glxgears help please

[seahawk5]

Hi all, Hope this is not too stupid but I've seen a few posts about glxgears and I'm assuming it's some sort of speed test so tried to run it and all I get is this result
         [adrian@localhost ~]$ glxgears
Unrecognized deviceID 46
X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  155 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
  Serial number of failed request:  27
  Current serial number in output stream:  29
[adrian@localhost ~]$

I would appreciate if someone could explain what glxgears is and help me sort it out. My laptop is an ASUS K52F-A1 Intel Core i5-430M (2.26GHz) Processor, 15.6" HD 16:9 (1366x768) LED Display, 4GB DDR3 Memory, 320GB Hard Drive, DVD Super Multi Drive.

[djohnston]

glxgears is a graphics speed test, but not very accurate. To see if glx is installed on your computer, enter glxinfo in a terminal. The only information you are really concerned with is at the beginning of the output.

glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4


When glxgears is run from a terminal, it produces a second window like the one below. The framerate is displayed in the terminal window.

[seahawk5]

Hi djohnston, thanks for helping, just did what you said and this is the output whatever it means
 [adrian@localhost ~]$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Unrecognized deviceID 46
X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  155 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
  Serial number of failed request:  21
  Current serial number in output stream:  24
[adrian@localhost ~]$

[djohnston]

In your first post, you didn't say what graphics card you are using.

[seahawk5]

Hi again djohnston, It's an Intel GMA HD Media Accelerator, whose graphics processor is built into the same "chip" as the CPU. From reading this and other forums I'm getting the impression that this card is not yet being supported by Linux  (or other way around ) as I, and a lot of others using this GPU also cannot use 3D effects. I'm using the latest 2010 64 version of PClos and have also used the pae version but no joy with either one

[djohnston]

Well, for the Intel CPU, you really want to stick with a pae kernel if you want to be able to use all 4 GB of RAM. The a64 kernels are optimized for AMDs. I finally found the specs on your laptop and saw that it will take up to 8 GB of RAM. I never could find any memory specs on the GPU, but since it's on the motherboard, you're going to be using shared memory. First question: in the system's BIOS, how much memory have you allocated for video? Second question: have you gone to the Hardware section of PCC and selected Setup the graphical server? That will tell you whether you can do any 3D effects with that card.

[smcs_steve]

and what is the difference between glxgears and gears?   Both give me the same report but glxgears also gives an error on exit.

[djohnston]

@seahawk5,

Take a look at this thread for more info about the GPU you are using:
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,78394.0.html

[The Chief]

and what is the difference between glxgears and gears?   Both give me the same report but glxgears also gives an error on exit.

Not exactly the same.  I notice gears gives the time intervals accurate to 1/1000 second, whereas glxgears only gives 1/10 second accuracy.  I suspect one is a wrapper for the other.  Probably glxgears calls gears.

[djohnston]

_steve,

gears and glxgears are both executables. They are both basically the same test. gears syncs to vblank, and glxgears doesn't. As far as I can tell, that's the only difference.

[smcs_steve]

Thanks

[LinuxFan83]

Greetings,

Did anyone ever find a solution to this problem. When I run Glxinfo I get this output:

 [adrian@localhost ~]$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Unrecognized deviceID 46
X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  155 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
  Serial number of failed request:  21
  Current serial number in output stream:  24
[adrian@localhost ~]$

I also have an Asus K52F Laptop. 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18). And I cannot enable 3D Desktop Effects or rendering on this card. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

[newmikey]

Greetings,

Did anyone ever find a solution to this problem. When I run Glxinfo I get this output:

 [adrian@localhost ~]$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Unrecognized deviceID 46
X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  155 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
  Serial number of failed request:  21
  Current serial number in output stream:  24
[adrian@localhost ~]$

I also have an Asus K52F Laptop. 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18). And I cannot enable 3D Desktop Effects or rendering on this card. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

I'd also love to know whether a fix exists. I can't run Hugin as it crashes with precisely this error and I believe it is because Hugin is so damned dependant on OpenGL. As with some others, the built-in KDE flashy stuff works, but no real 3D or Compiz possible on a Dell 5410 lappy.

I had to actually install Hugin on Windows (Oh, the shame of it all  ) to get a pano out the door. I know Tex has said this is a "feature" of the Intel graphics chipset and that the closed-source drivers are buggy so I cannot lay this at the feet of my beloved distro of choice but: ANYBODY? FIND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE!

[djohnston]

I'd also love to know whether a fix exists. I can't run Hugin as it crashes with precisely this error and I believe it is because Hugin is so damned dependant on OpenGL. As with some others, the built-in KDE flashy stuff works, but no real 3D or Compiz possible on a Dell 5410 lappy.

I had to actually install Hugin on Windows (Oh, the shame of it all   ) to get a pano out the door. I know Tex has said this is a "feature" of the Intel graphics chipset and that the closed-source drivers are buggy so I cannot lay this at the feet of my beloved distro of choice but: ANYBODY? FIND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE!

I really don't know much about Intel integrated graphics. You might start here http://intellinuxgraphics.org/documentation.html after you've identified your chipset. Just bear in mind, if it's installed outside of the official sources, it won't be supported in the forum.

Good luck.

EDIT: Also look here http://edc.intel.com/Software/Downloads/IEGD/.