wine users - Aug 2011 - Portal + Intel HD Graphics 3000 + Ubuntu Natty

I just set up my new Lenovo ThinkPad X220 for use with Ubuntu Natty. All is well
(even the function keys work!) except for 3D games. I'm not asking a lot
here - these are games that are supposed to run at least decently on a HD 3000
accelerator.

So far I've tried Amnesia: The Dark Descent, it's Linux-native demo, and
Portal. ADD loads to it's menu, but nothing (like 3D background) renders -
black screen with menu options on top. It crashes when attempting to start a
game. The Linux demo loads through it's intro screens, but just completely
crashes to desktop right as it would display the main menu (which, again, has a
3D backgroud). Portal actually renders it's opening menu, but the framerate
is awful and several lighting effects are very glitchy looking.

My guess is that the Tungsten drivers simply aren't featureful enough to do
any 3d gaming, which is more than just an entertainment concern for me. I bought
this lappie for attending engineering school, and if 3D graphics just aren't
stable, I guess i'll be restoring the original Win 7 install.

I'm hoping that they'll be a regedit fix or maybe better drivers (I hear
Intel gives out enough documentation for there to be open-source drivers). Any
assistance/advice here would be sincerely appreciated.

On 8/9/11 6:12 PM, Linvantage wrote:
> I just set up my new Lenovo ThinkPad X220 for use with Ubuntu Natty. All is
well (even the function keys work!) except for 3D games. I'm not asking a
lot here - these are games that are supposed to run at least decently on a HD
3000 accelerator.
If this is an Intel chipset, you are out of luck for now until Intel 
creates Linux drivers that support 3D.

James

It's not a chipset GPU - it's a Core i7 2620M GPU.

Looks like it's time to pull out the disk image I _wisely_ made before
installing Ubuntu.

Here's hoping better drivers are on the horizon.