IBM t23 (savage) running Mandriva, video card problem

sogreen · 06-28-2009, 11:40 AM

Hi there,

first of all I'm a total linux newb and I'm having problems running my newly downloaded mandriva distro on my IBM t23.
I have succeeded configuring X,so that the resolution is matching my screen and so that everything is displayed correctly. But here is where I'm failing hard, running youtube videos, playing back any kinda media or starting the most simple graphics/game applications causes sever lags and the whole action diminishes to an unbearable crawl...

Thanks for the help guys, I really appreciate it!

GrapefruiTgirl · 06-29-2009, 08:10 PM

Can you tell us what type of video card is in the machine (providing the output of the command lspci will be perfect) and also, what are you using for the driver? (Check for the 'Driver' line in your xorg.conf file.)

Thanks!
Sasha

sogreen · 06-30-2009, 06:11 AM

Hey there Sasha,

cheers for the reply. I haven't tried the lspci command yet, but I'm quite sure that the "SuperSavage IX/C" is the card in question.
The driver I'm using is the "savage" driver, which came as one of the standard drivers with the install.
Maybe there is a newer version of the driver somewhere out there.

Thanks.

GrapefruiTgirl · 06-30-2009, 09:28 AM

Actually, what I'm wondering is whether the proprietary ATI driver would work much better.
I don't actually use any ATI hardware so I can't speak from experience; however you might want to search LQ a bit and also the ATI website for supported cards, and determine if the 'fglrx' as I believe it's called, driver will support your card. Hopefully if the card isn't too old or whatever, there is a better driver choice.

I'm figuring the problem is likely that your current driver (savage) does not use acceleration.

Sasha