Compiz doesn't work and video is unplayable in most cases. (Server Kernel)

[Juan Sebastián Marulanda]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

Running Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala"

After updating the Intel driver to version 2.7.99.1, I restarted my system, and after login, Compiz wasn't activated. When I try to activate compiz via fusion-icon, the screen goes blank and I have to kill compiz in order to make my system usable.

If I run compiz --replace in a console, I get the following output:

Checking for Xgl: not present.
xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Detected PCI ID for VGA:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Checking screen 1Comparing resolution (1440x900) to maximum 3D texture size (2048): Passed.
Checking for Software Rasterizer: present.
Software rasterizer detected, abortingaborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity

Another issue after updating the driver is that playing video closes my X session.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun 3 16:26:21 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: compiz 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu12
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=93469d8a-de2b-4ba1-aa65-806e3e03f86b ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=es_CO.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-7.8-server
SourcePackage: compiz
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-7-server i686
dmi.bios.date: 02/03/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: ECG3510M.86A.0112.2009.0203.1136
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: DG35EC
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAE29266-205
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrECG3510M.86A.0112.2009.0203.1136:bd02/03/2009:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDG35EC:rvrAAE29266-205:cvn:ct3:cvr:

[Gordon Jin (gordon-jin)]

"playing video closes my X session" issue even happens without compiz, right? It will be good to track that as a separate bug, so let's focus on compiz issue here.

What's the kernel version?
Please attach Xorg.0.log according to http://intellinuxgraphics.org/how_to_report_bug.html.

Is there an older version driver getting your compiz working?

[Juan Sebastián Marulanda (juanchito2006)]

Created an attachment (id=26410)
Xorg log attached as requested.

Kernel version: 2.6.30-7-server

Compiz worked as of driver version 2.7.1

[Juan Sebastián Marulanda (juanchito2006)]

Other system information:

Chipset: Intel G35
System architecture: i686
X server version: 1.6.1.901
Mesa version: 7.4.1
Motherboard model: Intel DG35EC
Display connector: VGA

[Juan Sebastián Marulanda (juanchito2006)]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

Running Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala"

After updating the Intel driver to version 2.7.99.1, I restarted my system, and after login, Compiz wasn't activated. When I try to activate compiz via fusion-icon, the screen goes blank and I have to kill compiz in order to make my system usable.

If I run compiz --replace in a console, I get the following output:

Checking for Xgl: not present.
xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Detected PCI ID for VGA:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Checking screen 1Comparing resolution (1440x900) to maximum 3D texture size (2048): Passed.
Checking for Software Rasterizer: present.
Software rasterizer detected, abortingaborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity

Another issue after updating the driver is that playing video closes my X session.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun 3 16:26:21 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: compiz 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu12
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=93469d8a-de2b-4ba1-aa65-806e3e03f86b ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=es_CO.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-7.8-server
SourcePackage: compiz
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-7-server i686
dmi.bios.date: 02/03/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: ECG3510M.86A.0112.2009.0203.1136
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: DG35EC
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAE29266-205
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrECG3510M.86A.0112.2009.0203.1136:bd02/03/2009:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDG35EC:rvrAAE29266-205:cvn:ct3:cvr:

[Albert Damen (albrt)]

From Xorg log:
Current Operating System: Linux richardwolf 2.6.30-7-server #8-Ubuntu SMP Mon May 25 15:03:02 UTC 2009 i686

That kernel is built with CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y and CONFIG_X86_PAE=y. Therefore GEM is disabled.
Can you please test with the 2.6.30-7-generic kernel and see if that works?

[Juan Sebastián Marulanda (juanchito2006)]

It works under 2.6.30-7-generic; but I use the server kernel in order to be able to use PAE on my system.

[Julien Cristau (jcristau)]

Looks like NOTABUG to me:
(EE) intel(0): [drm] Failed to detect GEM. Kernel 2.6.28 required.

Cheers,
Julien

[Eric Anholt (eric-anholt)]

Your distribution kernel appears to have GEM disabled for some reason. If it's PAE, there are fixes upstream to enable GEM on PAE now. But 2.7.99.* does not provide 3D support without GEM.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

GEM is not supported by the server kernel since it uses PAE.

[Juan Sebastián Marulanda (juanchito2006)]

This bug was already fixed in newer versions of the kernel and intel driver.