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Innervision 06-05-2009 02:36 PM
Starting Compiz (Slack 12.2, ATI Radeon 3870)
 
Hey all,

When I type "compiz --replace", I get the following error:
Code:
compiz (core) - Fatal: No GLXFBConfig for default depth, this isn't going to work.
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0
And then all my window borders disappear.

glxinfo output:
Code:
name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
    GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,
    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe,
    GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
    GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
    GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
    GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample,
    GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.2)
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_draw_buffers, GL_ARB_fragment_program,
    GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture,
    GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite,
    GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_shadow_ambient, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
    GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
    GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two,
    GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_program,
    GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color,
    GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate,
    GL_EXT_blend_logic_op, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract,
    GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint, GL_EXT_copy_texture, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements,
    GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays,
    GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_paletted_texture, GL_EXT_point_parameters,
    GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs,
    GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_subtexture,
    GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias,
    GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_object,
    GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_APPLE_packed_pixels,
    GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3,
    GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once, GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3,
    GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_INGR_blend_func_separate,
    GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture, GL_NV_blend_square,
    GL_NV_fragment_program, GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_point_sprite,
    GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_NV_vertex_program,
    GL_NV_vertex_program1_1, GL_SGI_color_matrix, GL_SGI_color_table,
    GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp,
    GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_depth_texture,
    GL_SGIX_shadow, GL_SGIX_shadow_ambient, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays

  visual  x  bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer  ms  cav
 id dep cl sp sz l  ci b ro  r  g  b  a bf th cl  r  g  b  a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 24 tc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x24 24 tc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 None
0x25 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x26 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x27 24 dc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x28 24 dc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 None
0x29 24 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x2a 24 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x61 32 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 Ncon
xorg.conf:
Code:
Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

    Load        "dbe"          # Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"  # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection

# This loads the font modules
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "freetype"
    #Load        "speedo"

# This loads the GLX module
    Load      "glx"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.

    RgbPath        "/usr/share/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
#
# If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other
# programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory
# to the end of this list (or comment them out).
#

    FontPath  "/usr/share/fonts/local/"
    FontPath  "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath  "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/"
    FontPath  "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath  "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath  "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
    FontPath  "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath  "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath  "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath  "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath  "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath  "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic/"

# ModulePath can be used to set a search path for the X server modules.
# The default path is shown here.

#    ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received.  This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging

#    Option    "NoTrapSignals"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12).  This allows clients to receive these key
# events.

#    Option    "DontVTSwitch"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.

#    Option    "DontZap"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences.  This allows clients to receive these key events.

#    Option    "DontZoom"

# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.

#    Option    "DisableVidModeExtension"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.

#    Option    "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"

# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings.

#    Option    "DisableModInDev"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).

#    Option    "AllowNonLocalModInDev"

# Set the basic blanking screen saver timeout.

#    Option      "blank time"    "10"    # 10 minutes

# Set the DPMS timeouts.  These are set here because they are global
# rather than screen-specific.  These settings alone don't enable DPMS.
# It is enabled per-screen (or per-monitor), and even then only when
# the driver supports it.

#    Option      "standby time"  "20"
#    Option      "suspend time"  "30"
#    Option      "off time"      "60"

# On some platform the server needs to estimate the sizes of PCI
# memory and pio ranges. This is done by assuming that PCI ranges
# don't overlap. Some broken BIOSes tend to set ranges of inactive
# devices wrong. Here one can adjust how aggressive the assumptions
# should be. Default is 0.

# Option  "EstimateSizesAggresively" "0"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier        "Keyboard1"
    Driver        "kbd"
# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard").
# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris),
# uncomment the following line.

