[ubuntu-x] New X stack in xorg-edgers

[Brian Hobby]

Installed natty daily build and updated to latest, added xorg-edgers and 
now have 3D acceleration on the i5 2500 with built in graphics on an 
ASUS P8H67 m pro motherboard.

Occurred after the latest update of the x-org files.

Torcs occasional artefacts, playable
Trigger seems fine as does Extreme Tux racer,
Super Tux Kart starts up fine and then does some very stange things with 
painting the textures in; became unplayable.

Games are focus as this machine is mainly used by the 7yr old racing 
game fanatic in the house.

Suffering some x lockups occasionally but it is a step forward; good to 
see the new look on the latest CPU/chipset.

Prior to the x-org update I got the look of the 3D desktop but no 
windows would paint in the desktop area - including drop down menus from 
the system area top right.

Regards Brian


On 22/01/2011 3:21 AM, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 07:36:35PM +1000, Brian Hobby wrote:
>> Hi Bryce,
>>
>> Just tried the xorg-edgers on a new intel i5 2500 with built in
>> graphics on an ASUS P8H67 m pro motherboard, most things work fine
>> on the desktop.
>>
>> Torcs gives a copy of the desktop behind the window on start up and
>> fails to run; the window moves the copy of the desktop around nicely
>> though.
>> Trigger gives a black screen on startup as does Extreme Tux racer,
>> Super Tux Kart gives a black window and freezes the X session.
>>
>> It's a fresh 64 bit Desktop install of Maverck with Proposed and
>> Backports selected and up to date.
>>
>> The above games are borderline unplayable at present and I'll wait
>> for Natty rather than attempt to roll my own solution at this point.
>>
>> Regards Brian
> No, the testing we need is for xorg-edgers on natty; we'll be working
> issues found in that combo, but not ones from xorg-edgers on maverick.
> (Having the right kernel is pretty important, esp. with 3D apps.)
>
> Natty is quite unstable at the moment but if you want to test it now,
> you could create a USB LiveCD environment with the latest daily ISO, and
> then install xorg-edgers on top of that.
>
> Bryce