[ltp] Re: OT: Google Release GoogleEarth Linux

D. Sen linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:56:27 +1000


T42p still runs slow (after compiling the xf86-video-ati code from the 
git repository).

Running at 16 bit resolution.

running google earth still shows this warning:

*********************************WARN_ONCE*********************************
File r300_render.c function r300Fallback line 486
Software fallback:ctx->Line.SmoothFlag
***************************************************************************


glxinfo shows:

name of display: :0.0
Mesa: CPU vendor: GenuineIntel
Mesa: CPU name:         Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz
Mesa: MMX cpu detected.
Mesa: SSE cpu detected.
Mesa: Not testing OS support for SSE, leaving enabled.
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_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, 
GLX_OML_swap_method,
     GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe,
     GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, 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_copy_sub_buffer, 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_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
     GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
     GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
     GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
     GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R300 20040924 AGP 4x x86/MMX/SSE2 TCL
OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 6.5.1
OpenGL extensions:
     GL_ARB_fragment_program, GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multisample,
     GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
     GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map,
     GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine,
     GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
     GL_MESAX_texture_float, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat,
     GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix,
     GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_window_pos,
     GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color,
     GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate,
     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_secondary_color,
     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_env_combine,
     GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic,
     GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp,
     GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array,
     GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate,
     GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once,
     GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat,
     GL_INGR_blend_func_separate, GL_MESA_pack_invert, 
GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture,
     GL_MESA_window_pos, GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_light_max_exponent,
     GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_NV_vertex_program,
     GL_OES_read_format, GL_SGI_color_matrix, GL_SGI_color_table,
     GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp,
     GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod

    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  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 Slow
0x25 16 tc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x26 16 tc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x27 16 tc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x28 16 tc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 Slow
0x29 16 tc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0 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  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 Slow
0x2d 16 dc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x2e 16 dc  0 16  0 r  y  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 Slow
0x2f 16 dc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x30 16 dc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 Slow
0x31 16 dc  0 16  0 r  .  .  5  6  5  0  0 16  0 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


Frank Gevaerts wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 04:53:39PM +0200, Michael wrote:
>> Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 14:23 +0100, Hamish Marson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oh yea. Works great on my r50p with xorg r300 drivers... Suspend & all.
>>> It doesn't seem to work well on my X31 (Radeon Mobility M6 LY, Ubuntu
>>> Breezy).  It runs and I can "use" it, but there's flickery graphical
>>> garbage covering part of the Earth.  Other 3D apps seem to run fine.
>>>
>> Strangely, it works when you use 24bit as screen depth. Seems to be a bug in
>> the radeon driver?
> 
> Probably. I had the same problem in debian/sid (didn't try 24 bit however),
> and it was solved by compiling a new driver from
> git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati
> 
> Frank
> 
>> I will file a bugreport, but I'm not sure that this will be of any help. It
>> won't even be easy to explain exactly what the screen looks like...
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael
>>
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