LUCID - Low graphics mode with intel 945GME

[Praetor77]

Finally resolved this problem by downloading and installing latest libdrm from here:
http://dri.freedesktop.org/libdrm/libdrm-2.4.20.tar.bz2

[valhemmer]

hey i have this same problem and im basicaly a noob. how do i go about install that libdrm?

[mklinux]

Bump - I have an intel 945gme graphics driver too, and my computer keeps on booting into the command mode in which it won't connect to the internet and can't sudo apt-get update and furthermore won't reset the graphics drivers correctly. Is there any way to solve this problem...?

[intheflesh]

hey i have this same problem and im basicaly a noob. how do i go about install that libdrm?

You need to download it and uncompress it. The command is:

$ bzip2 -u libdrm-2.4.20.tar.bz2

Then you have to untar it:

$ tar xf libdrm-2.4.20.tar

After that, navigate to the directory in which the archive was uncompressed:

$ cd libdrm-2.4.20/

And refer to README for instructions:

$ cat README

Basically, it's a CMMI set commands. You will have to prepend each one with sudo.

Of course, you do not enter dollar sign before anything, tht's just prompt.

[mklinux]

The following error was encountered. You may need to update your configuration to solve this.

(EE) intel(0): [drm] failed to set drm interface version.
(EE) intel(0): Failed to become DRM master.
(EE) intel(0): failed to get resources: Bad file descriptor
(EE) intel(0): Kernel modesetting setup failed
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

I've tried all of the workarounds previously mentioned above and I cannot connect to the internet to download any of the mentioned files.

Any ideas? I'm desperate and I'd rather not reinstall again...I've had to reinstall Ubuntu more than my previous operating system (windows) now...

[bach]

I am having the same problem with Ubuntu 10.04 64 bits on a DELL 6510 notebook with integrated Intel graphics. I can only boot using the kernel option "i915.modeset=0". The machine only boots in low-graphics mode. In the logs, I see

(EE) intel(0): No kernel modesetting driver detected
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration

Any suggestions? Thanks.

[rlzaleski]

I was getting the black screen when my comp booted to X. Normally Ubuntu is so good about video configuration I didn't even think drivers, but I guess the chipset in this 2 week old Dell desktop is too new, Oh well, that's the way of linux.

Anyways, it's running good, to get it there I did the following.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:glasen/intel-driver 
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

I would also recommend you remove your xorg.conf as that's how I'm running, ubuntu/xorg will auto configure everything on startup.

sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Then reboot and hope for the best. Assuming that works, then double check things after you log in via

sudo apt-get install mesa-utils
glxinfo

You should get a whole bunch of text, the important lines are towards the top

...
direct rendering: Yes
...
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) G45/G43 GEM 20091221 2009Q4 x86/MMX/SSE2
...

Note there's there's a server, client, and OpenGL vendor string, you want the OpenGL one. The Intel line may change a bit too. If that all works the last thing to do is

glxgears

Which if you let it run for awhile and don't move the mouse, it'll calculate the FPS, I run it in it's default windowed size and maximized and I'm getting 4,800 and 300 FPS, which isn't bad.

Hopefully this won't freak out again. Hope that helps someone.

[bach]

rlzaleski: The problem remains here (notebook DELL 6510 with Intel integrated graphics card). I have

cribari@darwin:~$ dpkg -l | grep xserver | grep intel
ii xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.12.0+git20100705~glasen~ppa1 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg 2:2.12.0+git20100705~glasen~ppa1 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver (debug symbols

cribari@darwin:~$ dpkg -l | grep mesa-utils
ii mesa-utils 7.7.1-1ubuntu3 Miscellaneous Mesa GL utilities

cribari@darwin:~$ glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: Yes
cribari@darwin:~$ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa Project
OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.7.1
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20
OpenGL extensions:

I still get a blank screen when I boot the computer, unless I use the kernel option "i915.modeset=0".

Suggestions are welcome.

[shinwadone]

it did work!!
as soon as the driver update, the display changed immediately!

I was getting the black screen when my comp booted to X. Normally Ubuntu is so good about video configuration I didn't even think drivers, but I guess the chipset in this 2 week old Dell desktop is too new, Oh well, that's the way of linux.

Anyways, it's running good, to get it there I did the following.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:glasen/intel-driver 
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

I would also recommend you remove your xorg.conf as that's how I'm running, ubuntu/xorg will auto configure everything on startup.

sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Then reboot and hope for the best. Assuming that works, then double check things after you log in via

sudo apt-get install mesa-utils
glxinfo

You should get a whole bunch of text, the important lines are towards the top

...
direct rendering: Yes
...
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) G45/G43 GEM 20091221 2009Q4 x86/MMX/SSE2
...

Note there's there's a server, client, and OpenGL vendor string, you want the OpenGL one. The Intel line may change a bit too. If that all works the last thing to do is

glxgears

Which if you let it run for awhile and don't move the mouse, it'll calculate the FPS, I run it in it's default windowed size and maximized and I'm getting 4,800 and 300 FPS, which isn't bad.

Hopefully this won't freak out again. Hope that helps someone.

[stoogiebuncho]

I was getting the black screen when my ***p booted to X. Normally Ubuntu is so good about video configuration I didn't even think drivers, but I guess the chipset in this 2 week old Dell desktop is too new, Oh well, that's the way of linux.

Anyways, it's running good, to get it there I did the following.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:glasen/intel-driver 
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

I would also re***mend you remove your xorg.conf as that's how I'm running, ubuntu/xorg will auto configure everything on startup.

sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Then reboot and hope for the best. Assuming that works, then double check things after you log in via

sudo apt-get install mesa-utils
glxinfo

You should get a whole bunch of text, the important lines are towards the top

...
direct rendering: Yes
...
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) G45/G43 GEM 20091221 2009Q4 x86/MMX/SSE2
...

Note there's there's a server, client, and OpenGL vendor string, you want the OpenGL one. The Intel line may change a bit too. If that all works the last thing to do is

glxgears

Which if you let it run for awhile and don't move the mouse, it'll calculate the FPS, I run it in it's default windowed size and maximized and I'm getting 4,800 and 300 FPS, which isn't bad.

Hopefully this won't freak out again. Hope that helps someone.

I followed these instructions and I think it made think it might have made things worse for me. How do I roll back to the default driver?