Minecraft graphics glitches in Ubuntu 10.10 w/ Intel Graphics

yooman · 12-13-2011, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by afaulkner

3.2.0-rc5-next-20111212-dirty - Output from uname -r.

Its been running for several hours now without glitches. I think that it fixed it.

Awesome! But I'm not sure how I feel about running a bleeding-edge kernel (literally committed YESTERDAY) on my main dev machine... oh well. That's what backups are for. I'll give it a try!

cascade9 · 12-13-2011, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by yooman

Also, if I decide one isn't right and want to switch to the other, is it adequite to simply remove the package with apt, remove the PPA, add the alternate PPA, and reinstall? or is there more cleanup entailed in switching from one to another?

Sorry, not 100% sure, I dont play with ubuntu or PPAs at all.

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Originally Posted by afaulkner

I was having this same problem. I'm fairly sure I fixed it, but not completely positive. I had to compile a kernel from the linux-next git repo, and the problem went away. I also compiled mesa and xf86-video-intel from git, but I'm pretty sure the new kernel is what fixed it.

Probably it was all three (mesa, video-intel and the newer kernel), not just the kernel.

yooman · 12-13-2011, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by afaulkner

I had to compile a kernel from the linux-next git repo, and the problem went away. I also compiled mesa and xf86-video-intel from git

So I'm really wary of doing this wrong... do you mind explaining how exactly you went about this? Did you install any dependencies I should know about, and could you share the links to the particular drivers you used? I will seriously owe you one.

afaulkner · 12-13-2011, 05:38 PM

My distro (Archlinux) updated their stable kernel to 3.1.5-1, and it the problem is not present. It is probably not necessary to run the
3.2.0-rc5-next-20111212-dirty kernel.

I use Archlinux, which makes doing this sort of compiling from source a lot easier. For Ubuntu, the xorg-edgers ppa looks like it has recent enough compiled packages, which should make this really easy. If you do a "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa" followed by a "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade", it should pull in the updated mesa and xorg-video-intel packages.

Test it after doing this, because that alone could fix the problem.

If its still not working, you might try getting a newer kernel. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds seems to have good instructions on how to do that.

You shouldn't have to build a kernel from source like I did, because Ubuntu seems to have far easier ways of getting newer kernels.

I don't have Ubuntu, so I wasn't able to test any of this. Good luck.

Rotten194 · 12-13-2011, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by afaulkner

My distro (Archlinux) updated their stable kernel to 3.1.5-1, and it the problem is not present. It is probably not necessary to run the
3.2.0-rc5-next-20111212-dirty kernel.

I use Archlinux, which makes doing this sort of compiling from source a lot easier. For Ubuntu, the xorg-edgers ppa looks like it has recent enough compiled packages, which should make this really easy. If you do a "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa" followed by a "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade", it should pull in the updated mesa and xorg-video-intel packages.

Test it after doing this, because that alone could fix the problem.

If its still not working, you might try getting a newer kernel. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds seems to have good instructions on how to do that.

You shouldn't have to build a kernel from source like I did, because Ubuntu seems to have far easier ways of getting newer kernels.

I don't have Ubuntu, so I wasn't able to test any of this. Good luck.

I tried adding xorg-edgers, and it seemed to help for a while, then I had a strange input glitch, froze for a bit, and then back where I started with the black dots. I'll try updating the kernel tomorrow I guess.

cheese1343 · 12-14-2011, 02:44 AM

Here is a suggestion, what version of java do you have? I remember openJDK caused some errors when I used. sunjava is better for minecraft.
Have you tried using the sunjava package?

yooman · 12-14-2011, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Rotten194

I tried adding xorg-edgers, and it seemed to help for a while, then I had a strange input glitch, froze for a bit, and then back where I started with the black dots. I'll try updating the kernel tomorrow I guess.

SUCCESS!

I compiled and installed the Linux 3.2-rc5 kernel (the latest one committed by Linus Torvalds) from here: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kerne.../tags/v3.2-rc5 (just click the first "snapshot" link for a source tarball)
Being a bit of a kernel noob, I followed this guide to compile it: http://tuxradar.com/content/how-compile-linux-kernel

After installing, I rebooted and fired up Minecraft. It's perfect! The problem is totally gone. I played for about 4 hours and it never came back.

I did NOT install the mesa driver or add xorg-edgers, or anything else. Just the new kernel.

Yay!

yooman · 12-14-2011, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by cheese1343

Here is a suggestion, what version of java do you have? I remember openJDK caused some errors when I used. sunjava is better for minecraft.
Have you tried using the sunjava package?

My problem is solved, but I'll answer you anyway: I stated in my first post in this thread that I had tried both OpenJDK and the SunJava package and the problem was present in both. With my new 3.2-rc5 kernel, it runs just fine with both JVMs.

cascade9 · 12-14-2011, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by yooman

I did NOT install the mesa driver or add xorg-edgers, or anything else. Just the new kernel.

That might have worked for you, but it probably wouldnt have worked for Rotten194. You've already got much newer intel video drivers, 11.10 should support sandy bridge 'out of the box' much better than 10.10/11.04.

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Originally Posted by Rotten194

I'm running Ubuntu 10.10, with an Intel (i7) graphics card.

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Originally Posted by yooman

I'm running a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 on an HP Probook 4530s (Intel Core i3) with integrated graphics.

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Originally Posted by afaulkner

My distro (Archlinux) updated their stable kernel to 3.1.5-1, and it the problem is not present. It is probably not necessary to run the
3.2.0-rc5-next-20111212-dirty kernel.

Being an arch user, I'd assume that you were using farily new xorg drivers before you tried the new kernel?

Maybe there is some minecraft/java/openjdk/kernel bug with earlier kernels.

afaulkner · 12-14-2011, 08:01 PM

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Maybe there is some minecraft/java/openjdk/kernel bug with earlier kernels.

Actually, I've also noticed this bug with running Civilization IV under wine, and with the native linux game 0AD.

I downgraded my mesa / xf86-video-intel / opengl packages, and the bug came back. I'm confident that (at least on Archlinux) I need to be running the newer drivers compiled from source.

yooman · 12-15-2011, 11:48 AM

whoa, ok guys I have a new problem related to this thread.. after that kernel update my minecraft game runs perfectly for a few hours... but after seemingly random durations of playtime, it crashes and I think Gnome3 crashes too. My minecraft disappears and I see only my wallpaper, no Gnome3 chrome, and a terminal with no window decorations displaying the minecraft crash dump.

I'll post a screenshot and a copy of that dump next time it happens.

rauyran · 03-09-2012, 01:29 PM

I had exactly the same problem with a Lenovo G570 and Linux Mint 12. Upgrading to kernel 3.2 fixed it.

2briancox · 04-22-2012, 02:13 PM

LM 12. Same problem on my Dell-System-Inspiron-N7110 with an Intel Core i7-2670QM CPU and an Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller.

All I had to do was upgrade from kernel 3.0.0-12 to 3.0.0-17 and the problem went away. sudo apt-get dist-upgrade did the trick.