Re: [Torcs-users] bad rendering

In all your future replies: move my email address to Cc and send the email =
to tor...@li... by putting that email address in the T=
o field.=0A=0AI am not aware of any options like those on TORCS (I will che=
ck), as for the X Server I also don't know, but in Ubuntu 7.04 you can chan=
ge the brightness, contrast, gamma, saturation... settings in the Ubuntu di=
splay properties.=0A=0AI am a Windows user because I can't back-up my Windo=
ws partition before I resize it to make room for Kubuntu. I hope there is a=
 Linux expert somewhere on this mailing list who can help you a whole lot m=
ore then I can.=0A=0AFrom,=0ATimothy=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFro=
m: F=E1bio Prudente <fl...@ya...>=0ATo: Timothy Crowell <tcrow777@y=
ahoo.com>=0ASent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 3:22:43 PM=0ASubject: Re: [=
Torcs-users] bad rendering=0A=0AI've already checked: my graphics controlle=
r is an i945 series, and the best driver available for linux is the i810.=
=0A=0AOk... it doesn't seems to be a "perfect" match, but the driver fits v=
ery well. I can run beryl/compiz effects, and any other 3D games (ActionCub=
e, Trigger, UrbanTerror, Flight Gear...). Even with TORCS, everything runs =
fine (frame rate, objects rendering...). The _only_ problem I have is the "=
overexposed" image, as demonstrated in the screenshot.=0A=0AIt really doesn=
't seems to be a driver/controller issue. It rather seems to be some kind o=
f "parameter tweaking" issue (gamma correction, for instance).=0A=0AIs ther=
e any parameter, in the TORCS sources, where one can adjust rendering optio=
ns (brightness, contrast, gamma, saturation...)?=0A=0Aor...=0A=0Adoes anyon=
e knows if (and how) these parameters can be adjusted in the X server?=0A=
=0A=0Athanks  again.=0A=0AF=E1bio=0A=0ATimothy Crowell <tcr...@ya...>=
 escreveu: Fellow Intel's instructions to identify your Integrated Graphics=
 Controller (instructions located here), then install the correct Linux dri=
ver from www.intel.com . If none of that works ask for help on the Ubuntu F=
orums.=0A=0AFrom,=0ATimothy=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: F=E1bi=
o Prudente <fl...@ya...>=0ATo: Timothy Crowell  <tcr...@ya...=
>=0ASent: Friday, September 21, 2007 7:38:24 PM=0ASubject: Re: [Torcs-users=
] bad rendering=0A=0Asorry, I confused myself. I am using 7.04, not 7.10, a=
s I  typed...=0A=0Athanks anyway.=0A=0AFabio=0A=0ATimothy Crowell <tcrow777=
@yahoo.com> escreveu: Ubuntu 7.10 is beta software, if it worked on Ubuntu =
6.06 then you should report it to Ubuntu. You said that you upgraded Ubuntu=
 from version 6.06 to 7.10, problems are guaranteed to happen with such an =
upgrade, try going back to Ubuntu 7.04.=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0A=
From: F=E1bio Prudente  <fl...@ya...>=0ATo: Timothy Crowell <tcrow7=
77...@ya...>=0ASent: Thursday, September  20, 2007 4:25:06 PM=0ASubject: R=
e: [Torcs-users] bad rendering=0A=0ATimothy,=0A=0Athanks for your answer. M=
y graphics adapter is an onboard intel  chip.=0A=0A(from xorg.conf file):=
=0A=0ASection "Device"=0A         Identifier      "Intel Corporation 82945G=
/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller"=0A        Driver          "i810"=0A    =
    BusID           "PCI:0:2:0"=0AEndSection=0A=0AOS: Ubuntu 7.10=0A=0Adeta=
il: I had TORCS running perfectly on Ubuntu 6.06 (same hardware). When I up=
graded to 7.10, and reinstalled TORCS, the problem began. Instalation from =
.deb or compiled from  source results in exactly the same behavior, so I th=
ink it  should be something related to xorg (or the i810 driver itself...);=
 some configuration  may had changed between 6.06 and 7.10 of ubuntu.=0A=0A=
what do you think? is there something I  could try/test?=0A=0Athanks,=0A=0A=
F=E1bio  Prudente.=0A=0ATimothy Crowell <tcr...@ya...> escreveu: Scre=
enshots are always helpful. TORCS may just not properly support your graphi=
cs  adapter, please reply with the full specifications of your graphics ada=
pter.=0A=0AFrom,=0ATimothy Crowell=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom:=
 F=E1bio Prudente  <fl...@ya...>=0ATo:  tor...@li...=
ge.net=0ASent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 4:42:12 PM=0ASubject:  [Torcs-use=
rs] bad rendering=0A=0AHi,=0A=0AI am experiencing a  problem with TORCS, an=
d could not get any hint about it.=0A=0AThe graphics  rendered by TORCS rac=
ing game seems overexposed: the sky should be blue, but shows completely wh=
ite... the grass, the road,  appears like an overexposed photo; even the ca=
r shows flat (saturated) colors, without details. What might be the problem=
??? =0A=0Ayou can see one screenshot here:=0A=0Ahttp://www.flickr.com/photo=
s/13631137@N05/1392271661/=0A=0AI've tried changing graphics settings, and =
compiled TORCS from the source, but the result is always the same. Every ot=
her game runs ok. Any hint?=0A=0Athanks in advance.=0A=0AF=E1bio.=0A       =
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