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The document is separated by section names, like "Section device" and "subSection device".
As far as I know the order of the contents of the file or of the lines within each section is of no consequence. Sometimes lines from Section Monitor are found in Section display and Section screen and vis-a-vis.
And the xorg site with the example files (compressed) mentioned above.
As far as I figure, if fglrx is rendering, you should be able to set up compiz, go to the "configure your computer" select hardware, Configure 3d desktop effects. And follow the instructions. Look out for aiglx, xgl and such and test them to find what works best.
As far as I figure, if fglrx is rendering, you should be able to set up compiz, go to the "configure your computer" select hardware, Configure 3d desktop effects. And follow the instructions. Look out for aiglx, xgl and such and test them to find what works best.
When i try to set Compiz for 3D desktop and go to advanced option XGL is selected but it is still slow
Would it be because of AGP ?
And the link with the howto says to use fglrx but i think it changed to aticonfig but it still doesn't work ;(
aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf this usually says nothing to do or if it does something everything goes black...
Last edited by iro_number1; 12-30-2007 at 11:09 AM.
glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions: (etc.)
If it says "direct rendering: yes" agp is working. post the output here so I can see.(please)
Make sure it does not say messa (or mesa?) for glx vendor.
If it is still slow, your system may not be using the fglrx driver.
Check again for errors from when x starts. cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE With this we look for any mention of EE in the file, for the last boot.
Did you mean compiz is working, like flipping srceens and all the effects?
Then if so, it must be the fglrx driver. Do you reboot after changing settings?
I know this is not windows, so we should not have to reboot all the time, but once this is sorted, you'll be back to normal linux.(no reboot mantra)
Please also show the output of the xsession errors, as you did before, I can't see the command now while editing/posting. BTW, the file .xsession-errors in your root directory and home directory is a text file you may check manually. This file is long because it holds many days info log.
glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions: (etc.)
If it says "direct rendering: yes" agp is working. post the output here so I can see.(please)
Make sure it does not say messa (or mesa?) for glx vendor.
I uninstalled the driver and installed it again and during the boot up my screen turned black but didn't turn off (or went stand by) so i booted up safe mode ant typed in aticonfig --initial as it said during the install and typed in KDE and it said:
Code:
irek@localhost ~]$ kde
Authentication failed - cannot start X server.
Perhaps you do not have console ownership?xinit: Server error.
So i went su and started KDE with no problems...
So what the hell is that?
hmm i don't think so... but my whole xorg.conf changed (I think, it looks different not that much i just glanced at it)... so could the problem be there?
Well ati log doesn't exist... but fglrx-install log exists in /usr/share/ati
so here it is
Code:
[Message] Kernel Module : Trying to install a precompiled kernel module.
[Message] Kernel Module : Precompiled kernel module version mismatched.
[Message] Kernel Module : Found kernel module build environment, generating kernel module now.
ATI module generator V 2.0
==========================
initializing...
cleaning...
patching 'highmem.h'...
assuming new VMA API since we do have kernel 2.6.x...
Assuming default VMAP API
Assuming default munmap API
doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22.12-desktop-1mdv/build SUBDIRS=/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.12-1mdv'
WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.22.12-1mdv/Module.symvers
is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.
CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_request_irq’:
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2947: warning: ‘deprecated_irq_flag’ is deprecated (declared at include/linux/interrupt.h:66)
LD [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.mod.o
LD [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.12-1mdv'
build succeeded with return value 0
duplicating results into driver repository...
done.
==============================
- recreating module dependency list
- trying a sample load of the kernel modules
done.
And i'm really tired of this problem.. you know any good distros out there that would make my life simpler?
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