#    Option    "Protocol"      "Xqueue"

# Set the keyboard auto repeat parameters.  Not all platforms implement
# this.

#    Option    "AutoRepeat"    "500 5"

# Specifiy which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)).

#    Option    "Xleds" "1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.

#    Option    "XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a European
# keyboard, you will probably want to use one of:
#
#    Option    "XkbModel"      "pc102"
#    Option    "XkbModel"      "pc105"
#
# If you have a Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#
#    Option    "XkbModel"      "microsoft"
#
# If you have a US "windows" keyboard you will want:
#
#    Option    "XkbModel"      "pc104"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#
#    Option    "XkbLayout"    "de"
#
# or:
#
#    Option    "XkbLayout"    "de"
#    Option    "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#
#    Option    "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:swapcaps"


# These are the default XKB settings for X.Org
#
#    Option    "XkbRules"      "xorg"
#    Option    "XkbModel"      "pc105"
#    Option    "XkbLayout"    "us"
#    Option    "XkbVariant"    ""
#    Option    "XkbOptions"    ""

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier        "Mouse1"
    Driver        "mouse"

# On platforms where PnP mouse detection is supported the following
# protocol setting can be used when using a newer PnP mouse:

#    Option    "Protocol"      "Auto"

# The available mouse protocols types that you can set below are:
#    Auto BusMouse GlidePoint GlidePointPS/2 IntelliMouse IMPS/2
#    Logitech Microsoft MMHitTab MMSeries Mouseman MouseManPlusPS/2
#    MouseSystems NetMousePS/2 NetScrollPS/2 OSMouse PS/2 SysMouse
#    ThinkingMouse ThinkingMousePS/2 Xqueue
    Option "Protocol"    "PS/2"

# The mouse device.  The device is normally set to /dev/mouse,
# which is usually a symbolic link to the real device.

    Option "Device"      "/dev/mouse"
#  Option "Device"      "/dev/psaux"
#  Option "Device"      "/dev/ttyS0"
#  Option "Device"      "/dev/ttyS1"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

#    Option "Protocol"        "Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

#    Option "BaudRate"                "9600"
#    Option "SampleRate"        "150"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

#    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
#    Option "Emulate3Timeout"    "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

#    Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection

# Some examples of extended input devices

# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "spaceball"
#    Driver    "magellan"
#    Option    "Device"        "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "spaceball2"
#    Driver    "spaceorb"
#    Option    "Device"        "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "touchscreen0"
#    Driver    "microtouch"
#    Option    "Device"        "/dev/ttyS0"
#    Option    "MinX"          "1412"
#    Option    "MaxX"          "15184"
#    Option    "MinY"          "15372"
#    Option    "MaxY"          "1230"
#    Option    "ScreenNumber"  "0"
#    Option    "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
#    Option    "ButtonNumber"  "1"
#    Option    "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "touchscreen1"
#    Driver    "elo2300"
#    Option    "Device"        "/dev/ttyS0"
#    Option    "MinX"          "231"
#    Option    "MaxX"          "3868"
#    Option    "MinY"          "3858"
#    Option    "MaxY"          "272"
#    Option    "ScreenNumber"  "0"
#    Option    "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
#    Option    "ButtonThreshold"      "17"
#    Option    "ButtonNumber"  "1"
#    Option    "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"

    Identifier  "My Monitor"

# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

    HorizSync  31.5 - 50.0

#    HorizSync        30-64        # multisync
#    HorizSync        31.5, 35.2    # multiple fixed sync frequencies
#    HorizSync        15-25, 30-50  # multiple ranges of sync frequencies

# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

    VertRefresh 40-90

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "VESA Framebuffer"
    Driver      "radeonhd"
    #VideoRam    4096
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present.  Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen.  A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "VESA Framebuffer"
    Monitor    "My Monitor"

# If your card can handle it, a higher default color depth (like 24 or 32)
# is highly recommended.

#  DefaultDepth 8
#  DefaultDepth 16
  DefaultDepth 24
#  DefaultDepth 32

# "1024x768" is also a conservative usable default resolution.  If you
# have a better monitor, feel free to try resolutions such as
# "1152x864", "1280x1024", "1600x1200", and "1800x1400" (or whatever your
# card/monitor can produce)

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth      8
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth      16
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth      24
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth      32
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present.  Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised.  A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option.  In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.

Section "ServerLayout"

# The Identifier line must be present
    Identifier  "Simple Layout"

# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens.  The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right
# of the primary screen.  In this example, screen 2 is located to the
# right of screen 1.

    Screen "Screen 1"

# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used.  Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".

    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "enable"
EndSection
Thanks a lot for any help.

