOLVED] no 3d Support on Intel GMA 950 onboard-card

    I have been using an Nvidia card on this desktop ever since installing Ubuntu on it.

    I decided to remove the Nvidia card in favor of the on-board Intel GMA 950 card (the nvidia card was noisy, the intel card is supposed to have an opensource driver)

    Now, Ubuntu does not "detect" the video card properly. While I can see it in lshw output, I have no 3D capabilities. What I really need is OpenGL support for the waveform in Mixxx.

    I tried modifying the xorg.conf file, by manually putting Driver "intel", but to no avail.

    Here is my lshw output:
    Code:
        description: Desktop Computer
        product: RK575AAR-ABA a1740n
        vendor: HP-Pavilion
        version: 1111
        serial: MX27010M1G
        width: 32 bits
        capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp
        configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=2 uuid=80F5F4DC-369C-1210-8DD7-F64ECF848E93
      *-core
           description: Motherboard
           product: LEONITE
           vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
           physical id: 0
           version: 5.00
           serial: MS1C6BS31501843
         *-firmware
              description: BIOS
              vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
              physical id: 0
              version: 5.17 (04/20/2007)
              size: 128KiB
              capacity: 448KiB
              capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification netboot
         *-cpu:0
              description: CPU
              product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6300  @ 1.86GHz
              vendor: Intel Corp.
              physical id: 4
              bus info: cpu@0
              version: 6.15.6
              serial: 0000-06F6-0000-0000-0000-0000
              slot: Socket 775
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              capacity: 3800MHz
              width: 64 bits
              clock: 266MHz
              capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm cpufreq
              configuration: id=1
            *-cache:0
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                 physical id: a
                 slot: L1 Cache
                 size: 32KiB
                 capacity: 32KiB
                 capabilities: synchronous internal write-back data
            *-cache:1
                 description: L2 cache
                 physical id: b
                 slot: L2 Cache
                 size: 2MiB
                 capacity: 2MiB
                 capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
            *-cache:2 DISABLED
                 description: L3 cache
                 physical id: c
                 slot: L3 Cache
                 capabilities: synchronous internal varies
            *-logicalcpu:0
                 description: Logical CPU
                 physical id: 1.1
                 width: 64 bits
                 capabilities: logical
            *-logicalcpu:1
                 description: Logical CPU
                 physical id: 1.2
                 width: 64 bits
                 capabilities: logical
         *-memory
              description: System Memory
              physical id: 14
              slot: System board or motherboard
              size: 2GiB
            *-bank:0
                 description: DIMM Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
                 product: 16HTF12864AY-53ED4
                 vendor: 2CFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
                 physical id: 0
                 serial: None
                 slot: A0
                 size: 1GiB
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 533MHz (1.9ns)
            *-bank:1
                 description: DIMM [empty]
                 product: None
                 vendor: None
                 physical id: 1
                 serial: None
                 slot: A1
            *-bank:2
                 description: DIMM Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
                 product: 16HTF12864AY-53ED4
                 vendor: 2CFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
                 physical id: 2
                 serial: None
                 slot: A2
                 size: 1GiB
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 533MHz (1.9ns)
            *-bank:3
                 description: DIMM [empty]
                 product: None
                 vendor: None
                 physical id: 3
                 serial: None
                 slot: A3
         *-cpu:1
              physical id: 1
              bus info: cpu@1
              version: 6.15.6
              serial: 0000-06F6-0000-0000-0000-0000
              size: 1600MHz
              capacity: 1600MHz
              capabilities: vmx ht cpufreq
              configuration: id=1
            *-logicalcpu:0
                 description: Logical CPU
                 physical id: 1.1
                 capabilities: logical
            *-logicalcpu:1
                 description: Logical CPU
                 physical id: 1.2
                 capabilities: logical
         *-pci
              description: Host bridge
              product: 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub
              vendor: Intel Corporation
              physical id: 100
              bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
              version: 02
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
              configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp
            *-display UNCLAIMED
                 description: VGA compatible controller
                 product: 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
                 version: 02
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: latency=0
            *-multimedia
                 description: Audio device
                 product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1b
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
                 version: 01
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 module=snd_hda_intel
            *-usb:0
                 description: USB Controller
                 product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1d
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
                 version: 01
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: uhci bus_master
                 configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
            *-usb:1
                 description: USB Controller
                 product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1d.1
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
                 version: 01
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: uhci bus_master
                 configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
            *-usb:2
                 description: USB Controller
                 product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1d.2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
                 version: 01
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: uhci bus_master
                 configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
            *-usb:3
                 description: USB Controller
                 product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1d.3
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.3
                 version: 01
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: uhci bus_master
                 configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
            *-usb:4
                 description: USB Controller
                 product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1d.7
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
                 version: 01
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm ehci bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
            *-pci
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: 82801 PCI Bridge
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1e
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
                 version: e1
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
               *-firewire
                    description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
                    product: FW323
                    vendor: Agere Systems
                    physical id: 1
                    bus info: pci@0000:01:01.0
