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Shadowmeph 09-05-2008 02:25 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Electro (Post 3270839)
The utility hwinfo sucks and by Gentoo developers it is unstable. I suggest lshw because it is more informative. You will have to use root or sudo to use lshw.

Do not need to remove fglrx. Just need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to change that reads fglrx to radeon. Yes, you will get 3D accerlation, but performance depends what options you include to speed it up and what optimization that the maintainer used for the X11 module. Though may have to edit /etc/modules.conf so that fglrx module is not loaded, but this file is different for each distribution.

I do not think you will ever get the chance of getting information about what voltage your memory is set at because hwinfo gave a clue that it is an Apple computer. Usually with end-user motherboards the voltages are in the diagnostics section of the BIOS. Sure software like lm_sensors can be used to look up the data of the diagnostic chip, but it is not always accurate.
Edit I tryied the radeon driver and it doesn't seem to support 3d acceleration because if I turn on compiz and reboot I get the white screen of death lol.
I guess that I have to try and find a distro that supports my Comp to full potentual
that is funny I think that it hwinfo thinks that my Mouse( ocZ equalzer) is a apple mouse
its to late I completely uninstalled the fglrx ( big mistake) now I get the white screen of death to get to my desktop I have to use the gnome failsafe I tryed to change my xorg.conf to radeon but I still can't ghet to my desktop I think that this might be due to me having the compiz turned on but I am not sure how to turn this off from the failsafe gnome desktop because on this desktop it is turned off lol. I am currently redownloading the fglrx drivers. I am starting to think that I might as well just change distros all together, I like the looks of open suse but I am not sure if it supports 4 gigs ram and the 3D accerlation. I posted on there website about 40 mins ago but have not recieved a reply. Do you have any suggestions of a different distro that supports this or will let me have full potentual of my computer?

this is my lshu
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                  configuration: mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime state=mounted

irishbitte 09-05-2008 03:38 PM
Have you installed a PAE compliant kernel? This is important when you go above 4GB RAM apparently! See what Linoman has to say at here: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?p=1705375. Unfortunately in Ubuntu, you must use the Server Kernel.....

Shadowmeph 09-05-2008 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by irishbitte (Post 3270918)
Have you installed a PAE compliant kernel? This is important when you go above 4GB RAM apparently! See what Linoman has to say at here: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?p=1705375. Unfortunately in Ubuntu, you must use the Server Kernel.....
so you are saying that I could recompileand install a server kernal to get my Ubuntu to work properly? if this is so where can I find the instructions to do this for Ubuntu, I have compiled my own kernal way back when I tried Arch but I can't remember how to do it lol

jay73 09-05-2008 05:13 PM
No, PAE for 32 bit kernels. Not relevant as you have a 64 bit kernel. Anyways, have you checked online whether other people are having similar issues with that hardware? Have you checked the specs of your RAM? Those of your motherboard?

Electro 09-05-2008 11:04 PM
All distributions should have 3D hardware acceleration support for the radeon driver, but it depends on the maintainer. On my AMD Athlon 700 MHz with ATI Radeon 64 VIVO and 512 SDRAM PC-133 (ECC) running Sabayon LIVE CD, Beryl did OK.

I suggest do not use Compiz or Beryl on a daily basis because it is not stable. Sure it looks cool, but needs too much for it to be reliable and stable.

You can try PCLinuxOS, CentOS, or even better Gentoo.

If lshw is telling the truth about the filesystem you are using, ReiserFS should not be used. Use either EXT3, XFS, or JFS, but never ReiserFS. ReiserFS is not reliable. Also mounting a ReiserFS partition with out notail option has a higher chance of data corruption.

The white screen or blank screen when trying to load up X11 is not a screen of death. It means the GUI server has crash or the resolution settings for the monitor is not compatible with your screen. Use gtf to help create modelines for the desire resolution and refresh rate. Then save them in the monitor section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. If OpenSSH is running, you can log into that computer that you think has crash and try terminate the process remotely.

You can try the mtrr fix that is given at the following page.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=815521

It is best to check what fglrx version you are using to make sure it is up to date before doing the mtrr fix.


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