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Old 07-01-2008, 01:39 PM   #1
khaleel5000
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ATI X1650 PRO AGP+DEBIAH ETCH RC3...display issue


hello, i have just bought an ATI X1650 PRO AGP card , I am running it on an Intel p4 2.66 , 1b ram , Mercury p4vm800m7 mobo. distro is debian
I am having some trouble with the display.
I followed method listed here
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Deb...allation_Guide
(method 1...using debian native packages )
all is fine,
except one wierd issue, i have 2 users on my pc, one Khaleel other root
which ever account I use at VT7 has problems like this
http://i317.photobucket.com/albums/m.../Untitled1.jpg

which ever account i open at VT8 runs fine [without changing features, though translucency /shadows is disabled for both accounts )


fglrxinfo says
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6011 (8.28.8)



my xorg is :-
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "evdev"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
# These modules are required for 3D acceleration
Load "GLcore"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
# Load "extmod" but omit DGA extension
# (the DGA extension is broken in the fglrx driver)
Load "extmod"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI X1650 PRO"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
VideoRam 524288
Option "VBERestore" "true"
Option "backingstore" "true"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-70
VertRefresh 50-160
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI X1650 PRO"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
 
Old 07-01-2008, 05:05 PM   #2
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have you tried using the official ati installers for this one...

Download them, then youll have to build the dpkg packages, in order to do so, youll need build-essential, module-assistant and kernel sources.

I remember having problems with an X1400, maybe even upgrading to kernel 2.6.24-1 would help.
 
Old 07-02-2008, 02:06 AM   #3
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Thanks for the reply.No i havent tried ati installer.But i will.How should I upgrade to newer kernel? via debian packages or via source ? (what would you recommend? considering the only reason i am upgrading is to run this graphy)
 
Old 07-02-2008, 08:55 AM   #4
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Youll have to do an aptitude install kernel-image-2.6.x now, youll have to add some repositories, maybe lenny repos or sid, i would recommend lenny, for is stable enough, now if youre running on a home computer, I would change all my repos to lenny, and do an aptitude upgrade && aptitude dist-upgrade.

Still, Im not sure about upgrading the kernel, just do aptitude install kernel-source-<your kernel version> build-essential module-assistant kernel-image-`uname -a`

download the ati sh installer and try to build the deb packages from it.
 
Old 07-04-2008, 02:05 AM   #5
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Ok, I will backup my data and try distupdate .before upgrading.Thanks again
 
  


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