                    version: 70
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: driver=ohci1394 latency=32 maxlatency=24 mingnt=12 module=ohci1394
               *-network
                    description: Wireless interface
                    product: AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor
                    vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
                    physical id: 4
                    bus info: pci@0000:01:04.0
                    logical name: wifi0
                    version: 01
                    serial: 00:11:95:fa:d8:e2
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
                    configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath_pci ip=192.168.0.102 latency=168 maxlatency=28 mingnt=10 module=ath_pci multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
               *-multimedia
                    description: Multimedia controller
                    product: DSP56361 Digital Signal Processor
                    vendor: Motorola
                    physical id: 5
                    bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
                    version: 01
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: bus_master
                    configuration: driver=Echoaudio Echo3G latency=192 module=snd_echo3g
            *-isa
                 description: ISA bridge
                 product: 82801GH (ICH7DH) LPC Interface Bridge
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1f
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
                 version: 01
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: latency=0
            *-ide
                 description: IDE interface
                 product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1f.1
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
                 version: 01
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: ide bus_master
                 configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 module=ata_piix
            *-storage
                 description: RAID bus controller
                 product: 82801GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA RAID Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1f.2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
                 logical name: scsi4
                 logical name: scsi6
                 version: 01
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: storage msi pm bus_master cap_list emulated
                 configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 module=ahci
               *-cdrom
                    description: DVD-RAM writer
                    product: CD/DVDW TS-H653L
                    vendor: TSSTcorp
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
                    logical name: /dev/cdrom
                    logical name: /dev/dvd
                    logical name: /dev/scd0
                    logical name: /dev/sr0
                    version: 0414
                    capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
                    configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open
               *-disk
                    description: ATA Disk
                    product: ST3320820AS
                    vendor: Seagate
                    physical id: 1
                    bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0
                    logical name: /dev/sda
                    version: 3.AH
                    serial: 9QF11FWD
                    size: 298GiB (320GB)
                    capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                    configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=cc697c7b
                  *-volume:0
                       description: Windows NTFS volume
                       physical id: 1
                       bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0,1
                       logical name: /dev/sda1
                       version: 3.1
                       serial: 0e8ff934-26cb-654f-9170-505962f84e06
                       size: 28GiB
                       capacity: 28GiB
                       capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
                       configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2007-05-17 15:24:55 filesystem=ntfs label=HP state=clean
                  *-volume:1
                       description: Extended partition
                       physical id: 2
                       bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0,2
                       logical name: /dev/sda2
                       size: 270GiB
                       capacity: 270GiB
                       capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
                     *-logicalvolume:0
                          description: HPFS/NTFS partition
                          physical id: 5
                          logical name: /dev/sda5
                          logical name: /media/data
                          capacity: 248GiB
                          configuration: mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other state=mounted
                     *-logicalvolume:1
                          description: Linux filesystem partition
                          physical id: 6
                          logical name: /dev/sda6
                          logical name: /
                          logical name: /dev/.static/dev
                          capacity: 20GiB
                          configuration: mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered state=mounted
                     *-logicalvolume:2
                          description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
                          physical id: 7
                          logical name: /dev/sda7
                          capacity: 941MiB
                          capabilities: nofs
            *-serial UNCLAIMED
                 description: SMBus
                 product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1f.3
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
                 version: 01
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 configuration: latency=0
         *-scsi
              physical id: 2
              bus info: usb@5:7
              logical name: scsi2
              capabilities: emulated scsi-host
              configuration: driver=usb-storage
            *-disk:0
                 description: SCSI Disk
                 product: Compact Flash
                 vendor: Generic-
                 physical id: 0.0.0
                 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
                 logical name: /dev/sdb
                 version: 1.00
                 capabilities: removable
               *-medium
                    physical id: 0
                    logical name: /dev/sdb
            *-disk:1
                 description: SCSI Disk
                 product: SM/xD-Picture
                 vendor: Generic-
                 physical id: 0.0.1
                 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.1
                 logical name: /dev/sdc
                 version: 1.00
                 capabilities: removable
               *-medium
                    physical id: 0
                    logical name: /dev/sdc
            *-disk:2
                 description: SCSI Disk
                 product: SD/MMC
                 vendor: Generic-
                 physical id: 0.0.2
                 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.2
                 logical name: /dev/sdd
                 version: 1.00
                 capabilities: removable
               *-medium
                    physical id: 0
                    logical name: /dev/sdd
            *-disk:3
                 description: SCSI Disk
                 product: MS/MS-Pro
                 vendor: Generic-
                 physical id: 0.0.3
                 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.3
                 logical name: /dev/sde
                 version: 1.00
                 capabilities: removable
               *-medium
                    physical id: 0
                    logical name: /dev/sde
    And my glxinfo output:
    Code:
    glxinfo
    name of display: :0.0
    Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
    Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
    Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
    Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual
    
