What are some xorg.conf options that should/can be enabled?

[SolidSteel144]

I have an HD 4870 by the way.
Thanks!

[bridgman]

Which driver are you running - radeon or radeonhd ? Do you already have the proper drm installed, DRI and EXA enabled etc. ?

[SolidSteel144]

radeon
How would I check to see if the rest is enabled?

[TechMage89]

Look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see exactly what is loading.

[SolidSteel144]

http://pastebin.com/m66044452

There you go.

[SolidSteel144]

(EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed to open the DRM
[dri] Disabling DRI.
(II) RADEON(0): using shadow framebuffer

That a bad thing?

[agd5f]

The default options are default for a reason. In most cases you shouldn't need to set any options. You should only need to set options to work around a problem or test an experimental feature. The only option that is useful to set is:
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Which will soon be the default anyway.

[SolidSteel144]

Oh ok thanks. Other than that, are there any visible issues in my log?

[agd5f]

You'll need an updated drm if you want 2D (EXA) and video (Xv) acceleration. 2.6.30 is the first kernel with the necessary drm bits.

[SolidSteel144]

I guess I'll just have to wait till it comes out of testing or just patch the kernel now.