X3J11 06-05-2009 02:58 PM
Code:
Section "Device"
    Identifier  "VESA Framebuffer"
    Driver      "radeonhd"
    #VideoRam    4096
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
The radeonhd driver, or xf86-video-radeonhd, is an X.org video driver for R500 and newer ATI graphics devices. It is being developed by the X11 community, currently centered around Novell and AMD, with the free documentation provided by AMD.

The driver supports full modesetting (read: any mode is usable, not only those provided by the BIOS), and is compatible to RandR 1.3. Future work is happening especially on more advanced features like 2D, 3D, and video acceleration.

The short answer is the driver you appear to be using does not support 3D.

Innervision 06-05-2009 03:14 PM
I stuck "radeonhd" in by hand to enable higher resolutions, originally it was something else. Am I able to use Emerald themes without having Compiz running?

X3J11 06-05-2009 03:24 PM
From what I understand, Emerald only works with a compositing window manager. I do not know if it will work with newer WM's that feature built in compositing (such as Xfce or (I believe) KDE4).

Innervision 06-05-2009 03:43 PM
That's really unfortunate :( I know I was able to get it running on other distros of Linux, with this very hardware.

X3J11 06-05-2009 03:45 PM
I do not believe it's Slackware's fault. You will need to install and configure an Xorg video driver capable of utilizing the 3D capabilities of your video card. I have no experience with ATI cards, so I'm pretty much useless from this point on. :)

Uncle_Theodore 06-05-2009 03:59 PM
What videocard do you have? There are proprietary ATI drivers that might help you. Sometime ago ATI discontinued support for older chips, but the legacy drivers are still better than the current state of radeon and radeonhd. For example, I have Radeon X1200 on my laptop and it works quite nicely with ATI 9.3 driver.

Innervision 06-05-2009 09:11 PM
Uncle Theodore,

My card is an ATI Radeon 3870. I manually typed "radeonhd" as my driver to enable the highest resolution my card could handle, but if you know of something else that would work, that would also allow Emerald/compiz to work, please do let me know.

Uncle_Theodore 06-05-2009 09:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Innervision (Post 3564815)
Uncle Theodore,

My card is an ATI Radeon 3870. I manually typed "radeonhd" as my driver to enable the highest resolution my card could handle, but if you know of something else that would work, that would also allow Emerald/compiz to work, please do let me know.
OK, try going here
http://support.amd.com/us/psearch/Pa...ords=&items=20
and select your card and Linux as the operating system. My search came out with versions 9.3 and 9.5. The installation instructions are also there.

Innervision 06-05-2009 10:39 PM
Hmm. Well, I installed the driver, but now I can't load X at all. I can log in, but typing "startx" causes the screen to go black, and no longer loads the graphical environment. I hope there is a way to fix that :/

trnz$mr 06-05-2009 11:12 PM
Quote:
Hmm. Well, I installed the driver, but now I can't load X at all. I can log in, but typing "startx" causes the screen to go black, and no longer loads the graphical environment. I hope there is a way to fix that :/
I've been running into the same exact problem for the past 3 days. I went to AMD Support Search and downloaded "ati-driver-installer-9-5-x86.x86_64.run" for my ATI Radeon HD 2400 Series. I ran the driver, and it gave me a message that if X server fails to load on the next attempt, run 'aticonfig--initial-f' from the console. I then followed the sticky thread on top of the forum page from shilo "This is how I do it all" about the ATI video cards. I make it to "sh make_install.sh " before I get an error message.

Another common thread can be found here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ighlight=fglrx. Forgive me if you came across that site already.

Innervision 06-05-2009 11:34 PM
Yeah, I took note about running 'aticonfig --initial -f', but I was skeptical to actually use it, because the instructions said using it will remove the device, monitor, and screen sections from the X server config file. I wasn't sure just how much damage would be done by removing all of those sections, but apparently it's safe?

Uncle_Theodore 06-05-2009 11:59 PM
It will back up the initial configuration.
Anyway, if you decide to install the driver, you've got to configure it. You can't do it half way...
BTW, if you decide to uninstall it, the uninstaller will return your config files to the original state.

trnz$mr 06-06-2009 12:09 AM
someone said they got fglrx to compile with slack 12.2 by running this

Code:
./ati-driver-installer-8-12-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Slackware/All
installpkg fglrx-*.tgz
aticonfig --initial --overlay-type=Xv --resolution=0,1024x768
modprobe fglrx
startx
I ran aticonfig --initial......yada yada and it gave me a warning as follows:

Code:
root@(none):~/Desktop# aticonfig --initial --overlay-type=Xv --resolution=0,1024x768
Found fglrx primary device section
Warning: Option 'VideoOverlay' doesn't affect running session.
Warning: Option 'OpenGLOverlay' doesn't affect running session.
Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Saved back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-0

So I continued with the instructional code and this is the error message I get with that.

