[ltp] Re: OT: Google Release GoogleEarth Linux

D. Sen linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:46:14 +1000


Anyone have any success with this? Here's some more info on my machine. 
Its a T42p. lcpci -vv shows the following for the graphics chipset:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M10 NT [FireGL 
Mobility T2] (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [
VGA])
         Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 054f
         Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- 
ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B+
         Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
 >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
         Latency: 66 (2000ns min), cache line size 08
         Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
         Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
         Region 1: I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
         Region 2: Memory at c0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
         Expansion ROM at c0120000 [disabled] [size=128K]
         Capabilities: [58] AGP version 2.0
                 Status: RQ=80 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- 
HTrans- 64bit- FW+ AGP3- Rate=x1,x2,
x4
                 Command: RQ=32 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ AGP+ GART64- 64bit- 
FW- Rate=x4
         Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA 
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                 Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-


D. Sen wrote:
> 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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