3D acceleration with i810 graphics card

mugwump84 · 10-09-2005, 08:00 PM

I have Ubuntu Hoary with a 2.6.10-5-386 kernel on an i810 graphics card, and I am experiencing color problems. Although 3D acceleration is working on games like neverball, when I try to play bzflag or cube, the colors are all screwed up. It almost looks like it is only using 16 colors, as the dithering is pretty extreme, and reds and purples dominate. I would post a screenshot, but when I tried to take a screenshot using the Gimp, the colors went normal! Similarly, changing the resolution within bzflag fixes it too. Of course, it reverts to screwy colors the next time I run it.

The relevant output from dmesg after the fact: (seems to be from when Xorg starts up)

Code:

[drm] Initialized drm 1.0.0 20040925
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:01.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[drm] Initialized i810 1.4.0 20030605 on minor 0: Intel Corp. 82810 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]
mtrr: base(0xe8000000) is not aligned on a size(0x180000) boundary
[drm] Using v1.4 init.

lspci:

Code:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82810 GMCH [Graphics Memory Controller Hub] (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82810 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801AA IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA USB (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 Communication controller: 5610 56K FaxModem WinModem
0000:01:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:01:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: Aureal Semiconductor AU8810 Vortex Digital Audio Processor (rev 02)

lsmod:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
proc_intf               4100  0
cpufreq_powersave       1920  0
cpufreq_userspace       4572  0
cpufreq_ondemand        6172  0
freq_table              4100  0
i810                   21120  1
drm                    59412  2 i810
video                  16260  0
battery                10244  0
container               4608  0
button                  6800  0
pcc_acpi               11264  0
sony_acpi               6280  0
ac                      4996  0
ipv6                  229376  11
nfs                   183396  1
lockd                  58152  2 nfs
sunrpc                137188  4 nfs,lockd
joydev                  9408  0
snd_au8810             50080  2
snd_ac97_codec         64608  1 snd_au8810
snd_pcm_oss            47652  1
snd_mixer_oss          16768  2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                84872  3 snd_au8810,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              23300  1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          9604  1 snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart         7168  1 snd_au8810
snd_rawmidi            22944  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          8332  1 snd_rawmidi
snd                    50276  9 snd_au8810,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore               9824  3 snd
8139too                24320  0
8139cp                 19200  0
mii                     4736  2 8139too,8139cp
usbhid                 29376  0
uhci_hcd               30224  0
usbcore               107384  3 usbhid,uhci_hcd
shpchp                 86116  0
pci_hotplug            30512  1 shpchp
hw_random               5524  0
intel_agp              20636  1
agpgart                31784  3 drm,intel_agp
analog                 10784  0
gameport                4608  2 snd_au8810,analog
floppy                 54864  0
pcspkr                  3816  0
rtc                    12216  0
nls_iso8859_1           4224  1
nls_cp437               5888  1
vfat                   12928  1
fat                    37792  1 vfat
md                     43856  0
dm_mod                 53116  1
capability              5000  0
commoncap               7808  1 capability
tsdev                   7488  0
evdev                   9088  0
psmouse                19336  0
mousedev               11160  1
parport_pc             34372  1
lp                     10792  0
parport                33480  2 parport_pc,lp
ide_cd                 38532  0
cdrom                  36508  1 ide_cd
reiserfs              225616  1
ext3                  120968  0
jbd                    54168  1 ext3
ide_generic             1664  0
ide_disk               18176  5
piix                    9988  1
ide_core              118988  4 ide_cd,ide_generic,ide_disk,piix
unix                   26164  756
thermal                13576  0
processor              22708  1 thermal
fan                     4612  0
fbcon                  34048  0
font                    8448  1 fbcon
bitblit                 5120  1 fbcon
vesafb                  6948  0
cfbcopyarea             3968  1 vesafb
cfbimgblt               3072  1 vesafb
cfbfillrect             3584  1 vesafb

cat xorg.conf:

