[Bug 899159] Re: [snb-gt2] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x7b009004

2012-03-12 Thread James Christie
To amend my earlier comment, the constant screen resets began occurring again, albeit after a decent session of playing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/899159 Title: [snb-gt2] GPU loc

[Bug 1498655] Re: Steam Controller support: need read-write access to Valve-owned input event device nodes.

2015-11-11 Thread James Christie
I have two systems I've done fresh, clean installs of 15.10 on, as well as my father who has a new 15.10 himself. In all three cases, the Steam controller would work as an HID device, but was incapable of pairing or acting like a gamepad. Essentially, I have a few cases where this change does not a

[Bug 1498655] Re: Steam Controller support: need read-write access to Valve-owned input event device nodes.

2015-11-11 Thread James Christie
** Attachment added: "altered-99-steam-perms.rules" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/steam/+bug/1498655/+attachment/4517042/+files/altered-99-steam-perms.rules -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.l

[Bug 1498655] Re: Steam Controller support: need read-write access to Valve-owned input event device nodes.

2015-11-11 Thread James Christie
Reading is, apparently, a useful skill. I hid my earlier comments. The package in proposed works great for me and definitely fixes the issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1498655 Titl

[Bug 975689] Re: X freezes completely running google earth on xserver-xorg-video-intel - IPEHR: 0x7a000002

2012-05-03 Thread James Christie
This bug has plagued me for a year now since I got my laptop. Upgrading to the 3.4-rc5 kernel from the ubuntu kernel packages, as this comment thread suggested, has fixed it. I have so far seen zero adverse effects, and only good ones, in that games play now without me waiting for the inevitable lo

[Bug 852608] Re: Gnome-terminal notebook is not dark anymore [Oneiric]

2011-10-13 Thread James Christie
In my case it also removes the scrollbar from the terminal (or whatever the cool new scroll-y widget is called). Happily, scrolling via keyboard shortcuts still works. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launch

[Bug 1069444] [NEW] nVidia driver is under-clocking GPU

2012-10-21 Thread James Christie
Public bug reported: This bug has been present for me in all driver versions supporting my GPU in both 12.04 and 12.10, the clock frequencies have been the same. I am using a GeForce660m, which is supposed to have a graphics clock of 835mhz and a memory clock of 4000mhz. The nVidia power-miser set

[Bug 1046088] Re: No Brightness Control on ASUS G75VW Notbook

2012-09-17 Thread James Christie
There appears to be a fix posted here, though I have not yet tried it. It involves installing a new kernel module and replacing some code in gnome-settings and recompiling it. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1966635 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 1046088] Re: No Brightness Control on ASUS G75VW Notbook

2012-09-18 Thread James Christie
The package that guide links to does not function on the G75VW, there's an open issue on it's github page here: https://github.com/guillaumezin/nvidiabl/issues/52 Someone here purports to have gotten it working by tweaking their kernel config.: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-927188-start-0.h

[Bug 1046088] Re: No Brightness Control on ASUS G75VW Notbook

2012-09-20 Thread James Christie
I've tried building some kernels by modifying the config from the ubuntu defaults matching the settings mentioned in that Gentoo thread with no luck. I would not take this as gospel though since I don't feel that I'm terribly competent with kernel building. In reply to Rainer Rohde: there are only

[Bug 1046088] Re: No Brightness Control on ASUS G75VW Notbook (304.43)

2012-10-25 Thread James Christie
I also tried the instructions exactly as outlined in post #37 and it does not work for me either. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1046088 Title: No Brightness Control on ASUS G75VW Not

[Bug 1029085] Re: Stuttering in games with high fps and Nvidia

2012-09-24 Thread James Christie
I'd like to again echo namelezz on the refresh rate settings. I think the most annoying is the slight stuttering that can occur at what should be very playable framerates. Nothing new to add, just confirming the same behavior, though I'm down to just my 660m and could not test on the 460. -- You

[Bug 1029085] Re: Stuttering in games with high fps and Nvidia

2012-09-25 Thread James Christie
I gave 12.10 with the latest compiz available from the updater a try, though I do not know the exact version number. Everything on the system ran very slowly even after installing any version of the nvidia driver package (current/current-updates/current-experimental). I know it's an early beta, but

[Bug 1046088] Re: No Brightness Control on ASUS G75VW Notbook

2012-09-25 Thread James Christie
I think the problem is outside the scope of nVidia's drivers. It seems to be an issue of a lack of driver for the screen brightness control itself and the ACPI keys on the laptop. Those keys were dead weight on Windows until I installed ASUS's ACPI driver. -- You received this bug notification be