       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
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
    Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
    0x21 24 tc  1  0  0 c  .  .  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
    Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
    Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
    0x22 24 dc  1  0  0 c  .  .  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
    Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
    Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
    0x51 32 tc  1  0  0 c  .  .  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
    I even tried to boot in recovery mode, and reconfigure the X server, but it didn put the driver in the xorg.conf file.
    I remember that in 7.04 (i think) there was an option to manually choose the driver using an applet for changing the resolution.

    I know the intel card has an open-source driver, but for some reason Ubuntu does not use it. Setting Driver "intel" in xorg.conf does not help either.

    Any help is appreaciated, otherwise I think I might have to do a complete re-install.
    Last edited by alecz20; January 16th, 2009 at 08:16 PM. Reason: sort of solved

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    Re: no 3d Support on Intel GMA 950 onboard-card

    I have a fresh install of Hardy on an Intel 945gclf2 board with atom 330 cpu,gc945 chipset and gma950 integrated video. Flash player cannot play full screen w/o dropping frames. I suspect we are looking for the same solution. I do not think a fresh install will help you. I am still searching and will post what I find here.

    Well, I was wrong. For me the solution was Flash player ver 10. Several posts report that hw accel is enabled by default. Flash player ver 9 does not tap hw accel.

    If I find more info on tweaking this driver I will post it here.
    Last edited by vreppeto; December 14th, 2008 at 05:22 AM.

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    Re: no 3d Support on Intel GMA 950 onboard-card

    Not to rain on the situation, but Intel's integrated graphics aren't the most spectacular, and Intel's own drivers aren't usually very good either. It's not uncommon for Intel's IGP to launch with features disabled in software, with those features never getting enabled with future updates. While I'm sure the open source community can help, the hardware is still limited. My GMA 950 graphics are okay on my machine, but there are occasional artifacts when switching windows, and youtube full screen is a bad experience. I just don't think the power is there to tap.

    Perhaps a less frustrating experience might be to replace the cooler on your video card? Depending on what GPU you have there are aftermarket coolers that would fit, and they should be pretty cheap. If not that, you might be able to put a different fan on it, or even make your own cooler. I've done all of the above, and it can really give your old stuff new life and purpose.

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    Re: no 3d Support on Intel GMA 950 onboard-card

    This is why open source is not always the best model for drivers. The Windows drivers work well.

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    Re: no 3d Support on Intel GMA 950 onboard-card

    Its seems that there is no hardware acceleration with the gma 950 under Ubuntu. Even when compositing is working fine and glxinfo reports direct rendering to be on, it isn't.
    'Tis a real bugger as it means my eeepc 701 totally outperforms my 901 for gaming!
    I've been hunting around but can't find any threads that explain it.

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    Re: no 3d Support on Intel GMA 950 onboard-card

    Well, it turns out a fresh install did "fix" the problem.

    Maybe there is no "true" hardware acceleration, but at least now I can use some 3D features, and OpenGL waveforms in Mixxx.

    Still not sure what the problem was... somehow installing the OS with the on-board disabled, makes it behave strange when the on-board is enabled again.

    Eventually, I installed an ATI X800 XT card, and enabled the proprietary drivers without which running Mixxx with OpenGL waveforms would cause 50% CPU usage (on dual core machine; i.e. 100% cpu use of one core).


    So the solution for the initial problem in my case was a fresh install with the on-board card only!
    Last edited by alecz20; September 13th, 2011 at 01:45 AM.

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    Re: no 3d Support on Intel GMA 950 onboard-card

    Note that you can also get a fast and quiet nVidia card. I have a passively cooled nVidia 8600 GTS in my desktop computer. It has a big metal heatsink, but ofcourse it makes no noise at all. And it's much faster than an Intel GMA 950.
    Ubuntu 12.04

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    Re: no 3d Support on Intel GMA 950 onboard-card

    I have a similar problem, my aspire one has a GMA950 and it even has trouble scrolling through the simplest of web pages. It seems as though the graphics card isn't even being used at all as the processor load is much higher then it should be.

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    Re: no 3d Support on Intel GMA 950 onboard-card

    If you use 16bit depth it might help to activate the 3d acceleration.

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