Wallace,
I agree that it is still rubbish, just better than before. I did buy an NVidia card in frustration. I cannot suggest anything for KDE4, but maybe three things for Gnome
1 rename xorg.conf to xorg.conf.old and run "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg" then run aticonfig --initial and NOTHING else. use VLC for video playback and play with the video options (for me xv gives smooth playback). I still get stuttering playback with xine, but VLC is smooth. I only have a LE1600 single core CPU.
2 In Kaffeine set video output to xshm for TV watching. I do not use MythTV anymore but if it uses xine then it will be a problem (I cannot remember)
3 Get the latest radeonhd from the git repository and compile and install. 2d runs smoothly, and video plays without stutter (on my intel machine - I did not try with the 780g). One test I have is k3b. With fglrx you can see the initial screen draw as the color runs down. With Nvidia you cannot see this as it is instant. With the latest radeonhd it is instant as well.
Finally I go back to my initial post, buy a $30 Nvidia board. Uninstall fglrx and install nvidia-glx and all of your frustrations and moustache will evaporate in an instant. Use the dpkg-reconfigure command to clean up xorg after the change. And KDE4 will work as well! You can always go back to the on-board video in six months time. I have a 680g motherboard as well, been waiting a year for good drivers. I ended up using it with XP for an office machine for my wife.
I was not being frivolous a cheap nvidia is the solution. With nvidia you can run compiz - run a video in a window - grab the title bar and wobble the window - and the video will jump around but still keep playing smoothly, fglrx can only dream of this sort of capability.
I agree that it is still rubbish, just better than before. I did buy an NVidia card in frustration. I cannot suggest anything for KDE4, but maybe three things for Gnome
1 rename xorg.conf to xorg.conf.old and run "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg" then run aticonfig --initial and NOTHING else. use VLC for video playback and play with the video options (for me xv gives smooth playback). I still get stuttering playback with xine, but VLC is smooth. I only have a LE1600 single core CPU.
2 In Kaffeine set video output to xshm for TV watching. I do not use MythTV anymore but if it uses xine then it will be a problem (I cannot remember)
3 Get the latest radeonhd from the git repository and compile and install. 2d runs smoothly, and video plays without stutter (on my intel machine - I did not try with the 780g). One test I have is k3b. With fglrx you can see the initial screen draw as the color runs down. With Nvidia you cannot see this as it is instant. With the latest radeonhd it is instant as well.
Finally I go back to my initial post, buy a $30 Nvidia board. Uninstall fglrx and install nvidia-glx and all of your frustrations and moustache will evaporate in an instant. Use the dpkg-reconfigure command to clean up xorg after the change. And KDE4 will work as well! You can always go back to the on-board video in six months time. I have a 680g motherboard as well, been waiting a year for good drivers. I ended up using it with XP for an office machine for my wife.
I was not being frivolous a cheap nvidia is the solution. With nvidia you can run compiz - run a video in a window - grab the title bar and wobble the window - and the video will jump around but still keep playing smoothly, fglrx can only dream of this sort of capability.
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