[0.9.8] [cube] graphical glitches on Ubuntu

[3Dsniper]

Hello,
I am experiencing graphical glitches under Ubuntu. I am brand new to Linux, so perhaps I am simply missing something that may be obvious to other users.
The graphics around text are not showing, and when in play it will only show blocks of terrain instead of a full screen, as the included screenshots will show.
To keep the length of this post down to a minumum I have linked directly to the images instead of including them in this post.

The main menu: https://www.dropbox.com/s/498brg1oymjwg ... 8%3A29.png
The first frames of gameplay: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3qcszh3b3mq2y ... 9%3A02.png
Tips and Tricks screen: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ru11q2p0o0hw5 ... 9%3A16.png
When I start moving: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3gnknhu4w421n ... 9%3A57.png



system info:
CPU Intel® Core™ i5 CPU M 430 @ 2.27GHz × 4
OS Ubuntu 14.04
Chipset Intel® HM55
Memory DDR3 800/1066, Max: 4GB
LCD Size 15.6" 1366x768 HD
Graphics ATI® Mobility Radeon HD5470 (please note that Ubuntu is using the Intel® Ironlake Mobile chip, I do not know how to switch under linux.)
Graphics VRAM DDR3 1GB

Graphics set to low and playing fullscreen.
If any information is lacking or if there is allready a sollution to the problem that I overlooked in my search. Please let me know

~ 3Dsniper

[MF-]

Welcome to the club :/
https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... php?t=1991


So your GPU is actually not the radeon but i915-managed Intel?
Does the VRAM information apply to both GPUs?
64-bit ubuntu? 64bit factorio?


OR, I'm sure you will be able to completely disable the Intel GPU in BIOS-or-whatever.
Does that make factorio run? (Not considering whether it's acceptable to disable Intel)
I don't have switcheable, so no idea whether or how it could be switched.

[3Dsniper]

Hey, thanks for the reply,
I am using the 64bit version of ubuntu. And it appears that ubuntu is indeed using the intel for graphics.
I should add that I have tried to install Cathalist Control Centre (CCC) for switching between cards as I did on windows, but the moment I try to install it (and the associated propriatary driver) linux goes cold upon reboot and I have to reinstall linux. So no luck there,
I have looked into the BIOS but the SETUP (press delete during boot to get into SETUP) does not allow me to turn off any hardware. or so it seems, maybe I am overlooking something, entirely possible.
Also not, I am completely new to linux. I am getting a rash course on Tuesday, and the person giving me that course will have a look at my pc because it was having troubles under windos that I could not solve or find the root of.

I have included a hardinfo report on my computer, I would assume that th VRAM is accesable by both cards. But I can in no way guarantee that unfortunately.

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Devices
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Processor
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-Processors-
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU       M 430  @ 2.27GHz		: 2260,00MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU       M 430  @ 2.27GHz		: 2260,00MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU       M 430  @ 2.27GHz		: 2260,00MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU       M 430  @ 2.27GHz		: 2260,00MHz

Memory
------

-Memory-
Total Memory		: 3834592 kB
Free Memory		: 1776484 kB
Buffers		: 61328 kB
Cached		: 1017340 kB
Cached Swap		: 0 kB
Active		: 1095832 kB
Inactive		: 776956 kB
Active(anon)		: 795080 kB
Inactive(anon)		: 262516 kB
Active(file)		: 300752 kB
Inactive(file)		: 514440 kB
Unevictable		: 0 kB
Mlocked		: 0 kB
Virtual Memory		: 3977212 kB
Free Virtual Memory		: 3977212 kB
Dirty		: 60 kB
Writeback		: 0 kB
AnonPages		: 794304 kB
Mapped		: 263012 kB
Shmem		: 263480 kB
Slab		: 83200 kB
SReclaimable		: 54624 kB
SUnreclaim		: 28576 kB
KernelStack		: 3904 kB
PageTables		: 30680 kB
NFS_Unstable		: 0 kB
Bounce		: 0 kB
WritebackTmp		: 0 kB
CommitLimit		: 5894508 kB
Committed_AS		: 4097816 kB
VmallocTotal		: 34359738367 kB
VmallocUsed		: 362140 kB
VmallocChunk		: 34359365084 kB
HardwareCorrupted		: 0 kB
AnonHugePages		: 141312 kB
HugePages_Total		: 0
HugePages_Free		: 0
HugePages_Rsvd		: 0
HugePages_Surp		: 0
Hugepagesize		: 2048 kB
DirectMap4k		: 65464 kB
DirectMap2M		: 3913728 kB