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root@(none):~/Desktop#  modeprobe fglrx
fglrx: Unknown symbol pci_disable_msi
fglrx: Unknown symbol pci_enable_msi
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.27.7-smp/external/fglrx.ko.gz): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
It works for some slackers, but not me. I think I'm either going about this wrong or I'm missing an important step somewhere along the way.
Anyways. Someone out there knows, they just didn't read our forums yet.

trnz$mr 06-06-2009 12:10 AM
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It will back up the initial configuration.
true, and I believe it saves a back up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-0.

Uncle_Theodore 06-06-2009 12:26 AM
fglrx: Unknown symbol pci_disable_msi
fglrx: Unknown symbol pci_enable_msi

Sheesh! Completely forgot about that piece... Sorry.
Yes, I had this problem with Slackware 12.2, and had to recompile my kernel with
CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI=y
CONFIG_PCI_MSI=y

Then it worked. And it's still working.

Innervision 06-06-2009 12:00 PM
Yeah, so I ran "aticonfig --initial -f"
and now I can't even log in at all.

I just get an error at startup:
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init[1]: segment at 0 ip 080ac345 sp bfe5434 error 6 in init [8048000+87000]
INIT: PANIC: segmentation violation at 0x80ac345! sleeping for 30 seconds.
Super.

Edit: I booted again, and I'm getting an entirely new error.
Code:
sh[1406]: segfault at 458b14f0 ip 0805f343 sp bfbe59d8 error 6 in bash[8048000+a0000]
/etc/rc.d/rc/udev: line 92: / 256: syntax error: operand expected (error token is "/ 256")
rc.S[1375]: segfault at 53 ip 08061c73 sp bfb7a518 error 6 in bash[8048000+a0000]
rc.M[1410]: segfault at ef0d37 ip 080b08e2 sp bfd0b130 error 5 in bash[8048000+a0000]
I can't enter commands, it just displays errors, so I can't edit any files.

I don't think a graphics driver should have the capability to render an operating system useless.

Uncle_Theodore 06-06-2009 12:58 PM
Hm. That's very strange. I've been using this driver for several months now, I've never heard that it could cause bash segfaults or /etc/rc.d/rc.udev syntax (!!) errors... Line 92 is this
MAJORNUMBER=$(($DEVICENUMBER / 256))
I don't see any syntax errors here...
Why did you use the -f ("force") key in the aticonfig command?

Anyways. You can try to roll back to your original configuration like this:

1. Boot from your instllaltion CD.
2. Login as root (press Enter twice, actually).
3. Locate your / partition with the fdisk -l command. Let's say, it's /dev/sda3
4. Type
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
mount -t proc proc /mnt/proc
chroot /mnt /bin/bash

Now you can edit your files and run programs. You have your old system, only the kernel is the one from the installation CD.

5. Type
/usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh

and reboot. This should restore your system back to what it was before installing the driver.

Sorry, didn't think it would cause so much trouble. The thing works perfectly on my side...

Innervision 06-06-2009 10:28 PM
Uncle Theodore,

Thank you very much, my system is running properly now. I don't know what made it freak out so much about the driver though.

Innervision 06-12-2009 04:36 PM
So I read in another thread that the latest versions (9-x) of fglrx require a kernel recompile, but 8-12 works great out of the box. So I downloaded and installed the driver, and did aticonfig --initial.

