[i965GM] Desktop effects could not be enabled

[John Johansen]

Binary package hint: xorg

Desktop effects can no longer be enabled. The desktop effects were working but they have stopped functioning after a reboot and can not be reenabled.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Aug 7 04:55:04 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: LENOVO 7762WGS
Package: xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-5-generic root=UUID=11f5ccce-0c65-4480-8e69-8b77cae05c1a ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.5-1ubuntu1
 libdrm2 2.4.12-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.0-0ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090629.f39cafc5-0ubuntu5
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 03/12/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 7SET37WW (1.23 )
dmi.board.name: 7762WGS
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7SET37WW(1.23):bd03/12/2009:svnLENOVO:pn7762WGS:pvrThinkPadX61Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn7762WGS:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 7762WGS
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X61 Tablet
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-5-generic

[lspci]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)
     Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20b5]

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Weird, I don't see anything in your Xorg.0.log that would suggest DRI or GLX is malfunctioning. Can you also attach the output of 'glxinfo | grep -i render' to see if you've got SW rendering going on? If not, by chance are you running metacity with compositing turned on? (Compiz has a bug that it crashes when compositing is on; you can work around it by running 'compiz --replace' from an xterm).

[Kieran Hogg (xerosis)]

I can confirm this on 945GM using kwin so that rules out compiz being the cause.

[Kieran Hogg (xerosis)]

I wonder if it's related to bug #301261. It's mentioned the same cause could prevent compositing from working and I also suffer from that bug as well.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Still waiting for a response to my comment #2 above.

[John Johansen (jjohansen)]

Sorry Bryce, I can't answer that one. The machine having this problem had a failed update that resulted in a reinstall. With the reinstall and latest updates desktop effects can now be enabled.

[Kieran Hogg (xerosis)]

Not sure if it helps as I'm the not the original reporter but I so see the same bug and my output is:

direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer

[Kieran Hogg (xerosis)]

This was resolved for me by a reinstall so it looks to be an alpha upgrade issue.

[Albert Damen (albrt)]

Closing the bug, as the problem was solved by a reinstall for both John and Kieran.

[Stephen (stephen-devane)]

upgraded from 9.04 to 9.10: Getting error "Desktop effects cannot b enabled" and general visual performance is terrible and jerky (even though effects are off!) - Graphics is Intel 945