[arch-general] Intel GMA 3150 Graphics Card driver

[Matthew Monaco]

On 09/23/2010 08:56 AM, Guillaume ALAUX wrote:
> 2010/9/23 Cédric Girard<girard.cedric at gmail.com>:
>> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Adamzyg<adamzyg at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> thank you.
>>> if I max the glxgears window, it only ouput like below:
>>>
>>> *118 frames in 5.0 seconds = 23.560 FPS*
>>> *137 frames in 5.0 seconds = 27.220 FPS*
>>> *139 frames in 5.0 seconds = 27.691 FPS*
>>> *139 frames in 5.0 seconds = 27.730 FPS*
>>>
>>>
>>> I attach my *xorg.conf* and */var/log/Xorg.0.log*, may be you can help me
>>> resolving this problem.
>>>
>>> 2010/9/22 Cédric Girard<girard.cedric at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Adamzyg<adamzyg at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>     Did any one use Netbook and the CPU is Intel NM450 which embeded
>>>>> Graphics Card GMA 3150? I install the XF86-video-intel driver package
>>> by
>>>>> pacman,
>>>>>
>>>>> *$ pacman -Ss xf86-video* | grep intel*
>>>>> *extra/xf86-video-intel 2.12.0-1 (xorg-video-drivers) [installed]*
>>>>>
>>>>> but the glxgears just output like below:
>>>>>
>>>>> *$ glxgears *
>>>>> *635 frames in 5.0 seconds = 126.856 FPS*
>>>>> *663 frames in 5.0 seconds = 132.454 FPS*
>>>>> *516 frames in 5.0 seconds = 103.154 FPS*
>>>>>
>>>>> So some game like supertux2 can't play, and mplayer can't play by vo
>>>>> gl/gl2.
>>>>> I need some help...
>>>>>
>>>>> Some information:
>>>>> $ lspci
>>>>> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Pineview DMI Bridge
>>>>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Pineview
>>> Integrated
>>>>> Graphics Controller
>>>>> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Pineview Integrated
>>>> Graphics
>>>>> Controller
>>>>> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High
>>>>> Definition
>>>>> Audio Controller (rev 02)
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> $ modprobe -l | grep intel
>>>>> ...
>>>>> kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.ko
>>>>> kernel/drivers/idle/intel_idle.ko
>>>>> kernel/drivers/char/hw_random/intel-rng.ko
>>>>> kernel/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.ko
>>>>> kernel/drivers/platform/x86/intel_menlow.ko
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> $ modprobe -l | grep i915
>>>>> kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.ko
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What about /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?
>>>> The figures you get with glxgears are high. It does not seem like
>>> something
>>>> is wrong.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cédric Girard
>>>>
>>>
>>
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>> the link.
>>
>> --
>> Cédric Girard
>>
>
> Hello,
>
> Just for you to know, glxgears doesn't seem to be relevant for this:
>
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Benchmarking#glxgears_.28and_why_not_to_use_this_as_a_benchmark.29
>
> --
> Guillaume
>

Well, I think the FPS should be about equal to his refresh rate. But the test 
with ~30 fps might be a concern