xorg.conf setup for ATI Radeon 9250
 

good day sir/maam, im a newbie here at linux questions.org and this is my first post and have little background on linux just 4 months on ubuntu and decided to jump to slackware..(go easy on me pls. ^^)..

so here's the thing, i dont know how to check if my video card is properly configured at the xorg.conf file or if i do have to install drivers for it.. all i did is change some configuration on the default settings that xorgconf command gave me..

here's the section of my videocard settings in the xorg.conf file:

some of the options are form some forums.. how can i check if this is correct?:(

Here is a quick answer use xorgsetup to auto-configure your video card and monitor.

I've done that already.. it gave me a default setup for my videocard.. and changed it afterward.. how can i know if my settings are correct?

Well, the modified settings appear correct, but the best way to test it is to run startx and see if any error messages are prompted. I am sorry, I don't know of any other command to test the file without launching X11?

theres no error msg.. i am currently running my x.. im on gnome.. im just confused coz my compiz doesnt work(efects and stuffs).. so i came up with a conclusion that my configuration in my video card is wrong, or that i`m missing something..

I am sorry, I don'r know the inner workings of gnome so I do not know what is necessary to start the compiz effects on gnome boot. But a good way to test since you are in slackware is to launch KDE4, if the settings are correct then the compiz effect should be available in the desktop settings.

ok.. so i would change my desktop environment to kde to test the compiz settings?

In KDE4 the compiz setting manager is built right into the system setting control panel, it is much easier to test.

i tried what u've said.. i've switched to my kde and the transparency of window was working fine.. but when i added some stuffs like minimize effects nothing was added.. i even tried rebooting my system but that didnt applied the changes i made..

Then something in your xorg settings is incorrect. Since I've been using an nvidia card and slackware for so long I can't really remember exactly what is missing from your configuration.

But since you are using gnome I am assuming you got it from once of the third-party gnome for slackware projects like gsb, gsb has a quick guide about configuring compiz on an ATI card that may help http://gnomeslackbuild.org/configure/#compiz-ati.

KDE4 doesn't use compiz, it has its own built in compositing manager. If you want to use compiz with slackware your better off running compiz-fusion since fusion comes with ccsm which makes it easier to configure and fusion always adds a lot of useful features absent from just the stock compiz. Installing compiz-fusion isn't really hard in slackware but it can be a little tedious if you don't know exactly what you are doing. If you decided to install it there are plenty of us here running it that can help you.

tnx.. ^^ i actually got my gnome in GSB using lnyx.. and follow the instructions though using this as my xorg.conf settings doesnt work.. when i startx my computer it prompts me a msg..

is compiz-fusion different from compiz that is bundled with the GSB? im kinda confused right now and i think i will need all the help i can get..

compiz-fusion is a merge between the compiz project and the beryl project (which was originally a fork of compiz). Basically its just an "add on" for compiz. Thats the easiest way to explain it. It brings in more features and makes configuration easier since it comes with its own set of gui tools. But like poster said below KDE4 uses its own compositing manager, so compiz isn't needed unless you prefer it to KDE's compositing manager.

there is a GUI tools when i configure my compiz.. that does means that i have compiz-fusion? when i run ccsm command i have a GUI to set the configuration..

sorry for too many questions.. its just that i am new at this and i wanna set things right.. :(