X rendered all white with compiz and i945gm ..and kernel mode-setting feedback

[sipieter nicolas]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Andrew Farris <lordmorgul at gmail.com> wrote:

> sipieter nicolas wrote:
>
> > hi there, first post on this list :)
> >
> >
> > i installed fedora9 preview on my lenovo thinkpad x60
> > the gfx chip is an intel "i945GM"
> > i've found when i run compiz X gets rendered all white.. i can't see a
> > thing.. but i can guess it's still working though:
> >
>
> I've got a similar result with my Macbook 2,1 (blackbook) which has the
> Intel GMA 950 chipset.  However I have a little difference below...
>
>   cube and scale plugin seem to respond, so i can see a white cube on a
> > slightly darkened white desktop ;)
> > .. same for "scale plugin, i see background that get darkened a bit..
> >
>
> Yep all the plugins and window motion, keybindings, etc, work just fine
> while the screen is all white.
>
>  i've figured if i install fusion-icon and choose "indirect rendering"
> > setting,
> >  my desktop is being rendered correctly :)
> > that's the good news.. so i can use compiz on my laptop.
> > it's working through that "indirect rendering option though.
> >
>
> Indirect Rendering does not work for me when I install fusion-icon or
> compiz-fusion (either from the external repo [1] or directly from rawhide).
>  The problem seems to be the failure to acquire TTM support.  I've meant to
> get his one bugzilla'd.
>
> The error I see is:
> Failed to initialize TTM buffer manager.  Falling back to classic.
>
> Its apparently reported all over the place with intel chips if you google
> TTM buffer manager.  One report is at [2].
>
> Compiz works, compiz-fusion does not.  If I start up the super-basic
> compiz functionality using the 'Enable Desktop Effects' dialog I can use
> compiz with the cube, wobbly windows, and I have Direct Rendering enabled.
>  I can run 3d games (mostly) although occasionally compiz will turn all
> white again.
>
>  i was wondering why i had to use that indirect rendering option, and if i
> > can get rid of it ?
> > i tryed adding "i915.modeset=1" in my grub.conf,
> >
>
>  i can report new resolution available, fast vt switching, no problem with
> > font rendering, and things being a bit slower than before.. it seems
> > stable,
> > and it didn't helped with my problem of X being rendered all white and
> > me
> > having to set "indirect rendering" .. kernel mode setting looks very
> > promising though :)
> >
>
>  hum.. anyone can see a solution about my X being rendered all white and
> > indirect rendering option problem ?
> >
>
> I'd suggest doing 'yum remove compiz-fusion' and then trying to just use
> the Desktop Effects.  I didn't even get as far as you with fusion because
> indirect rendering and loose binding both still cause the screen to go full
> white.  I can even still type in the terminals I had on my desktop while its
> white, to quit fusion or start metacity, so its not crashing X its just
> displaying full brightness (for all but the mouse cursor which I can still
> see move).
>
> [1] http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=173317
> [2] http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13922
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Thanks for the reply, and the links :)
i see i didn't used the good repo probably, cause i don't have latest rpms
installed:

[ root at kanzume ]# rpm -qa | grep fusion
compiz-fusion-0.7.2-2.fc9.i386
compiz-fusion-extras-gnome-0.7.2-2.fc9.i386
compiz-fusion-extras-0.7.2-2.fc9.i386
fusion-icon-gtk-0.1.0-0.2.5e2dc9git.fc9.noarch
compiz-fusion-gnome-0.7.2-2.fc9.i386
fusion-icon-0.1.0-0.2.5e2dc9git.fc9.noarch
[ root at kanzume ]#


on the forums they have 0.7.5.8
i'll try to have a closer look at that thread
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