Slackware 13, X with intel gives artifacts

fdahl_009 · 09-04-2009, 06:42 PM

Hi all.

I have installed Slackware 13 on my laptop today, an HP ze2115ea.

In kde I do get artifacts just on the top window decoration.
For some reason, when right click on desktop, then appearance settings, the only window/program I have seen yet that do not have the problem.
In xfce I get misc artifacts. No problems outside X.

The only solution I have found yet is to use the vesa driver, works ok, except when playing video ofcourse, it gets laggy and hopeless laggy when fullscreen. With the intel driver I get artifacts as said, but video performance is as it should be.

Have tried to add the AccelMethod XAA/EXA, and/or the MigrationHeuristic greedy to the devices section of xorg.conf. This did not help.

Its the first time I have the problem, never seen them in any linux version on this laptop before.
Latest ubuntu installs and runs fine without the artifacts, so I am positive it is not an hardware problem. Slackware 12 is no problem either.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Fredrik.
EDIT: Added graphic card info and xorg.conf

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dri2"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "dbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option       "XkbModel"  "pc104"
	Option       "XkbLayout"  "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor1"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ColorKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "CacheLines"         	# <i>
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DRI"                	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoDDC"              	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvMCSurfaces"       	# <i>
        #Option     "PageFlip"           	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "vesa"
	VendorName  "Unknown Vendor"
	BoardName   "Unknown Board"
	BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ColorKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "CacheLines"         	# <i>
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DRI"                	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoDDC"              	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvMCSurfaces"       	# <i>
        #Option     "PageFlip"           	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card1"
	Driver      "vesa"
	VendorName  "Unknown Vendor"
	BoardName   "Unknown Board"
	BusID       "PCI:0:2:1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth 24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen1"
	Device     "Card1"
	Monitor    "Monitor1"
	DefaultDepth 24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

TwinReverb · 09-04-2009, 07:45 PM

I still have a laptop with this card.

You will need to recompile the kernel. Remove all framebuffer devices except intelfb, and make intelfb <*>. Go to AGP section and make AGP and Intel's AGP <*>. Go to DRI and make i915 intel <M>. From here, pick a framebuffer size you like in lilo.conf, and after you recompile the kernel, add it to lilo.conf, run lilo, and reboot.

As for xorg.conf, i say temporarily move the xorg.conf out of the way and try X without an xorg.conf. It should pick up on what you have.

This is the only way I could get my laptop to have usable graphics and not barf when I move to/from virtual terminals (i.e. control+alt+F6/F7 when X is running), and the only way I could get hardware acceleration. This is how Slackware 12.2 worked. However, Slackware 13.0-rc1 also worked well this way.

You can see how I configured this laptop here:
TwinReverb: Toshiba A55-S306 Laptop

fdahl_009 · 09-05-2009, 09:38 AM

Downloaded latest stable kernel, 2.6.30.5.
Used the /boot/config-generic-smp-2.6.29.6-smp as the .config file to have something to start with.

Had to compile a couple of times before I remembered all, a couple of years since last time...

Renamed the xorg.conf so it would not be used.

Now everything are fine,

Thanks

sombragris · 09-14-2009, 09:55 AM

I also got artifacts with my laptop, a Dell Latitude D505. I will try the solutions and see what happens. Right now, the only thing I can do is to downgrade the driver to version 2.5.1 (found in /extra), but the catch is that hardware acceleration is lost.

Dinithion · 09-14-2009, 11:32 AM

I've had to different artifacts with two different laptops. On the aspire one I had some "flicking" on the screen. Eventually it turned all white, blue or black. It didn't work to restart X. not even reload the module. The solution was to add DRI to the kernel.

On the other laptop I had distortion in the colors of the titlebar. This was only in KDE4 tho. In fluxbox it seemed to be all right. This is an old laptop I actually don't use, so I haven't debugged it. I fixed it temporary by using vesa. I doubt I will try to solve the issue. Last time i used the computer was a year ago. :P

sombragris · 09-15-2009, 11:44 AM

I'm happy to report that I got a workaround on this issue. As I reported before, I use a Dell Latitude D505 laptop. The output from lspci identifies the video system as "Intel 82552/82855 GM/GME". With stock kernel, xorg and driver, I got a screen full of artifacts: horizontal lines, problems in the "oxygen" and "ozone" window decorations in KDE4, a totally unreadable OpenOffice.org, and so on.

For my particular hardware, you can work around the issues in TWO ways:

1. Without touching the kernel:

Replace the stock xf86-video-intel with the xf86-video-intel package, version 2.5.1, provided in /extra.

