[gradsusr] Grads 2.1.a3 - Problem plotting Intel graphic

Semyon Grodsky senya at umd.edu
Thu Jan 12 07:37:39 EST 2017


Here at UND/AOSC we have multiple machines running RHE7. All have the 
same display problem with GRADS/Cairo, which was reported to the forum 
about a year ago. We here just stick with the 2.0.2

--Senya


On 1/12/2017 4:22 AM, Simone Montagnani wrote:
>
> Hi Jennifer,
>
> Thank you for the links.
>
> My focus was on Ubuntu but this morning I made a few more tests on 
> Fedora ( we have one Fedora 24 ) and it doesn't work on it too. I'm 
> talking of the same hardware here ( Lenovo Thinkcentre M93 with 
> integrated graphics ).In attach a screenshot of the grads example file 
> plotted.
>
> We have other servers or virtual machines that runs Centos 5.x and 
> grads 2.1.0 works like a charm.
>
> On one Lenovo Thinkcentre M93 with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and grads 2.1.a3 I 
> bought an AMD Radeon R5 230 graphic card and it instantly works 
> perfectly without any specific AMD drivers installed.If it's a 
> specific X11 Ubuntu problem why it starts working?
>
> I tried on the same Lenovo PC with Xubuntu 16.04 with XFCE and it 
> doesn't work too.
>
> Maybe it's a libcairo problem in combination with newer X11 ?
> You say it's an Ubuntu problem , is there a Bug open in Ubuntu 
> community for this ? I think it's a big issue, we have all our users 
>  (about 50 clients) using this PC model  and we are stuck...
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Simone
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *Da: *"Jennifer M Adams" <jadams21 at gmu.edu>
> *A: *"GrADS Users Forum" <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
> *Inviato: *Mercoledì, 11 gennaio 2017 15:21:41
> *Oggetto: *Re: [gradsusr] Grads 2.1.a3 - Problem plotting Intel graphic
>
> Hi, Simone —
> Please see an earlier thread on this topic: 
> http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2016-November/040443.html
> The problem is with ubuntu's X11 server; as you noted it works on 
> Fedora and CentOS. You should be fine if you use batch mode.
> —Jennifer
>
> On Jan 11, 2017, at 8:58 AM, Simone Montagnani 
> <s.montagnani at lamma.toscana.it <mailto:s.montagnani at lamma.toscana.it>> 
> wrote:
>
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     I'm posting here after days of searching and testing with no results.
>
>     I have a specific problem that seems to affect Grads 2.1.a3 ( but
>     I think even the latest versions ).
>
>     I can reproduce it, with my specific input files like with the
>     official grads test too.
>
>     Here are some details of my tests:
>
>     Hardware:
>
>     PC Lenovo with Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4170 CPU with integrated Intel
>     graphics.
>
>     PC HP DC7900 ( old 2008 model with Intel graphics too )
>
>     Software:
>
>     O.S. Linux Ubuntu 16.04
>
>     Kernel 4.4 & Kernel 4.5
>
>     With and without Intel graphics update tool 2.0.2 installed
>
>     Used Grads 2.1.a3 as binary downloaded from your site or package
>     from ubuntu 16.10 via apt pinning .
>
>     Intel update tool packages installed:
>
>     ii i965-va-driver:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 VAAPI driver for Intel
>     G45 & HD Graphics family
>     ii intel-gpu-tools 1.15-1intel1 amd64 tools for debugging the
>     Intel graphics driver
>     ii libcairo-gobject2:amd64 1.15.2-0intel1 amd64 Cairo 2D vector
>     graphics library (GObject library)
>     ii libcairo-script-interpreter2:amd64 1.15.2-0intel1 amd64 Cairo
>     2D vector graphics library (script interpreter)
>     ii libcairo2:amd64 1.15.2-0intel1 amd64 Cairo 2D vector graphics
>     library
>     ii libcairo2-dev 1.15.2-0intel1 amd64 Development files for the
>     Cairo 2D graphics library
>     ii libdrm-intel1:amd64 2.4.68-1 amd64 Userspace interface to
>     intel-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
>     ii libegl1-mesa:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 free implementation of
>     the EGL API -- runtime
>     ii libegl1-mesa-drivers:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 transitional
>     dummy package
>     ii libgbm1:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 generic buffer management
>     API -- runtime
>     ii libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 free implementation
>     of the OpenGL API -- DRI modules
>     ii libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 free implementation
>     of the OpenGL API -- GLX runtime
>     ii libglapi-mesa:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 free implementation of
>     the GL API -- shared library
>     ii libgles1-mesa:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 free implementation of
>     the OpenGL|ES 1.x API -- runtime
>     ii libgles2-mesa:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 free implementation of
>     the OpenGL|ES 2.x API -- runtime
>     ii libosmesa6:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 Mesa Off-screen rendering
>     extension
>     ii libva-drm1:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA)
>     API for Linux -- DRM runtime
>     ii libva-egl1:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA)
>     API for Linux -- EGL runtime
>     ii libva-glx1:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA)
>     API for Linux -- GLX runtime
>     ii libva-tpi1:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA)
>     API for Linux -- TPI runtime
>     ii libva-wayland1:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration
>     (VA) API for Linux -- Wayland runtime
>     ii libva-x11-1:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA)
>     API for Linux -- X11 runtime
>     ii libva1:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA) API
>     for Linux -- runtime
>     ii libwayland-egl1-mesa:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 implementation
>     of the Wayland EGL platform -- runtime
>     ii libxatracker2:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 X acceleration library
>     -- runtime
>     ii va-driver-all:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA)
>     API -- driver metapackage
>     ii vainfo 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA) API for
>     Linux -- info program
>
>
>     Problem:
>
>     I cannot graph correctly the image, in attach the results with
>     model.ctl file used as a test.
>
>     With grads 2.0 no problem everything is ok in this PCs.
>
>     I think it's a Intel graphic problem, but Kernel upgrades , Intel
>     drivers updates doesn't change anything.
>
>     Do you have any ideas?
>
>
>     I cannot use other distributions , I use grads without problems on
>     various Fedora and CentOS servers, but in this case I need it to
>     work with this Ubuntu version and hardware!
>
>     Any help is really appreciated,
>
>     Regards all
>
>     Simone
>
>
>
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> Jennifer Miletta Adams
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> George Mason University
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