Here is my most current xorg.conf file:
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# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this  section  is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************
# Some examples of extended input devices
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "spaceball"
#    Driver    "magellan"
#    Option    "Device"        "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "spaceball2"
#    Driver    "spaceorb"
#    Option    "Device"        "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "touchscreen0"
#    Driver    "microtouch"
#    Option    "Device"        "/dev/ttyS0"
#    Option    "MinX"          "1412"
#    Option    "MaxX"          "15184"
#    Option    "MinY"          "15372"
#    Option    "MaxY"          "1230"
#    Option    "ScreenNumber"  "0"
#    Option    "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
#    Option    "ButtonNumber"  "1"
#    Option    "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "touchscreen1"
#    Driver    "elo2300"
#    Option    "Device"        "/dev/ttyS0"
#    Option    "MinX"          "231"
#    Option    "MaxX"          "3868"
#    Option    "MinY"          "3858"
#    Option    "MaxY"          "272"
#    Option    "ScreenNumber"  "0"
#    Option    "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
#    Option    "ButtonThreshold"      "17"
#    Option    "ButtonNumber"  "1"
#    Option    "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of graphics device sections may be present
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of screen sections may be present.  Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen.  A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present.  Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised.  A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option.  In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.

Section "ServerLayout"

# The Identifier line must be present
# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens.  The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right
# of the primary screen.  In this example, screen 2 is located to the
# right of screen 1.
# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used.  Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".
        Identifier    "Simple Layout"
        Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
        Option            "AIGLX" "true"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
#
# If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other
# programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory
# to the end of this list (or comment them out).
#
# ModulePath can be used to set a search path for the X server modules.
# The default path is shown here.
#    ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
        RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/local/"
        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/"
        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/"
        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic/"
EndSection

Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
# This loads the font modules
# This loads the GLX module
        Load  "dbe"          # Double buffer extension
        SubSection "extmod"
                Option            "omit xfree86-dga"  # don't initialise the DGA extension
        EndSubSection
        Load  "type1"
        Load  "freetype"
    #Load        "speedo"
        Load  "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard").
# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris),
# uncomment the following line.
#    Option    "Protocol"      "Xqueue"
# Set the keyboard auto repeat parameters.  Not all platforms implement
# this.
#    Option    "AutoRepeat"    "500 5"
# Specifiy which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)).
#    Option    "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#    Option    "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a European
# keyboard, you will probably want to use one of:
#
#    Option    "XkbModel"      "pc102"
#    Option    "XkbModel"      "pc105"
#
# If you have a Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#
#    Option    "XkbModel"      "microsoft"
#
# If you have a US "windows" keyboard you will want:
#
#    Option    "XkbModel"      "pc104"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#
#    Option    "XkbLayout"    "de"
#
# or:
#
#    Option    "XkbLayout"    "de"
#    Option    "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#
#    Option    "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:swapcaps"
# These are the default XKB settings for X.Org
#
#    Option    "XkbRules"      "xorg"
#    Option    "XkbModel"      "pc105"
#    Option    "XkbLayout"    "us"
#    Option    "XkbVariant"    ""
#    Option    "XkbOptions"    ""
        Identifier  "Keyboard1"
        Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver
# On platforms where PnP mouse detection is supported the following
# protocol setting can be used when using a newer PnP mouse:
#    Option    "Protocol"      "Auto"
# The available mouse protocols types that you can set below are:
#    Auto BusMouse GlidePoint GlidePointPS/2 IntelliMouse IMPS/2
#    Logitech Microsoft MMHitTab MMSeries Mouseman MouseManPlusPS/2
#    MouseSystems NetMousePS/2 NetScrollPS/2 OSMouse PS/2 SysMouse
#    ThinkingMouse ThinkingMousePS/2 Xqueue
# which is usually a symbolic link to the real device.
#  Option "Device"      "/dev/ttyS0"
#  Option "Device"      "/dev/ttyS1"
# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.
#    Option "Protocol"        "Xqueue"
# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.
#    Option "BaudRate"                "9600"
#    Option "SampleRate"        "150"
# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)
#    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
#    Option "Emulate3Timeout"    "50"
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
#    Option "ChordMiddle"
        Identifier  "Mouse1"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option            "Protocol" "PS/2"
# The mouse device.  The device is normally set to /dev/mouse,
        Option            "Device" "/dev/mouse"
#  Option "Device"      "/dev/psaux"
        Option            "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option            "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
#    HorizSync        30-64        # multisync
#    HorizSync        31.5, 35.2    # multiple fixed sync frequencies
#    HorizSync        15-25, 30-50  # multiple ranges of sync frequencies
# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
        Identifier  "My Monitor"
        HorizSync    31.5 - 50.0
        VertRefresh  40.0 - 90.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier  "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
        Option            "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
        Option            "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
        Option            "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"