Code:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands:
#
#   cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.custom
#   sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf >/var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.md5sum'
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
        FontPath        "unix/:7100"                    # local font server
        # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
        # paths to defoma fonts
        FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
        FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load    "bitmap"
        Load    "dbe"
        Load    "ddc"
        Load    "dri"
        Load    "extmod"
        Load    "freetype"
        Load    "glx"
        Load    "int10"
        Load    "record"
        Load    "type1"
        Load    "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver          "keyboard"
        Option          "CoreKeyboard"
        Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
        Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2"
        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "false"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Intel Corporation 82810 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]"
        Driver          "i810"
        Option          "AGPMode" "1"
        BusID           "PCI:0:1:0"
        VideoRam        32768
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
        Option          "DPMS"
        HorizSync       28-68
        VertRefresh     43-85
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "Intel Corporation 82810 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]"
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
        DefaultDepth    16
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           1
                Modes           "1152x921" "1152x900" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           4
                Modes           "1152x921" "1152x900" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           8
                Modes           "1152x921" "1152x900" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           15
                Modes           "1152x921" "1152x900" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1152x921" "1152x900" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1152x921" "1152x900" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "Default Layout"
        Screen          "Default Screen"
        InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
        InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Mode    0666
EndSection

and, if you havent got enough to read... here is glxinfo.

Code:

name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
    GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
    GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method,
    GLX_OML_sync_control, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
    GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
    GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
GLX extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIS_multisample,
    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
OpenGL vendor string: Keith Whitwell
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI I810 20021125
OpenGL version string: 1.2 Mesa 6.2.1
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
    GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix,
    GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color,
    GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint,
    GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_convolution, GL_EXT_copy_texture,
    GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_histogram, GL_EXT_packed_pixels,
    GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal,
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_subtexture,
    GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_object,
    GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip,
    GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture, GL_MESA_window_pos,
    GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_SGI_color_matrix,
    GL_SGI_color_table, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp,
    GL_SGIS_texture_lod
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
    GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

   visual  x  bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer  ms  cav
 id dep cl sp sz l  ci b ro  r  g  b  a bf th cl  r  g  b  a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 16 tc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x24 16 tc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x25 16 tc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 Slow
0x26 16 tc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 Slow
0x27 16 tc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x28 16 tc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x29 16 tc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x2a 16 tc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x2b 16 dc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x2c 16 dc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x2d 16 dc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 Slow
0x2e 16 dc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 Slow
0x2f 16 dc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x30 16 dc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x31 16 dc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x32 16 dc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow

if you want, I can post my Xorg.0.log for you.

Thanks in advance.

paddyjoy · 10-21-2005, 12:15 AM

Have you tried changing defaultdepth to 24 instead of 16 in your xorg.conf?

Paddy

mugwump84 · 10-21-2005, 06:15 PM

Unfortunately, that wouldn't work. The DRI driver doesn't work with a colordepth of anything but 16.
If this helps any, I think I have an i810e, not an i810. Also, I upgraded Ubuntu, and any application that uses OpenGL now crashes with an Illegal Instruction. doing a backtrace reveals that it happens in the DRI driver.

So, either:
1. Ubuntu is buggy, try a different distro.
2. There is some arcane parameter that I need to tweak.
3. Give up hope.

paddyjoy · 11-04-2005, 03:50 AM

Is the 16 bit colour depth a limitation of the card or driver?

I have this intel card as well and it took me ages to get 3D acceleration working, I had to build the DRI from source. I don't thing you need to do this because you have acceleration working allready

Code:

direct rendering: Yes

but if your interested check out.

http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building

Paddy

mugwump84 · 11-04-2005, 08:28 PM

Yes, the 16 bit colordepth is a restriction of the card, not the driver. I may up building X from source - I've already done it on another computer without DRI.

Oh, and I got [partial] 3-D acceleration working again - Ubuntu had a couple updates with a description of:

Quote:

Seriously, don't optomize DRI for i386

I got a new hard drive, so I'll try a couple different distros to see if the problem is Ubuntu (I believe debian too) only.

Incidentally, in RedHat 9 (which has a 2.4 kernel), 3-D acceleration works. Unfortunately, I need a 2.6 kernel.