Intel Gfx and Linux Blitzmax

Has anyone gotten blitz to work in linux with an intel gfx card?

If so, please state which version of Linux
thanks

ubuntu 8.04.

Same here, on two Lenovo's (a tablet and a T30).

oh ok then, still cant work out why the flip command always throws an error after about 3 minutes of the program executing (in ubuntu) ever since I first tried it about 2 months ago

Sounds like a bug in your driver.

What's your gfx card name? What driver are you using? Do you have on-board gfx?

Have you got hardware acceleration? If so have you tried turning it off?

Does it happen in the sample GL programs? Does it happen with the ubuntu screensavers?

It doesnt happen with games such as GLTron

The gfx card name is Intel 945

I havent tried turning off hardware acceleration yet
Im sure it is hardware accelerated because GLTRon did work slowly before.

Im using the MESA driver

I havent tried screensavers but im sure they wont be any different to the games

What does "glxinfo |grep direct" say?

Type just glxinfo and look at the very top, if it says MESA indirect then it is not using hardware, rather emulating it. Try searching the Ubuntu forums, if its a modern intel card it -shouldnt- be too difficult to get going.

it says direct rendering:no

I Went through a lot of work with this before,

I tried a game called GLTron before and it was slow (3 FPS) then I modified my xorg file and tried the game again (40 FPS)
but for some reason glxinfo doesnt reflect those changes.

"glxgears"

is a handy tool to test your card, with acceleration depending on your other hardware should be 1500-3000 FPS. Without with an average CPU you tend to get <1000.

I get around 250 FPS, maybe I have to look at the drivers again?

2.5Ghz Celeron
Intel graphics

It seems some people have problems using the i810 drivers on intel 945. So try removing xserver-xorg-video-i810 and it should then use xserver-xorg-video-intel. If that doesn't work just reinstall the i810 package.