[Bug 1029085] Re: Stuttering in games with high fps and Nvidia

2012-09-25 Thread James Christie
Thanks very much for that heads up. I'll try again as soon as I can, but since my laptop with nVidia graphics is also my main work computer it may be awhile before I have another good opportunity to test a full install of 12.10. =( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1046088] Re: No Brightness Control on ASUS G75VW Notbook

2012-09-26 Thread James Christie
The brightness keys are tied to a piece of hardware that needs a special driver not covered by the nVidia graphics kernel module or the Linux kernel itself. The other ACPI keys are covered by kernel drivers already. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 1046088] Re: No Brightness Control on ASUS G75VW Notbook (304.43)

2012-10-03 Thread James Christie
I don't think this has anything at all to do with the nVidia drivers. The brightness keys require a completely seperate driver from ASUS on windows. There is no driver available from nVidia for them. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribe

[Bug 1029085] Re: Stuttering in games with high fps and Nvidia

2012-10-06 Thread James Christie
I just installed the latest daily of the beta, and the problem persists just as before on 12.04. The desktop performance with the latest updates has improved things back to the point of being equal to 12.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 1029085] Re: Stuttering in games with high fps and Nvidia

2012-10-06 Thread James Christie
Unredirect fullscreen windows fixes the issue for fullscreen applications. However, somewhat sluggish desktop performance persists, however I have yet to reproduce uneven screen redraws in windowed games that I can see in the Unigine Heaven demo. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1029085] Re: Stuttering in games with high fps and Nvidia

2012-10-06 Thread James Christie
(Apologies for the broken up posts.) The workaround of turning off vsync, detection of refresh rate, and setting the refresh rate of compiz to 120+ no longer has any visible effect. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https

[Bug 1029085] Re: Stuttering in games with high fps and Nvidia

2012-10-06 Thread James Christie
An odd observation, performance on some minor effects, like window expansion in the alt-tab switcher (where it blows up the icon into the animated window preview) runs very smoothly all the time. Window expo will sometimes be smooth and other time run very poorly; the same applies to the workspace

[Bug 1029085] Re: Stuttering in games with high fps and Nvidia

2012-10-07 Thread James Christie
Games are running *GREAT* at the moment. It's only desktop effects that are the problem. I'm going to keep using 12.10 now since games run even better than on Unity2D in 12.04, but the sluggish desktop effects continue to persist. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1029085] Re: Stuttering in games with high fps and Nvidia

2012-10-07 Thread James Christie
Off what Mr. Spilsbury said, I tried setting the nVidia drivers to "prefer maximum performance" and the desktop is 100% silky smooth. When left on the default of adaptive the sluggishness returns. Not sure if that's significant. The only effect that runs smoothly on adaptive is the alt-tab switcher

[Bug 1029085] Re: Stuttering in games with high fps and Nvidia

2012-10-08 Thread James Christie
Swapping speed settings appears to only work some of the time. When a game is running, the desktop effects become incredibly slugging (5-10fps range), but the game will continue at an uninterrupted framerate. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 988713] Re: Compiz cpu usage high when moving windows

2012-10-08 Thread James Christie
This bug also affects me, and I can confirm the exact same symptoms with 12.10, latest compiz and unity. I'm using the nvidia-current package (304.48). I'd love to help contribute system configs/logs/etc or anything else that might help, though apport-collect won't let me submit to this bug. -- Y

[Bug 1029085] Re: Stuttering in games with high fps and Nvidia

2012-09-15 Thread James Christie
I have this issue in a GeForce 460 and a 660M, my experience on both machines matches namelezz *exatly*. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1029085 Title: Stuttering in games with high fp

[Bug 1046088] Re: No Brightness Control on ASUS G75VW Notbook

2012-09-16 Thread James Christie
The slider for brightness in system settings also does nothing to adjust the screen brightness. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1046088 Title: No Brightness Control on ASUS G75VW Notbo

[Bug 944321] Re: apt-get build-dep script for wine missing xorg and

2012-06-13 Thread James Christie
It's hardly a fix, but a workaround that I used is to install 32bit Ubuntu into a virtual machine with VirtualBox. I compiled wine there and then copied the folder to the host machine. After that you only need to make sure that the 32bit libraries are installed, which can be done by running "sudo a

[Bug 944321] Re: apt-get build-dep script for wine missing xorg and

2012-06-25 Thread James Christie
The issue is that you need the development headers for your libraries, which are not co-installable. Your system can easily install both the 64 and 32bit version of libraries to run applications. When compiling software though, you need the header files that inform the compiler about the functional