PRO: The issue is worked around. The screen now behaves decently, you don't have to do major changes to the system.
CON: You don't get hardware 3D acceleration.

2. Touching the kernel

- Upgrade or install the kernel 2.6.30.5 provided in /testing. Read carefully the hints in README-FIRST.txt
- Ensure you run either the stock (2.8.0) driver, or the latest one provided in extra (2.8.1).

PRO: The issue is worked around, the screen behaves correctly, and hardware 3D acceleration works.
CON: You move to an unsupported kernel.

Either way, is your call. Hope this helps.

Koalazilla · 09-15-2009, 09:09 PM

I'm having a similar problem with an Intel 82865G chipset, except that the desktop basically freezes. Seconds after X starts, I can move the mouse cursor but the keyboard and mouse buttons are unresponsive, and so I have to manually reset. I have tried the stock and testing kernel with every combination of intel graphics drivers. I tried recompiling the stock kernel as TwinReverb suggested but to no avail. I have tried multiple window managers without success. The only thing that works is using the standard vesa driver, but that's not really a solution. I would appreciate any and all suggestions for help.

TwinReverb · 09-15-2009, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sombragris

CON: You move to an unsupported kernel.

That's only a con if you receive support for Slackware (much less you can keep the generic-smp and/or huge-smp kernels in the stock LILO config).

sjampoo · 04-14-2010, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TwinReverb

I still have a laptop with this card.

You will need to recompile the kernel. Remove all framebuffer devices except intelfb, and make intelfb <*>. Go to AGP section and make AGP and Intel's AGP <*>. Go to DRI and make i915 intel <M>. From here, pick a framebuffer size you like in lilo.conf, and after you recompile the kernel, add it to lilo.conf, run lilo, and reboot.
<SNAP>

Hmm.. seems I have a Intel 82852 thingy inside.. and I am about to recomplile my very first kernel ( shudder ).. via menuconfig I allready found my processorfamily,. but I think you are 'criptic' about what things to exclude / include.. intelfb -> Is this under:
DeviceDrivers -> GraphicsSupport -> /dev/agpgart (AGP support) ->
thus de-selecting everything but I can't get Intel i8xx to go[*] only [m] since (and I quote): This feature depends on another which has been configured as a module. │
│ As a result, this feature will be built as a module.

To bad it doesn't note which other feature it depends upon, or ( for total slack-less-ness ) mention which feature(s) and the option to include these dependencies.. but hey.. that's to be overcome

under DRI ( which I think is " Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) " I get the same 'error' on trying to set to[*]

-confused-

I could just use a link... (google is my friend, but I get to many answers)

PS:

Quote:

You can see how I configured this laptop here:
TwinReverb: Toshiba A55-S306 Laptop

To bad this link is dead. ( -> edit -> http://www.puresimplicity.net/~delah...a/toshiba.html )

TwinReverb · 04-14-2010, 02:37 PM

The link has moved. Now:

here

sjampoo · 04-15-2010, 01:51 AM

Thanx!

Looked at your site, and I think I can get going a little further.

Could it be ( as I am not at home now, so can't check ) that the config of 13 differs abit from 12.2. I can clearly find the intel fb hardware you mentioned earlier in your config file.. but don't recall that section in the menuconfig of 13. Different kernel won't make such a leap will it?
I'll probably be wrong

BobNutfield · 04-15-2010, 02:29 AM

This would have been terrific information for me as I have another thread going about an old laptop using a similar chip (82845GM). When I installed I could only use vesa to get a desktop. This sounds like it would have been a solution. But, sadly, networking does not work so it is a no-go for Slackware on this laptop.

Bob

sjampoo · 04-15-2010, 11:43 AM

Good thing laptops mostly have pcicia card slots? .. or atleased usb?..
PS: I still consider this laptop not to be old.

sjampoo · 04-15-2010, 03:34 PM

*compiling*

Since it's the first time I ever compile my own custom kernel... I had some trouble finding what to put where. Thanks to the link TwinReverb posted (and his .config file on that website) I figured out most of it.

PS: does compiling always take so long? ( Celeron Mobile 2,4Ghz )

TwinReverb · 04-17-2010, 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sjampoo

*compiling*

Since it's the first time I ever compile my own custom kernel... I had some trouble finding what to put where. Thanks to the link TwinReverb posted (and his .config file on that website) I figured out most of it.

PS: does compiling always take so long? ( Celeron Mobile 2,4Ghz )

Celeron says it all 8-S