PCI Devices
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-PCI Devices-
Host bridge		: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 12)
PCI bridge		: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
VGA compatible controller		: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Communication controller		: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
USB controller		: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Audio device		: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
PCI bridge		: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
PCI bridge		: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
PCI bridge		: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
PCI bridge		: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
USB controller		: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
PCI bridge		: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
ISA bridge		: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
SATA controller		: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
SMBus		: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
Signal processing controller		: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
VGA compatible controller		: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Park [Mobility Radeon HD 5430/5450/5470] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Audio device		: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cedar HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5400/6300 Series]
Network controller		: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Ethernet controller		: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
Host bridge		: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
Host bridge		: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
Host bridge		: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
Host bridge		: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
Host bridge		: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
Host bridge		: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

Sensors
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DMI
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-BIOS-
Date		: 04/07/2010
Vendor		: American Megatrends Inc. (www.ami.com)
Version		: E1688IMS VER.10N
-Board-
Name		: MS-1688
Vendor		: Micro-Star International

Benchmarks
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CPU Blowfish
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-CPU Blowfish-
<big><b>This Machine</b></big>	2260 MHz	7,074	
Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor         1.50GHz	(null)	26.1876862	
PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz)	(null)	172.816713	

CPU CryptoHash
--------------

-CPU CryptoHash-
<big><b>This Machine</b></big>	2260 MHz	186,648	

CPU Fibonacci
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-CPU Fibonacci-
<big><b>This Machine</b></big>	2260 MHz	5,776	
Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor         1.50GHz	(null)	8.1375674	
PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz)	(null)	58.07682	

CPU N-Queens
------------

-CPU N-Queens-
<big><b>This Machine</b></big>	2260 MHz	8,138	

FPU FFT
-------

-FPU FFT-
<big><b>This Machine</b></big>	2260 MHz	3,159	

FPU Raytracing
--------------

-FPU Raytracing-
<big><b>This Machine</b></big>	2260 MHz	5,697	
Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor         1.50GHz	(null)	40.8816714	
PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz)	(null)	161.312647	

Should I copy my reports to your forum thread?

[kovarex]

We already found a way to let the user pick the GPU to be used, so we will use it somehow in the next release.

[3Dsniper]

Assuming that works, it would be amazing. I was really enjoying the game on windows before my desktop died, my laptop had all kinds of issues under windows.. hence the move.

Just want to play factorio now.. it has become a bit of n addiction

[MF-]

App-chosen GPU on linux?

That would be too good news to be true.

Let's say, that I'm a bit skeptical, since that would mean that drivers for both gpus got loaded and Xserver recognizes them.
Last time I checked, X11 restart was required in order to switch the GPU. It's by no means recent observation, though.


PS: If you link me to a system manual (those things typically list all options available through SETUP), I might be able to confirm that it cannot switch for you.
Last time I dealt with such configuration, there was some item with a choice of { Discrete, Switchable, ?Intel? }

EDIT: Was the linux installation really THAT dead? I would expect at least GRUB to show up and offer a "rescue mode"

[ooomalley]

*bump*

I'm having the exact same issue on my Linux laptop--that is, the screenshots show exactly what I see. Has there been any resolution to this?

I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 x64, Core 2 Duo, Intel GM45 Express graphics.

The game works fine on my newer, better Windows box--and I love it. Great game.

[ooomalley]

Should also add that I tried it under Wine with the exact same results.

[MF-]

https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... php?t=1991 is the correct thread for Intel GPUs

This thread is actually for switchable graphics support

[Blackence]

Just in case anyone is still suffering from this, you could test the workaround to use smaller textures that fixes some intel problems:

https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... 595#p36595

Maybe it can help in this case, too. It's worth a try.

Nice to see the list of open bugs report shrink to 1 page and a few more bugs on the second page.