Portal + Intel HD Graphics 3000 + Ubuntu Natty

Linvantage · Post by **Linvantage** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:12 pm

I just set up my new Lenovo ThinkPad X220 for use with Ubuntu Natty. All is well (even the function keys work!) except for 3D games. I'm not asking a lot here - these are games that are supposed to run at least decently on a HD 3000 accelerator.

So far I've tried Amnesia: The Dark Descent, it's Linux-native demo, and Portal. ADD loads to it's menu, but nothing (like 3D background) renders - black screen with menu options on top. It crashes when attempting to start a game. The Linux demo loads through it's intro screens, but just completely crashes to desktop right as it would display the main menu (which, again, has a 3D backgroud). Portal actually renders it's opening menu, but the framerate is awful and several lighting effects are very glitchy looking.

My guess is that the Tungsten drivers simply aren't featureful enough to do any 3d gaming, which is more than just an entertainment concern for me. I bought this lappie for attending engineering school, and if 3D graphics just aren't stable, I guess i'll be restoring the original Win 7 install.

I'm hoping that they'll be a regedit fix or maybe better drivers (I hear Intel gives out enough documentation for there to be open-source drivers). Any assistance/advice here would be sincerely appreciated.

jjmckenzie · Post by **jjmckenzie** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:55 pm

On 8/9/11 6:12 PM, Linvantage wrote:

I just set up my new Lenovo ThinkPad X220 for use with Ubuntu Natty. All is well (even the function keys work!) except for 3D games. I'm not asking a lot here - these are games that are supposed to run at least decently on a HD 3000 accelerator.

If this is an Intel chipset, you are out of luck for now until Intel
creates Linux drivers that support 3D.

James

Linvantage · Post by **Linvantage** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:42 pm

It's not a chipset GPU - it's a Core i7 2620M GPU.

jjmckenzie · Post by **jjmckenzie** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:05 pm

On 8/9/11 8:42 PM, Linvantage wrote:

It's not a chipset GPU - it's a Core i7 2620M GPU.

You state that you are using an Intel HD 3000 grapics processor, correct?

Intel is notoriously bad for producing high quality Linux video
drivers. At the present time, nVidia leads the graphics battle for
Linux use. AMD/ATI is a very far distant second and Intel is not even
there.

Best thing to do: Get an current nVidia Graphics card and disable, if
possible, the on-board Intel graphics unit.

James

Linvantage · Post by **Linvantage** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:48 am

Looks like it's time to pull out the disk image I _wisely_ made before installing Ubuntu.

Here's hoping better drivers are on the horizon.

jjmckenzie · Post by **jjmckenzie** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:17 am

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Linvantage <[email protected]> wrote:

Looks like it's time to pull out the disk image I _wisely_ made before installing Ubuntu.

Here's hoping better drivers are on the horizon.

Complain to Intel about them. Not much, if anything, we can do about this.

James