video issue after update

[oirv]

Hi, I apologize for my English.

Sabayon 5.4, kernel 2.6.35, KDE 4

After doing an upgrade package, there was a problem with the video, I cant open games, the title bars disappear and appear, the buttons are glitched, mixed with other images, I have not 3D acceleration, and my login screen is a mess:

logging is a pain


This is all information I could gather

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$ glxinfo
name of display: :0
Unrecognized deviceID 0x2972
X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  152 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
  Serial number of failed request:  22
  Current serial number in output stream:  25


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$ eselect opengl list
Available OpenGL implementations:
  [1]   xorg-x11 *


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$ dmesg
PU hung
[ 1833.625031] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
[ 1834.127033] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
[ 1834.328032] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
[ 1834.754052] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
[ 1834.836134] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
[ 1834.922132] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
[ 1835.153032] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
[ 1835.236223] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
[ 1835.338156] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung


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xorg.conf

Section "Module"
    SubSection  "extmod"
       Option    "omit xfree86-dga"
    EndSubSection
    Load    "i2c"
    Load    "ddc"
    Load    "vbe"
    Load    "dri"
    Load    "glx"
    Load    "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
     Option    "AllowMouseOpenFail"    "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Generic Monitor"
    VertRefresh    43 - 60
    HorizSync      28 - 80
EndSection


Section "Device"

    Identifier  "SabayonVga0"
    Driver      "intel"
    #BusID    "PCI:00:02"
    #Option "RenderAccel" "on"
    #Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
    #Option "BusType" "PCI"
    #Option "ColorTiling" "on"
    #Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"
    Option "UseEvents" "True"
    Option "LogoPath" "/usr/share/backgrounds/sabayonlinux-nvidia.png"

EndSection
   


Section "Screen"

    Identifier    "Screen 0"
    Device        "SabayonVga0"
    Monitor       "Generic Monitor"
    #Option       "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"

    DefaultDepth 24

    SubSection "Display"
        Depth      8
        ViewPort   0 0
        #Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection

    SubSection "Display"
        Depth           16
        ViewPort        0 0
        #Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection

    SubSection "Display"
        Depth           24
        ViewPort        0 0
        #Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection

EndSection


Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier   "Main Layout"
    Screen 0    "Screen 0"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
   #Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection



I have a intel GMA 3000 integrated card, or according to lspci
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82946GZ/GL Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

I tried reinstalling the drivers "xf86-video-intel-2.1.4.0" but didnt work, any suggestions?

[joost]

Maybe try a later kernel version.
Many things changed with KMS / Opensource video drivers.

[oirv]

upgraded to kernel 2.6.37
didnt work, same problem and now X freezes at login screen

[k4ph]

oirv,

if you're not able to login e.g. the screen becomes blank while booting and doesn't come back, choose at the bootdisplay the Sabayon GNU/Linux, with Linux x86_64-2.6.37-sabayon (recovery mode)
This time while booting, you will be asked for your root password - and no X will come up, you will be in a writeprotected environment.
Now you must reenable writing by doing the command
df (that will list all your disks)
mount -o rw,remount /dev/sda1 (if your / partition is sda1 ...exchange sda1 with whatever it is)
mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup (that will move away your xorg.conf and on the next start a new xorg.conf will be written).
sync (writes back the change to disks)
reboot (restarts your pc)

This time I guess your screen won't freeze and become blank - but after 1-2 minutes, your login manager will show up again.

In case this doesn't help by redoing the procedure and exchanging step 3 against
mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf
you can bring back the old xorg.conf.

Good night,

Karl

[oirv]

thanks for the advice, but I had already tried that
kernel 2.6.37, X is still frozen.
kernel 2.6.36, .35 and .33 X works, but I still have the problem of video

strange detail, the new "x.config" file is empty

[Skull Fire]

From other posts iv read the kernel 2.6.37 is not stable. I would suggest to continue using the .36 or .35 for now.

are the other glitches fixxed , is it just the video now ? iv had a problem with the VLC media player myself and ive installed Dragon Player and that seems to work fine.

[oirv]

thanks for answering. I continue with the problem that started this post

No 3D acceleration.
Glitched windows and title bars.
corrupt login screen.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Intel GPUs.

If you can get to a console, edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change:

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Driver "intel"

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Driver "vesa"

and install the package xf86-video-vesa if it is not already installed.

[oirv]

thanks for the advice
Unfortunately, I had already tried that with disastrous results, (I've tried things I have read on other forums).
vesa driver did not work, the screen went black with random pixels, in graphic and text mode, luckily I was back to my glitched desk.

I tried several things to no avail, maybe I give up and wait for some "magical update" to fix the problem.

[Fitzcarraldo]

I'm moving this to the Hardware shed (forum) as it's not an issue with the Desktop Environment or Compiz, it's an issue with Intel GPUs (specifically the X.Org driver and/or X.Org server and/or Linux kernel).