    #VideoRam    4096
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
        Identifier  "VESA Framebuffer"
        Driver      "radeonhd"
        Option            "RenderAccel" "true"
        Option            "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
        Option            "AddARGBLXVisuals" "true"
        Option            "TripleBuffer" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
        Driver      "fglrx"
        BusID      "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# If your card can handle it, a higher default color depth (like 24 or 32)
# is highly recommended.
#  DefaultDepth 8
#  DefaultDepth 16
#  DefaultDepth 32
# "1024x768" is also a conservative usable default resolution.  If you
# have a better monitor, feel free to try resolutions such as
# "1152x864", "1280x1024", "1600x1200", and "1800x1400" (or whatever your
# card/monitor can produce)
        Identifier "Screen 1"
        Device    "VESA Framebuffer"
        Monitor    "My Monitor"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth    8
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth    16
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth    24
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth    32
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
        Device    "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
        Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport  0 0
                Depth    24
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
        Option            "Composite" "enable"
EndSection
And as you can see, I've added RenderAccel, AllowGLXWithComposite, AddARGBGLXVisuals, and TripleBuffer to my "Device" section (all set to "true"), and I created the "Extensions" section.

Now, when I use "compiz --replace", I don't get any warnings, but the whole screen goes black, and I can't do anything except move the cursor around. When I use "emerald --replace", there are no errors, but in fact nothing at all happens. When I open up the Emerald Theme Manager and click on my "Black Crystal WT" theme, the console says "Reloading..." but nothing happens.

What other step am I missing? Is there anything else?

glxinfo output:
Code:
name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method,
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
    GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method,
    GLX_OML_sync_control, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
    GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
    GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group,
    GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
    GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 3870
OpenGL version string: 2.1.8304 Release
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_AMDX_vertex_shader_tessellator, GL_AMD_performance_monitor,
    GL_AMD_texture_texture4, GL_ARB_color_buffer_float,
    GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float, GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_draw_buffers,
    GL_ARB_draw_instanced, GL_ARB_fragment_program,
    GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_fragment_shader,
    GL_ARB_half_float_pixel, GL_ARB_half_float_vertex,
    GL_ARB_instanced_arrays, GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture,
    GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object,
    GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shader_objects,
    GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod, GL_ARB_shading_language_100, GL_ARB_shadow,
    GL_ARB_shadow_ambient, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
    GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
    GL_ARB_texture_float, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat,
    GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle,
    GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object,
    GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ARB_window_pos,
    GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap, GL_ATI_fragment_shader,
    GL_ATI_meminfo, GL_ATI_separate_stencil, GL_ATI_texture_compression_3dc,
    GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_float, GL_EXT_abgr,
    GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate,
    GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract,
    GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_copy_texture, GL_EXT_draw_buffers2,
    GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit,
    GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object,
    GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters,
    GL_EXT_gpu_shader4, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil,
    GL_EXT_packed_float, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters,
    GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap,
    GL_EXT_subtexture, GL_EXT_texgen_reflection, GL_EXT_texture3D,
    GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc, GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc,
    GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_cube_map,
    GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
    GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias,
    GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_object,
    GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB,
    GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent, GL_EXT_transform_feedback,
    GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_KTX_buffer_region, GL_NV_blend_square,
    GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap,
    GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_WIN_swap_hint,
    WGL_EXT_swap_control

  visual  x  bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer  ms  cav
 id dep cl sp sz l  ci b ro  r  g  b  a bf th cl  r  g  b  a ns b eat
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0x23 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x24 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x25 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x26 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x27 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x28 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x29 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x2a 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x2b 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x2c 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
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Innervision 06-12-2009 10:51 PM
Any ideas?

X3J11 06-14-2009 01:14 AM
When starting Compiz (with compiz --replace), you're not specifying any plugins to load. Since all of Compiz's functionality is provided by the various plugins, it's not got anything to do.

As for your Emerald problem, it's probably related to Compiz's lack of plugins as well. I recommend you use "CompizConfig Settings Manager" (http://www.compiz-fusion.org) to start and manage both Compiz and Emerald. This is how I use Compiz, via a .desktop file in my autostart directory, and rarely have any problems.

