Problem with Intel VGA driver
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When trying to run NASA world wind using Java WebStart from
http://
the application produces a blank screen.
Documentation of this application says that when a blank screen is produced, this indicates a problem in VGA driver
also note that this application works properly on the same computer with Microsoft Windows.
The computer is a laptop "Dell Inspiron 6400"
the VGA card is "Mobile Intel® 945GM Express Chipset Family"
when executing "lspci -v"
the output is
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at eff00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
I/O ports at eff8 [size=8]
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at efec0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at eff80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at efebc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=0b, subordinate=0b, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: efd00000-efdfffff
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=0c, subordinate=0d, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: efa00000-efcfffff
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at bf80 [size=32]
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at bf60 [size=32]
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
I/O ports at bf40 [size=32]
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at bf20 [size=32]
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at ffa80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32
Memory behind bridge: ef900000-ef9fffff
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller IDE (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at bfa0 [size=16]
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 4
I/O ports at 10c0 [size=32]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01af
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
Memory at ef9fe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0832 (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
Memory at ef9fd800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
03:01.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 23
Memory at ef9fd400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0843 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at ef9fd500 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at ef9fd600 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01bd
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at ef9fd700 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
0b:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1021
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at efdff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I am using Ubuntu 7.04 and all components are up to date.
GMA950, Feisty, everything working (including compiz-fusion but I disabled it for testing). This doesn't work. I wonder what on earth they are doing in that application...