Nexuiz has graphical glitches in 64 bit Karmic with Intel 4500HD card

[Kerrick Staley]

Binary package hint: nexuiz

Ubuntu version: 9.10 64 bit
Output of the command apt-cache policy nexuiz:
nexuiz:
  Installed: 2.5.2-2build1
  Candidate: 2.5.2-2build1
  Version table:
 *** 2.5.2-2build1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
After I upgraded to 9.10, I began to see major graphical glitches in the game Nexuiz (contained in the package nexuiz). Surfaces disappear or flicker, and the weapon is usually not visible; projectiles appear as graphical noise on the screen. I'm running 64 bit Ubuntu on a Lenovo Thinkpad T500 with an Intel 4500HD graphics card. These glitches were not present when I was running Jaunty.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Nov 1 22:22:46 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/games/nexuiz
Package: nexuiz 2.5.2-2build1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: nexuiz
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[Alex Tokar (alex-tokar)]

This bug also affects me on both 32bit and 64bit.

[Kerrick Staley (kerrick)]

Also, the bug occurs in Fedora 12 64 bit, but not Fedora 11 32 bit.

[Kerrick Staley (kerrick)]

Also, they occur regardless of whether I use glx or sdl.

[Alex Tokar (alex-tokar)]

I found out that if I install X updates from https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates the bug is gone.

[sektor (sektor-1)]

This Bug affects me too.

sektor:~$ glxinfo|grep 'OpenGL renderer string'
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset GEM 20090712 2009Q2 RC3

sektor:~$ uname -a
Linux sektor 2.6.31-16-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 8 04:02:15 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

sektor:~$ apt-cache show nexuiz | grep Version
Version: 2.5.2-2build1

Driver seems to be 'i915' according too lshw.

My graphic card is an intel 4500 mobile (MHD).

[Ernst Persson (ernstp)]

Does this still happen?

[Kerrick Staley (kerrick)]

There's no way to tell; I've switched distros and laptops and stopped playing Nexuiz.

[Kerrick Staley (kerrick)]

You can close the bug if you'd like; I don't think anyone is still affected by it.