No acceleration with google earth

[Wise Ferret]

Using latest google earth and radeon driver from git 14/1/09 with x1600 on ubuntu intrepid, compiz disabled, I get the following message and no 3d acceleration:

drmWaitVBlank returned -1, IRQs don't seem to be working correctly.
Try adjusting the vblank_mode configuration parameter.


My xorg.conf:

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by failsafeDexconf, using
# values from the debconf database and some overrides to use vesa mode.
#
# You should use dexconf or another such tool for creating a "real" xorg.conf
# For example:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,il"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "radeon"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"
Option "ColorTiling" "on"
#Option "AGPFastWrite" "yes"


EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "dbe"
Load "v4l"
Load "vbe"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "int10"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
Option "DAMAGE" "Enable"
Option "RENDER" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1680x1050" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" "1440X900"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "true"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection


Other 3d apps work fine. Any ideas how this can be resolved?

[sksk]

In my case, (Ati x1400, radeon-driver 6-10),
I changed the parameter vblank_mode in .drirc from 1 to 0, and after that googleearth worked fine. I don't quite know what vblank_mode means, but it worked for me :)

[Wise Ferret]

In my case, (Ati x1400, radeon-driver 6-10),
I changed the parameter vblank_mode in .drirc from 1 to 0, and after that googleearth worked fine. I don't quite know what vblank_mode means, but it worked for me :)

Thank you so much! This was it! I view your house from above now, bowing with gratitude.
In order to get a .drirc file I had to install first the package driconf and run it. Perhaps it should be a dependency of the radeon driver, or at least suggested by it.

[RealNC]

You can use driconf (a GUI tool) to configure those options more easily.