Bastion has lags

[Ilmari Rouvinen]

Bastion(game) worked properly, but after installing an update for it it started to have lags.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu9
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,compiztoolbox,resize,gnomecompat,place,move,snap,imgpng,vpswitch,unitymtgrabhandles,mousepoll,regex,grid,session,animation,wall,workarounds,expo,fade,ezoom,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Tue Jun 19 13:43:29 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:010d]
   Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:010d]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
MachineType: Acer TravelMate 6410
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-26-generic root=UUID=2a452751-11c8-4fe3-b7b5-6f674d859241 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/27/06
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: 1.02
dmi.board.name: Coniston
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvr1.02:bd09/27/06:svnAcer:pnTravelMate6410:pvrCSR-000F:rvnAcer:rnConiston:rvrNotApplicable:cvnAcer:ct1:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: TravelMate 6410
dmi.product.version: CSR-000F
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

[Henrik S. (henrik-hw0)]

Your CPU seems ok-ish, however I noticed you have the same GPU I had before - the Intel 965GM. I beleive that is the reason for your lag problems. Some games have expectations of GPU capabilities and Mesa or the game itself might try to emulate missing features resulting in a laggy experience. I'm not sure but I think the GPU you have doesn't do shading, transform and lighting which well... games kind of expect these days along with OpenGL 3 conformance which your GPU doesn't provide.

I suggest flagging the bug "invalid" if there are no contra-indications.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Ilmari Rouvinen, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.

As per http://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers an update to your computer's buggy, insecure, and outdated BIOS is available (3.04). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette .

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful.

Also, you don't have to create a new bug report.

Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible:
1) Please provide the output of the following terminal command (not perform an apport-collect):
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
2) Please make a comment specifically advising on if there was an improvement or not.
3) Please mark this report Status New.

If it's not reproducible, please mark this as Invalid.

Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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