[Bug 735162] Re: menu application appears behind window application

2012-06-25 Thread James Christie
Addendum: after many tribulations, I also am unable to consistently reproduce this issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/735162 Title: menu application appears behind window applicati

[Bug 735162] Re: menu application appears behind window application

2012-06-19 Thread James Christie
Happened to me with Precise 64bit and Intel HD3000 video. It usually happens about *half* the time I open a fullscreen game in wine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/735162 Title: menu

[Bug 899159] Re: [sandybridge-gt2] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x7b009004

2012-01-09 Thread James Christie
The problem affect me when running native games as well, it seems to be a 3d rendering problem, period. My last native game to do it was NightSkyHD from the latest indie bundle, but it was REALLY infrequent there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 899159] Re: [sandybridge-gt2] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x7b009004

2012-01-09 Thread James Christie
Another native game, Saga of Ryzom (nabable free from the software center), causes it to happen reasonably quickly and frequently. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/899159 Title: [sandyb

[Bug 899159] Re: [sandybridge-gt2] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x7b009004

2012-01-12 Thread James Christie
I do indeed get the same error reported by apport when the problem occurs. In wine and in native games. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/899159 Title: [sandybridge-gt2] GPU lockup rend

[Bug 899159] Re: [sandybridge-gt2] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x7b009004

2012-01-17 Thread James Christie
What do I need to do to fix my problem with my missing /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_error_state, so I can appends that and dmesg? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/899159 Title: [sandybr

[Bug 899159] Re: [snb-gt2] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x7b009004

2012-01-19 Thread James Christie
I re-enabled xorg-edgers to see if it no longer broke acceleration in wine and native games (previously there was a long span where neither would work if I was using it) and the bug does not occur. In fact, it runs amazingly well. No screen resets and no lockups. So something in the git repos for m

[Bug 899159] Re: [sandybridge-gt2] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x7b009004

2012-01-03 Thread James Christie
This problem is also occurring for me in 11.10 using stock packages (only PPAs I have installed have to do with postgresql stuff). I had upgraded kernels to fix issues with my desktop graphics, but the issue persists across 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2RC7. Makes games pretty much unplayable, meaning I have not

[Bug 899159] Re: [sandybridge-gt2] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x7b009004

2012-01-04 Thread James Christie
If there's any more feedback I can provide from my end, let me know. I'm somewhat new to this launchpad thingy. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/899159 Title: [sandybridge-gt2] GPU lock

[Bug 899159] Re: [sandybridge-gt2] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x7b009004

2012-01-06 Thread James Christie
Pretty much any game that does 3d stuff for me produces it, though at varying frequencies. Both native games and games run in wine. This occurs in both fullscreen and windowed mode for any that I've run and whether or not a flash applet is running somewhere in the background doesn't seem to affect

[Bug 899159] Re: [sandybridge-gt2] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x7b009004

2012-01-06 Thread James Christie
I'm getting a command not found error for /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_error_state -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/899159 Title: [sandybridge-gt2] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x7b009004

[Bug 899159] Re: [snb-gt2] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x7b009004 [Needs mesa 7.11+git]

2012-01-23 Thread James Christie
It started occurring again for me with edgers in the manner that Alex described, every 0.5 to 1 seconds, rendering the computer entirely unusable. However it happened after about 2 hours of having had a game running. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w

[Bug 1069444] Re: nVidia driver is under-clocking GPU

2012-11-06 Thread James Christie
Go ahead and close, Kepler clock speed reporting is broken in the drivers currently, complete nVidia issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069444 Title: nVidia driver is under-clocki

[Bug 899159] Re: [snb-gt2] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x7b009004

2012-03-07 Thread James Christie
This appears to be fixed for me, coming off xorg-edgers ppa. Amenesia which would previously be unplayable now plays wonderfully, and I am totally unable to reproduce the issue in games that would run for awhile and then lock up. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 899159] Re: [snb-gt2] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x7b009004 [Needs mesa 7.11+git]

2012-02-03 Thread James Christie
With the latest updates from edgers and the 3.2rc-2 kernel, I no longer get the issue it seems. Had a marathon gaming session on my laptop when I finally got a day off with no problems whatsoever. There was a recent update to mesa in edgers that I think may have done the trick. -- You received th

[Bug 899159] Re: [snb-gt2] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x7b009004 [Needs mesa 7.11+git]

2012-02-03 Thread James Christie
*3.3rc-2 kernel =) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/899159 Title: [snb-gt2] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x7b009004 [Needs mesa 7.11+git] To manage notifications about this bug go to: htt