Words cut diagonally in Big Picture Mode

steamclosed Intel driversBig Picturereviewed

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#127 · opened 2012-12-20 by conleymoorhous · updated 2013-02-05 · 9 comments · github

Cconleymoorhous 2012-12-20 github

In Big Picture Mode, many things are cut diagonally (as if something has drawn over the top left segment of them). Sometimes the entire screen is this way (that usually results in a freeze). Usually it just looks like this:

Screenshot from 2012-12-20 08:59:05

Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Speed: 2100 Mhz
4 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
"Arch Linux" (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.6.10-1-ARCH
X Server vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server release: 11301000

Video Card:
Driver: Intel Open Source Technology Center Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2

Driver Version:  3.0 Mesa 9.0.1
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID:  0x8086
DeviceID:  0x116
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1366 x 768
Desktop Resolution: 1366 x 768
Primary Display Size: 13,54" x 7,64"  (15,51" diag)
                                        34,4cm x 19,4cm  (39,4cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected

Sound card:
Audio device: USB Mixer

Memory:
RAM: 7903 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.utf8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 166780 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 99015 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:

RRussianNeuroMancer 2012-12-20 github

Same issue on radeon driver (Mesa 9.1-devel).

Rrallu 2012-12-20 github

Same problem here. With Intel.

Rrjnienaber 2012-12-21 github

Same problem:

Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.5.0-21-generic
X Server vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server release: 11300000

Video Card:
Driver: Intel Open Source Technology Center Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2
Driver Version: 3.0 Mesa 9.0

MMitchK 2013-01-24 github

got the same issue with intel.
but there's a temporary workaround if you use nvidia optimus.

My System:
ASUS K53SV Notebook
Intel Core i5 2410M
Nvidia Geforce GT 540M

Using the Intel chip & driver, words are cut diagonally. The FPS are also bad.
Using the nvidia graphics chip via Bumblebee/Primus, everything works fine and fluent (with the primerun prefix).

michael@michael-K53SV:~$ glxinfo | grep 'OpenGL version string'
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 9.0

michael@michael-K53SV:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -i VGA -A2
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116](rev 09)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:15f2]
Kernel driver in use: i915
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 540M] [10de:0df4](rev ff)
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 100 [8086:08ae]
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 100 BGN [8086:1005]

Jjethrogb 2013-01-26 github

Same here (Intel). Computer specs/debugging assitance available upon request.

Jjljusten 2013-02-04 github

We have a fix for this issue on our Mesa master branch now. (commit 44aa2e15)

See https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56920 for more information.

Hopefully it will be available on the Mesa 9.0 branch soon as well.

Cconleymoorhous 2013-02-05 github

I noticed that the bug report is labelled [uxa], but I'm using SNA. Does that fix work with both acceleration architectures?

Aalfred-valve maintainer 2013-02-05 github

Fixed by Intel (thanks guys!), closing out bug.

Jjljusten 2013-02-05 github

@conleymoorhous: I don't think sna vs. uxa matters for OpenGL applications, like Steam.

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