wine users - Jun 2008 - Google Sketchup 6.x works, but only with xserver-xgl.

wine version: 1.0-rc4

- Installing Sketchup works fine with some minor issues.

- Running Sketchup will result in the following error message: 

"Sketchup was unable to initialize OpenGL! Please make sure you have
installed the correct drivers for your graphics card. Error: ChoosePixelFormat
failed",

and after that the application closes down. As mentioned in several of the test
results in the AppDB this error can be circumvented by changing the the
following registry value:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\SketchUp6\GLConfig\Display\HW_OK(0)

to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\SketchUp6\GLConfig\Display\HW_OK(1)

Depending on wheither you run compiz or metacity this results in two outcomes:

Compiz: Workspace is completely black. Even though I can't see anything
drawing seems to work fine because the statusbar updates normally. The menus
also work fine and I can import models from 3D Warehouse, open the helpfiles,
etc.

Metacity: Exactly the same functionality but instead of a black workspace I get
some random distortion.


No matter if I run with or without the registry edit, with metacity or compiz I
get the same fixme's in the terminal:

Code:
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW Option INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_TIMEOUT (30000):
STUB
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW Option INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_RETRIES: STUB
fixme:wgl:X11DRV_wglChoosePixelFormatARB unused pfAttribFList
fixme:wgl:ConvertAttribWGLtoGLX unsupported 2007 WGL Attribute
fixme:wgl:ConvertAttribWGLtoGLX unsupported 2028 WGL Attribute
fixme:wgl:X11DRV_wglGetPixelFormatAttribivARB unsupported 2007 WGL Attribute
fixme:wgl:X11DRV_wglChoosePixelFormatARB unused pfAttribFList
fixme:wgl:ConvertAttribWGLtoGLX unsupported 2007 WGL Attribute
fixme:wgl:ConvertAttribWGLtoGLX unsupported 2028 WGL Attribute
fixme:wgl:X11DRV_wglChoosePixelFormatARB unused pfAttribFList
fixme:wgl:ConvertAttribWGLtoGLX unsupported 2007 WGL Attribute
fixme:wgl:ConvertAttribWGLtoGLX unsupported 2028 WGL Attribute
fixme:wgl:X11DRV_wglChoosePixelFormatARB unused pfAttribFList
fixme:wgl:ConvertAttribWGLtoGLX unsupported 2007 WGL Attribute
fixme:wgl:ConvertAttribWGLtoGLX unsupported 2028 WGL Attribute
fixme:wgl:X11DRV_wglChoosePixelFormatARB unused pfAttribFList
fixme:wgl:ConvertAttribWGLtoGLX unsupported 2007 WGL Attribute
fixme:wgl:ConvertAttribWGLtoGLX unsupported 2028 WGL Attribute
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW Option INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_TIMEOUT (30000):
STUB
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW Option INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_RETRIES: STUB
fixme:wininet:INET_QueryOptionHelper INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECTED_STATE: semi-stub
fixme:wininet:INET_QueryOptionHelper INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECTED_STATE: semi-stub



When I install the xserver-xgl package I get near full functionality (workspace
drawn flawlessly), but the system is extrememly slow in general so naturally
this affects Sketchup as well. Googling around I have found out that the
performance hit I experience with xserver-xgl is expected and that I
shouldn't bother with this when using an intel gpu.

Is this a wine problem at all or is it related to something else? If you
don't know a solution then maybe you could help me identify the root of the
problem.

Thanks for your time.

kanalje wrote:
> When I install the xserver-xgl package I get near full functionality
(workspace drawn flawlessly), but the system is extremely slow
You really don't want to use XGL - it's even worse then compiz. It
pretty much exclusively uses OpenGL.

I think the problem is your GPU. It seems Sketchup tries to use some OpenGL and
it has problems with your card. Most likely drivers.

Disable Cimpiz and just ignore random visual bugs. That's the best you can
do without upgrading to nVidia. (ATI marginally better then Intel because of the
driver problems as well).