Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-23 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
Thank you all for your beautiful help and your patience (my thread is 33 mails long!!). This has been one of the best support I have ever got (much better than many paid support services). Thank you! Massimiliano

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-23 Thread Dale
Massimiliano Ziccardi wrote: Thank you all for your beautiful help and your patience (my thread is 33 mails long!!). This has been one of the best support I have ever got (much better than many paid support services). Thank you! Massimiliano That's the beauty of Gentoo. If the folks

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
Hi Ward. Thank you for your clarification. Just to be sure I have undestood right. The document says: Since 22 Oct 2008, Gentoo switched all ebuilds to the upstream naming: x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel. The ebuild xf86-video-i810 no longer exists. To switch, set the VIDEO_CARDS variable to

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Ward Poelmans
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 09:52, Massimiliano Ziccardimassimiliano.zicca...@gmail.com wrote: When it says to switch set the VIDEO_CARDS, I thought it meant since Gentoo switched all ebuilds to the upstream naming x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel, if you want to switch to the old xf86-video-i810,

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
Done. After that I did: emerge -av xf86-video-intel killall -1 X However, performances didn't change much... x...@localhost ~ $ glxinfo | grep render direct rendering: Yes OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer Other ideas? Thank you, Massimiliano It just means that you need to change

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Ward Poelmans
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 13:16, Massimiliano Ziccardimassimiliano.zicca...@gmail.com wrote: Done. After that I did: emerge -av xf86-video-intel killall -1 X Did you merge mesa again? Did you follow the guide to the letter? Ward

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
I'm following to the letter, now :-) However, it says I need xorg 1.6, so, now I'm upgrading. Here is my package.keyword files =x11-base/xorg-server-1.6 =x11-libs/libXfont-1.4 =x11-proto/randproto-1.2 I hope it won't break my system :-) I'll let you know the result. Thanks a lot,

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
Ok. Now I think I did everything However: x...@localhost ~ $ glxinfo | grep GEM x...@localhost ~ $ x...@localhost ~ $ emerge --search xorg-server Searching... [ Results for search key : xorg-server ] [ Applications found : 1 ] * x11-base/xorg-server Latest version available:

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
One more thing. Now, driconf says 'Could not detect any configurable direct-rendering capable devices. DRIconf will be started in expert mode'. Before the config changes I did, I never got this message calling driconf On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Massimiliano Ziccardi

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
More INFO Running driconf, I see the following message: Xlib: extension XFree86-DRI missing on display :0.0. However, inside the xorg.0.log, I see: (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control (II) AIGLX:

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
I'm close to the solution. If I run glxinfo | grep renderer as root, I get direct rendering: Yes OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel�� GM45 Express Chipset GEM 20090114 while, if I run the same command as a simple user, I get direct rendering: Yes OpenGL renderer string: Software

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Ward Poelmans
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 16:51, Massimiliano Ziccardimassimiliano.zicca...@gmail.com wrote: So I think that's a permission problem now. Check /dev/video* en /dev/dri* Try adding, Section DRI Mode 0666 EndSection To your xorg.conf file. If that doesn't work, take a look into

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
Finally it works! I just had to add my user to the 'video' group. Shouldn't new user be added to such groups by default? driconf, always says Xlib: extension XFree86-DRI missing on display :0.0. Thank you a lot, Massimiliano

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Ward Poelmans
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 17:08, Massimiliano Ziccardimassimiliano.zicca...@gmail.com wrote: Finally it works! Great :) I just had to add my user to the 'video' group. Shouldn't new user be added to such groups by default? We're Gentoo, not Ubuntu ;-) driconf, always says Xlib:  extension

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-22 Thread Dale
Massimiliano Ziccardi wrote: Finally it works! I just had to add my user to the 'video' group. Shouldn't new user be added to such groups by default? This is Gentoo. Very little is default here. You either set it yourself or it doesn't get set. Dale :-) :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-20 Thread Ward Poelmans
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 17:50, Massimiliano Ziccardimassimiliano.zicca...@gmail.com wrote: However (but maybe I've understood wrong), it says that I have to define that variable only if I want to use the old xf86-video-i810 name. If I don't define that, I should use the new name

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-19 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
Hi James, Ward, Adam! Thanks for your help! To James: Yes, I've an intel card. I followed many guides. My card is : Identifier Card0 Driver intel VendorName Intel Corporation BoardName Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller BusID

