[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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Semyon Grodsky
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Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
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E-mail: senya at atmos.umd.edu
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