fresh fedora install, ATI, gnome desktop effects (compiz?)

wet · 11-10-2007, 01:06 PM

hey

just after a fresh F8 install

i cant get 'desktop effects' to work. i installed ati drivers as described on http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/view/91/26/ ..

running desktop effects results in this:

Code:

[wet@localhost ~]$ desktop-effects
compiz (core) - Fatal: No valid GL extensions string found.
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0

my xorg.conf:

Code:

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option	    "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "pl"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
	Option	    "VideoOverlay" "on"
	Option      "UseFastTLS" "0"
	Option      "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
	Option      "ForceGenericCPU" "off"
	Option	    "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
	Option	    "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

fglrxinfo:

Code:

[wet@localhost ~]$ fglrxinfo 
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI RADEON 9600 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release

fgl_glxgears works fine
same with glgxgears

im lost, would be great if you could help me out.
i can give yoy more info, just tell me what you need

thanks in advance,
wet

wet · 11-10-2007, 01:30 PM

while waiting for any reply i found this:

http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/sho...d.php?t=171236

looks like many people are having the same problems..

Brian1 · 11-10-2007, 02:56 PM

There are isues with 8.42.3 ati drivers and even with 2.6.23 kernel tree as well. For now I have gone back to ati 8.40.4 for now on 2.6.23.1 kernel.

Just waiting for the AMD/ATI team to make a new release. From the hear say later this month it should be coming. Have not check the news on ATI site lately to get the full details.

Brian