intel driver not working [SOLVED]

lamarozzo · 2009-04-12 13:06:50

Hi,
I have an Intel 855GM chipset. I updated to the new Xorg server today and now when I start X the screen becomes (how can I describe this?) like a broken glass. I can see somehow that there's a Desktop there but it's all messed up.

Here is my xorg.conf

Section "Files"
#    RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
#    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "name"
    Driver     "intel"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load "glx"
    Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

I can get it back working if I use "vesa" instead of "intel" but I would like to use the proper driver, and possibly getting some more performance.

I've seen a lot of threads about issues with the new xorg but coudn't find a solution to my problem. Could someone help me! Thanks.

Last edited by lamarozzo (2009-04-12 14:00:48)

Allan · 2009-04-12 13:27:22

Anything interesting in your Xorg.log file?

Pierre · 2009-04-12 13:32:47

The 855 chipset seems no longer supported. You could try the xf86-video-intel-legacy driver as suggested here: http://www.archlinux.org/news/443/

lamarozzo · 2009-04-12 14:00:25

Thanks, using the legacy driver solved my problem. Besides I removed xorg.conf altogether.

ijanos · 2009-04-17 21:38:47

Pierre wrote:

The 855 chipset seems no longer supported. You could try the xf86-video-intel-legacy driver as suggested here: http://www.archlinux.org/news/443/

Really? I mean, i never seen any official news about dropping the 855 support. I think (hope?) they (intel driver devs) just dont have the hardware to test it out properly.
The best performance was provided by the long-unsupported i810 driver, since then there are always some problems (graphics corruption, freezes, even kernel panics!) not to mention the big performance drop (even OpenTTD is became laggy:( )

ijanos · 2009-04-20 22:30:00

Good news everyone! 855gm work perfectly after adding the option below to the device section of xorg.conf.

Option         "Legacy3D" "false"

zersaa · 2009-04-21 08:50:08

ijanos,
I have HP compaq nx9020 with Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02), extra/xf86-video-intel 2.6.3-3 and extra/xorg-server 1.6.1-1.

After adding

Option         "Legacy3D" "false"

the screen continues to be rolled into strips.
Can you show your full xorg.conf?

ijanos · 2009-04-21 09:12:30

Here you go:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    Option          "StandbyTime" "15"
    Option          "SuspendTime" "15"
    Option          "OffTime"     "15"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "intel"
    Option         "ExaOptimizeMigration" "off" #fix QT4 corruptions
    Option         "Legacy3D" "false"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "AutoAddDevices" "False" #dont use HAL to detect my keyboard please
    Option "DontZap" "false"      #I like ctrl-alt-backspace 
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
    Option      "XkbRules"      "xorg"
    Option      "XkbModel"      "pc105"    
    Option      "XkbLayout" "hu" 
EndSection

The key is to let the driver assume most of the config. The latest X.org server should start without any config file by guessing the right values. To change the settings, start using a skeleton xorg.conf and add only the options you need. I used this to create my xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier     "Layout0"
  Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier     "Device0"
  Driver         "intel"
  Option         "ExaOptimizeMigration" "off"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier     "Screen0"
  Device         "Device0"
EndSection

Last edited by ijanos (2009-04-21 09:22:42)

zersaa · 2009-04-21 11:04:38

Hmm.. I tried change my config, then i simply copied your config. I installed aur/xf86-video-intel-newest 2.7.0-3.
Nothing helped.

But thanks anyway!
Maybe I must change some kernel options? I use default core/kernel26 2.6.29.1-4.

ijanos · 2009-04-21 15:02:11

Hmm it seems i have the same card: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
im using the pasted xorg.conf and the latest xorg and intel driver from the extra repo.
What happens when you try to start X without xorg.conf file?

zersaa · 2009-04-21 16:48:15

Without xorg.conf file (just as with it) i see broken kdm login screen. When I use xf86-video-intel-legacy, all right in both cases

ijanos · 2009-04-21 16:54:53

Strange, if i delete my xorg.conf the X server dies at start. Did you try adjusting the size of the videoram given to the card in your BIOS?

zersaa · 2009-04-21 17:40:10

Thanks for fast reply. I can't change value 32Mb in my BIOS. What's the connection between problem and size of the videoram?

ijanos · 2009-04-21 18:03:27

zersaa wrote:

Thanks for fast reply. I can't change value 32Mb in my BIOS. What's the connection between problem and size of the videoram?

To be honest, i am not sure there is a connection. It was just and idea since when my X failed to start it said something about the memory.

whargoul · 2009-04-21 18:19:42

Pierre wrote:

The 855 chipset seems no longer supported. You could try the xf86-video-intel-legacy driver as suggested here: http://www.archlinux.org/news/443/

Still supported. I am using the new Intel driver 2.7.0 with DRI2/UXA. Stil having some problems with some GLX apps, but I hope kernel 2.6.30 might solve some problems. But on the contrary xf86-video-intel-legacy seems to give me a performance drop.

ijanos · 2009-04-21 18:26:44

I had the best performance with the old i810 driver, this new GEM, UXA and DRI2 thingy is coming close. (after i figured out how to start it )

whargoul · 2009-04-21 19:04:57

ijanos wrote:

I had the best performance with the old i810 driver, this new GEM, UXA and DRI2 thingy is coming close. (after i figured out how to start it )

Can't disagree on that. But Kernel Mode Setting is certainly ecxiting.

ijanos · 2009-04-21 19:20:38

KMS is giving me black screen system works fine, since blindy tpying reboot command worked

cube · 2009-04-22 13:42:41

ijanos wrote:

KMS is giving me black screen system works fine, since blindy tpying reboot command worked

Got the same effect. KMS will work on intel 855 in the future or they are quiting supporting it?

ijanos · 2009-04-22 19:53:22

eh, dont use the Xorg suspend (like the one in my config above) x dies badly, and i wasnt able to turn the monitor back on wihout hard reset.

ijanos · 2009-04-23 20:29:46

Apparently its a bug in the intel driver, which randomly crashes X if the computer is idle. yay.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/357987

zersaa · 2009-04-27 13:47:54

Enabling KMS has solved my problem

whargoul · 2009-04-27 16:44:02

cube wrote:

ijanos wrote:
KMS is giving me black screen system works fine, since blindy tpying reboot command worked
Got the same effect. KMS will work on intel 855 in the future or they are quiting supporting it?

KMS is allready working on 855GM.

ijanos · 2009-04-27 19:40:50

whargoul wrote:

cube wrote:
ijanos wrote:
KMS is giving me black screen system works fine, since blindy tpying reboot command worked
Got the same effect. KMS will work on intel 855 in the future or they are quiting supporting it?
KMS is allready working on 855GM.

Then do you mind sharing your secret? (in the form of your config files)

whargoul · 2009-04-27 20:27:18

ijanos wrote:

whargoul wrote:
cube wrote:
Got the same effect. KMS will work on intel 855 in the future or they are quiting supporting it?
KMS is allready working on 855GM.
Then do you mind sharing your secret? (in the form of your config files)

Well I have seen mixed results in the past few weeks, so I can not guarentee that it will work for you. But kernel26zen-git from AUR have been my preferred kernel of choice. I have not tried KMS in the stock kernel, so I don't know that KMS will work there. Besides that - I tend to build KMS inside the kernel instead as a module.
I'm using all the latest packages from [extra], and I don't have anything in xorg.conf, besides "DontZap" and a Device Section to easily switch between EXA and UXA.

In short - I havn't really done anything special besides that I'm using a different kernel.

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