LUCID - Low graphics mode with intel 945GME

[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.

[orsty9001]

I've got this problem too.

(EE) intel(0): [drm] failed to set drm interface version.
(EE) intel(0): Failed to become DRM master.
DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_APERTURE failed: Bad file descriptor
Assuming 131072kB available aperture size.
May lead to reduced performance or incorrect rendering.
get chip id failed: -1 [9]
param: 4, val: 0
(EE) intel(0): failed to get resources: Bad file descriptor
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

glxinfo just says that it's unable to open display.

[Kognit]

Hi guys

I have intel gma 4500M and i have this strange problem.Compiz and the graphic is really cool in gnome but if i "log in" in Openbox window manager (or when i use gnome without special effects), the windows behave strange - when i move them, the edges of windows are somewhat sticky and they are not smooth. I have a blank xorg.conf, though.

Any suggestions?
thx

[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.

[Pnin]

This didn't really solve my lowres woes, but it helped some. Thanks anyway.

Here's my report, as posted at launchpad.net:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/532579

Problem: Having installed Linux Mint 9 LXDE on an elderly HP Vectra VL400 workstation (PIII 1GHz, 512MB RAM, 20GB HDD), the graphic UI was available, but my maximum resolution would be 800x600x60Hz and I had no 'xorg.conf' file in '/etc/X11/'. Querying with lspci returned the following adapter identification:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82815 Chipset Graphics Controller (CGC) (rev 02)

Thus began my two day ordeal. After searching high and low, reading leaft and right, a lot of brow wrinkling, pencil sucking, and hair pulling, I was exactly where I started, with zero results. I saw [... here] how this predicament could be solved by installing the latest libdrm, which I did to no avail. I even tried building a new xorg.conf by hand (as per http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopi...=58781#p336104), and failed miserably, attesting to the real depth of my noobiness. The system wouldn't even start, so I had to launch the livecd to delete that xorg.conf...

But eventually that was the seed for the solution: after some more editing, including the Section "Module" suggested by TJ, I rebooted and everything automagically worked -- without further ado, I now have 1024x768x85Hz, which is rather more bearable to work with.

Here's the healing xorg.conf:

----- xorg.conf -----

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Intel Corporation 82815 CGC"
	Driver		"intel"
#	Driver		"vesa"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Monitor0"
	VendorName	"DEC"
	ModelName	"VRT17-HA"
	Option		"DPMS"
	HorizSync	29-82
	VertRefresh	50-150
EndSection


Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Intel Corporation 82815 CGC"
	Monitor		"Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth	16
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth	16
		Modes	"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Server Layout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load		"vesa"
EndSection

May it help others stuck with such a hairy problem. Now, I must solve the remaining ones...

[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?

[h8train]

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.

This helped me after pulling hair for a couple hours.

Thank you.

Rich

[wildmanne39]

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