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-19 Thread Vasya Volkov
В Птн, 19/06/2009 в 10:12 +0200, Massimiliano Ziccardi пишет: Hi James, Ward, Adam! Thanks for your help! To James: Yes, I've an intel card. I followed many guides. My card is : Identifier Card0 Driver intel VendorName Intel Corporation BoardName

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-19 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
Hi Vasya! Thank for your help!! xf86-video-intel-2.1.1 is an older version: what do I have to do to switch to that? And, after I've switched, how will I switch back to the latest one? Thank you, Massimiliano On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Vasya Volkov my.pipes.b...@gmail.comwrote: В Птн,

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-19 Thread Vasya Volkov
В Птн, 19/06/2009 в 10:59 +0200, Massimiliano Ziccardi пишет: Hi Vasya! Thank for your help!! xf86-video-intel-2.1.1 is an older version: what do I have to do to switch to that? And, after I've switched, how will I switch back to the latest one? Thank you, Massimiliano On Fri, Jun 19,

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-19 Thread Ward Poelmans
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 13:32, Vasya Volkovmy.pipes.b...@gmail.com wrote: For swithcing back just erase strings that you add to package.mask and then reemerge packets. Don't forget that xorg-1.5* and 1.3* are different. Read upgrade guide. Are you sure that's a good idea? He has an GM45 which

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-19 Thread Vasya Volkov
В Птн, 19/06/2009 в 13:37 +0200, Ward Poelmans пишет: On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 13:32, Vasya Volkovmy.pipes.b...@gmail.com wrote: For swithcing back just erase strings that you add to package.mask and then reemerge packets. Don't forget that xorg-1.5* and 1.3* are different. Read upgrade

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-19 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
Thank you all. I think I'll wait, however, do you think that that is the problem that cause glxinfo | grep renderer direct rendering: Yes OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer On my ubuntu machine, I get : direct rendering: Yes OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 965Q GEM 20090326

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-19 Thread Ward Poelmans
2009/6/19 Massimiliano Ziccardi massimiliano.zicca...@gmail.com: Thank you all. I think I'll wait, however, do you think that that is the problem that cause Did you enable intel in VIDEO_CARDS for mesa? Ward

RE: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-19 Thread Adam Carter
Thank you all. I think I'll wait, however, do you think that that is the problem that cause glxinfo | grep renderer direct rendering: Yes OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer On my ubuntu machine, I get : direct rendering: Yes OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 965Q GEM 20090326

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-19 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
Do you mean into the xorg.conf file (I'm not very expert in configuring X...)? In my previous mail I sent the xorg.conf file. Do I have to change something? Thanks you, Massimiliano On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Ward Poelmans wpoel...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/6/19 Massimiliano Ziccardi

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-19 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
Hi Adam. Thanks for your help. I read that document a while ago. It says I need : 1) gentoo-sources 2.6.29 + : I'm ok, my version is 2.6.29-r5 2) xorg-server 1.6+ : here I'm too old. I have 1.5.3-r6. however, emerge says that 1.5.3-r6 is the latest available 3) xf86-video-intel 2.6.1+: I

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-19 Thread Ward Poelmans
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 17:32, Massimiliano Ziccardimassimiliano.zicca...@gmail.com wrote: Do you mean into the xorg.conf file (I'm not very expert in configuring X...)? In my previous mail I sent the xorg.conf file. Do I have to change something? Your xorg.conf is fine. Take a look at

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-19 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
Sorry, I read that document after I sent the e-mail. However (but maybe I've understood wrong), it says that I have to define that variable only if I want to use the old xf86-video-i810 name. If I don't define that, I should use the new name (xf86-video-intel). Do I get any improvement using the

[gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-18 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
No one answered to my mail so far Do you mean I should switch to windows ? ;-) Please, can someone give me some hint? Do you need some more information to be able to help me? I have a ThinkPad lenovo R500 running the latest GENTOO. Here is what I found so far. Everything works, but I have

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-18 Thread Ward Poelmans
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 16:08, Massimiliano Ziccardimassimiliano.zicca...@gmail.com wrote: Can someone give me some hint about what to do/what to check? Can you tell use the hardware you are using (lspci) and contents of your xorg.conf file and Xorg.0.log file. Regards, Ward

RE: [gentoo-user] Problem with the graphic card

2009-06-18 Thread Adam Carter
x...@localhost ~ $ glxinfo | grep renderer OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer If you're worried about 3D performance, run 'eselect opengl list' To see if you have a hardware accelerated option, and if so 'eselect opengl set option' will fix that. If you want more 2D speed, you'll