I don't know if there are packages available for Slackware, as I built all of Compiz from source.

forum1793 06-14-2009 10:13 AM
You need to compile a kernel with msi (pci_msi). This is under bus options. I'm currently using kernel 2.6.27.15 and the catalyst autoinstaller works fine with slackware 12.2 and slackware-current (32).

I suggest you NOT put the new kernel in /usr/src so the distribution remains mostly original.

When you compile your kernel, be careful to include the file system and ide/scsi/sata drivers into the kernel, or if you want modules you will need at initrd (brief instructions for initrd are found in /boot).

For fglrx you do not need radeon or drm. If you compile these as modules, you may wish to rename them in the /lib/modules/.../drm area as it is possible they interfere with fglrx. Good luck.

Edit: for your hardware (hd...) I would think the newer catalysts would be better. You should try 9-5 but you could read the changelogs to see when the last improvements for your video card occurred. I almost think 9-5 is a little slower (I have hd3200 integrated) but I haven't had time to revert and see.

edit2: I also note the changes you've made to xorg.conf are in the radeonhd section which is not used as you've directed it to use fglrx. Also review /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see feedback on options you've added. Many you've added are enabled by default or you will find they don't work.

About all I have in my xorg.conf for the fglrx driver is:

Code:
Section "Device"
        Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
        Driver      "fglrx"
        Option "VideoOverlay" "off"
        Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
        Option "TexturedVideo" "on"
EndSection
You should probably also comment out the vertical and horizontal values for the monitor. I think edid now finds these by default.

Innervision 06-14-2009 12:08 PM
X3J11, Using the CCSM, (by typing 'ccsm' into the terminal), I am able to select all the various options, but I am not sure how to get them to actually take effect. Also, launching CCSM from terminal, the following error is displayed maybe 50 times:

Code:
** (ccsm:3420): WARNING **: expected enumeration type PangoWrapMode, but got GtkWrapMode instead
forum1793, I'm fairly new with Linux, I don't really understand -- would you please re-describe what you've said to do?

forum1793 06-14-2009 01:06 PM
The comments I made were on two topics. The first was to compile a newer kernel to use newer catalyst drivers (ati installer). There is some learning required to do that. You can download or get link to download newer kernel at www.kernel.org. General instructions are located in the readme and other documentation. Do that at your own pace. If you do this, for time being I would stay in the 2.6.27 series. I've had problems with 2.6.28 and the catalyst driver doesn't install with 2.6.29. 2.6.30 just came out and I've only tried it with 64 bit and the installer doesn't work. It might work at 32 bit but I don't know.

The second topic started at my edit2, where I point out the changes you made to your xorg.conf file were under the radeonhd section and will have no effect on the fglrx driver. I also suggested what you might wish to use initially in the fglrx driver section of xorg.conf. Try this part first. If it doesn't help you, you may need to do a custom kernel.

Regarding part 2, do you understand? Initially you had it set to run radeonhd. When you installed catalyst (sh ati*8-12*.run) it changed your xorg.conf and added an fglrx section (Driver "fglrx"). It also made other changes to cause X to use fglrx. So the radeonhd section is ignored and that is where you put your changes.

X3J11 06-15-2009 08:37 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Innervision (Post 3573567)
X3J11, Using the CCSM, (by typing 'ccsm' into the terminal), I am able to select all the various options, but I am not sure how to get them to actually take effect. Also, launching CCSM from terminal, the following error is displayed maybe 50 times:

Code:
** (ccsm:3420): WARNING **: expected enumeration type PangoWrapMode, but got GtkWrapMode instead
Changes made in ccsm should take effect immediately, and it should automatically start compiz (and emerald if you've specified it as the window decorator in ccsm... the option's there somewhere, but I can't remember where and am not on my Linux machine atm).

As for the error from ccsm, I have no idea what that's about. If I had to guess, I would say that it's expecting one thing (as said) but getting another. Pango is, I belive, a text rendering library. Presumably it's getting some sort of fallback where gtk is providing the functionality it's expecting from pango.

Sorry I can't be more helpful, but aside from a few issues here and there figuring it out (shortly after 12.2's release) I haven't had any problems with it.


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