[g45] Intel GM45 Express performance drop on maverick

[Stas Sușcov]

Binary package hint: xorg

I own a lenovo T400 laptop with an Intel® GM45 Express gpu card (basically gma4500), and got installed maverick on a clean partition

I use to play a game called Heroes of Newerth (native build, not through Wine), and the performance drop is horrible, no characters nor buildings are visible in the game, just the terrain.

Also the 3D acceleration generates a lot of artifacts, like black lines and parts of black screen.
http://ubuntuone.com/p/LCe/

Can somebody point me to the right direction, what should I upgrade/downgrade to get the 3D support back (as in Lucid)?
Thanks.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
DRM.card0.DisplayPort.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DisplayPort.2:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DisplayPort.3:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.2:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1440x900
 edid-base64: AP///////wAwrjNAAAAAABQSAQOAHhN46of1lFdPjCcnUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB4ymgmlGEQjB7Uo8AL74QAAAYEiCgJFGEMDBYOmsAL74QAAAYAAAADwCVCjKVCigUAQANrzkUAAAA/gBOMTQxQzMtTDA3CiAgALI=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Tue Oct 19 17:40:12 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=ef3f2128-f050-47c7-9bc5-e7eef9d64e87 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=ro_RO.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: xorg
dmi.bios.date: 10/13/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 7UET79WW (3.09 )
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:bvr7UET79WW(3.09):bd10/13/2009:svnLENOVO:pn:pvrThinkPadT400:rvnLENOVO:rn:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T400
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic

[Stas Sușcov (sushkov)]

Ok, I switched to xorg-edgers and upgraded to the latest kernel. And the performance is way better (file attached).
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stas@rivalry:~ ~» apt-cache policy xorg
xorg:
  Instalat: 1:7.5+6+xserver1.9
  Candidează: 1:7.5+6+xserver1.9
  Tabela de versiuni:
 *** 1:7.5+6+xserver1.9 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:7.5+6ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
stas@rivalry:~ ~» apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-intel
xserver-xorg-video-intel:
  Instalat: 2:2.13.903+git20110106.22d7b617-0ubuntu0sarvatt~maverick
  Candidează: 2:2.13.903+git20110106.22d7b617-0ubuntu0sarvatt~maverick
  Tabela de versiuni:
 *** 2:2.13.903+git20110106.22d7b617-0ubuntu0sarvatt~maverick 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:2.12.0-1ubuntu5.1 0
        500 http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main i386 Packages
     2:2.12.0-1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
stas@rivalry:~ ~» uname -a
Linux rivalry 2.6.37-997-generic #201101061009 SMP Thu Jan 6 11:23:15 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
stas@rivalry:~ ~» apt-cache policy linux-image-2.6.37-997-generic
linux-image-2.6.37-997-generic:
  Instalat: 2.6.37-997.201101061009
  Candidează: 2.6.37-997.201101061009
  Tabela de versiuni:
 *** 2.6.37-997.201101061009 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[bugbot (bugbot)]

Hey Stas,

Thanks for your interest in Ubuntu.

Thanks for testing maverick during its development period. Unfortunately it looks like this bug report didn't get attention during the maverick development period. But I see there's not been more comments on the bug since the release, which makes me wonder if this is still an issue for you?

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[bugbot (bugbot)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.