595557 - [gfxInfo] about:support's graphics section should support non-Windows platforms

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Graphics, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0b6pre) Gecko/20100911 Firefox/4.0b6pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0b6pre) Gecko/20100911 Firefox/4.0b6pre

about:support displays just the single line:
  GPU Accelerated Windows0/1
for my hardware (ATI r300 chip in AIW 9800 Pro, Kubuntu 10.04 Linux's ati and Mesa drivers).  There's a comment in its js file chrome://global/content/aboutSupport.js   // nsIGfxInfo is currently only implemented on Windows

But Grafx Bot's chrome://grafxbot/content/start-testing.html > System Info displays a lot of useful info:
  Display Vendor: (0x1002)
  Display Adapter: 1002:4e48
  Display Chipset: 0x4E48
  Display RAM: 128 MB
  Display Drivers: Mesa DRI R300 (R350 4E48) 20090101 TCL DRI2 (DRI R300 Project)
  Driver Version: 1.5 Mesa 7.7.1
  Display Settings: 1280 x 1024 x 24

Please integrate the Grafx Bot code into about:support.  It seems vital for Firefox 4 troubleshooting that about:support should have all the information that H/W-acclerated layers and WebGL use to decide whether to enable, plus it should show their resulting decisions.

Also, consider moving the Graphics section of about:support above the Modified Preferences section, which should come at the end since it is huge if you set up a few printers.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Grafx Bot from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/200733/
2. Tools > Grafx Bot, click System Info
3. View about:support Graphics section

Actual Results:  
about:support has far less graphics info than Grafx Bot, particularly for Linux machines.

Expected Results:  
As good as Grafx Bot; explain why my card is/isn't doing hardware-accelerated layers and WebGL.

Other bugs mention about:support's incomplete info, bug 594976 and bug 591787, I used their component and their [gfxInfo] tag.
I'm not sure if Grafx Bot's nsiSystemInfo is part of toolkit or the extension.

Maybe there should be a separate bug "about:support should provide appropriate info for troubleshooting hardware-accelerated layers and WebGL".

Comment 1

[Joe Drew (not getting mail)]

We don't show any graphics card/driver information on non-Windows platforms.

Comment 2

[George Carstoiu]

(In reply to comment #1)
> We don't show any graphics card/driver information on non-Windows platforms.

This feature should be implemented on other OS's also.

Comment 3

[:aceman]

(In reply to Joe Drew (:JOEDREW!) from comment #1)
> We don't show any graphics card/driver information on non-Windows platforms.

That's why the reporter suggests taking the already working implementation from gfxbot.

Comment 4

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

This was addressed many years ago IIUC. Please reopen if I'm wrong but I know I see graphics info on OS X in about:support.