Can't see video

[szaemon]

Hey Baphomet, thanks for the advice.

I'll go ahead and throw that one in there too, just for good measure.
Thanks!

[vinca]

sometimes you CAN install a nvidia driver for use on integrated graphics and it'll work, if you try and you get just a command line, you should type

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

go through the process, and reboot. you should be back to normal non-compiz fusion then.

[szaemon]

sometimes you CAN install a nvidia driver for use on integrated graphics and it'll work, if you try and you get just a command line, you should type

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

go through the process, and reboot. you should be back to normal non-compiz fusion then.

Hey vinca, how dangerous would this attempt be to try and hire Nvidia to drive Savage around? I'm running my desktop fine and I can watch movies now, but when Glest wouldn't run Tib suggested consulting the terminal and it coughed up this:

sean@Home-Office:~$ glest
ln: creating symbolic link `./configuration.xml': File exists
Exception: Your system supports OpenGL version "1.2 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2"
Glest needs at least version 1.3 to work
You may solve this problem by installing your latest video card drivers

Now, I've just installed the latest and greatest from the repos and apparently they won't drive that far. Do you think Nvidia could take Savage up to 1.3 Mesa?

Thanks for your insights.

[SaddleTramp]

I believe this might work for ya...open Synaptic Pkg Mgr...search mesa...install the one you need

mesa

[szaemon]

Thanks Saddle Tramp.

I'm doing it now, but I think something isn't quite as it should be with synaptic....

...So now I'm really confused. I see tons of results, but nothing that matches "1.2 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2" or "1.3 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2". I have "Mesa 7.0.3-rc2" and it is installed. No idea what the version number is...

But since they are drivers and drivers need to be installed last, maybe I should just uninstall them and reinstall for the hell of it....

Thanks again Saddle Tramp

[szaemon]

No luck, Glest still colapses...

[vinca]

sometimes you CAN install a nvidia driver for use on integrated graphics and it'll work, if you try and you get just a command line, you should type

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

go through the process, and reboot. you should be back to normal non-compiz fusion then.

Hey vinca, how dangerous would this attempt be to try and hire Nvidia to drive Savage around? I'm running my desktop fine and I can watch movies now, but when Glest wouldn't run Tib suggested consulting the terminal and it coughed up this:

sean@Home-Office:~$ glest
ln: creating symbolic link `./configuration.xml': File exists
Exception: Your system supports OpenGL version "1.2 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2"
Glest needs at least version 1.3 to work
You may solve this problem by installing your latest video card drivers

Now, I've just installed the latest and greatest from the repos and apparently they won't drive that far. Do you think Nvidia could take Savage up to 1.3 Mesa?

Thanks for your insights.

probably, because those nvidia drivers integrate a higher version of opengl than 1.2, so if you can get them to run on the savage, it will work. the nvidia drivers will also give you compiz.

[SaddleTramp]

Thanks Saddle Tramp.

I'm doing it now, but I think something isn't quite as it should be with synaptic....

...So now I'm really confused. I see tons of results, but nothing that matches "1.2 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2" or "1.3 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2". I have "Mesa 7.0.3-rc2" and it is installed. No idea what the version number is...

But since they are drivers and drivers need to be installed last, maybe I should just uninstall them and reinstall for the hell of it....

Thanks again Saddle Tramp

Ok...open a Terminal and run glxinfo, scroll back to top, then down til you find the line that says "OpenGL Version String". That will be what is currently loaded in your system...copy, paste, post results here ..
Mine:

GLX & OpenGL Version

[szaemon]

Ok...open a Terminal and run glxinfo, scroll back to top, then down til you find the line that says "OpenGL Version String".

Thanks for the help.

This is what the terminal has to say about glxinfo:

name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
OpenGL vendor string: S3 Graphics Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI ProSavageDDR 20061110 AGP 1x x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 1.2 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture,
GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix,
GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra,
GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract,
GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_convolution,
GL_EXT_copy_texture, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_histogram,
GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal,
GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_separate_specular_color,
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_subtexture, GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D,
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_vertex_array,
GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip,
GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_MESA_window_pos,
GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_OES_read_format,
GL_SGI_color_matrix, GL_SGI_color_table, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_SGIS_texture_lod

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x24 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x25 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x26 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x27 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 24 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x28 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 0 24 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x29 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x2a 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x2b 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2c 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2d 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2e 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2f 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 24 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x30 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 0 24 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x31 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x32 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x4c 32 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ncon

So, I can see that this confirms I have 1.2 installed. Outside of that I don't know what to do with the information.

****for site protocol purposes does it matter that the exact nature of the help I am receiving has changed? I can now see video. This vein of posting came up from my help request regarding Glest,because it keeps shutting down.

Thanks again for your help.

[SaddleTramp]

From what I can tell it may be your video card will only support up to ver 1.2...solution there would be to upgrade your card...yep, would've been better to post this one with Glest thread