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Hi everybody !
I'm french and new here, please be indulgent because i dont speak english very well :S !
I've a RADEON XPRESS 200G (PCIE integrated) and before this release of fglrx 8.42 i used XGL with Compiz Fusion under linux Fedora 7.
XGL is very very slow and i waited this new release for erase compeletely XGL from my drive and play with compiz fusion or games (ut2004) !
When i saw fglrx 8.42, i immediatly downloaded it and installing it with --buildpkg command.
When restarting, i checked if fglrx has started and it has :
[root@localhost Scias]# fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon Xpress Series
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release
[root@localhost Scias]# glxinfo
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:
....
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon Xpress Series
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release
OpenGL extensions:
.....
[root@localhost Scias]# glxgears
3885 frames in 5.0 seconds = 976.899 FPS
Then, i tried to launch "fusion-icon" but it's not working !!
[root@localhost Scias]# fusion-icon
* Using the GTK Interface
GTK Accessibility Module initialized
* Searching for installed applications...
/usr/bin/ccsm
/usr/bin/compiz
/usr/bin/gtk-window-decorator
/usr/bin/emerald
/usr/bin/metacity
* gnome session
* Decorator "" is invalid.
... choosing gtk-window-decorator --replace as default decorator
* No GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap present with direct rendering context
... present with indirect rendering, exporting: LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1
* Executing: compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp --indirect-rendering
/usr/share/fusion-icon/interface_gtk.py:238: GtkWarning: Icon cache '/usr/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache' is invalid
gtk.main()
/usr/share/fusion-icon/interface_gtk.py:238: GtkWarning: Icon cache '/usr/share/pixmaps/hicolor/icon-theme.cache' is invalid
gtk.main()
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
[root@localhost Scias]# fgl_glxgears
Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
X Error of failed request: GLXUnsupportedPrivateRequest
Major opcode of failed request: 143 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 16 (X_GLXVendorPrivate)
Serial number of failed request: 41
Current serial number in output stream: 42
my Xorg.conf (I tried enabling composite and AIGLX in xorg.conf but no results)
Code:Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "fr" Option "XkbVariant" "latin9" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]" Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver" Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor" Option "DPMS" "true" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]" Driver "fglrx" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]" Device "aticonfig-Device[0]" Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection
ATI XPRESS 200G
Can somebody help me please ?Last edited by Scias; 23 October 2007, 06:19 PM.
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IT WORRRRKKKKSSSS!
Ubuntu 7.10. X1950XTX. Haven't found anything that doesn't work. I did have to add fglrx to the driver whitelist in /usr/bin/compiz before Compiz would start.
Not a benchmakrk glxgears reports 11099FPS, which is about 1% better than 8.41.7, which in turn was about 3% slower than 8.38.X
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Fun with 8.42/Ubuntu 7.10/X1300
Okay, installed manually (with apt-get install -f to fix my previous driver install) and got incredible performance...but fglrxinfo killed the X server.
Reinstalled using GUI installer - which killed the drivers completely.
Uninstalled everything, rebooted and reinstalled, ran aticonfig commands and enabled composite in xorg.conf.
Modest increase in fps and no desktop effects.
glxgears -info:
Code:10643 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2128.420 FPS 10659 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2131.615 FPS 10667 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2133.226 FPS
Code:ecm@svecmlnx:/etc/X11$ fglrxinfo display: :0.0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc. OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release
Code:Section "Module" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]" Driver "fglrx" Option "VideoOverlay" "on" Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]" Device "aticonfig-Device[0]" Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "1" EndSection
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Originally posted by rbmorse View PostIT WORRRRKKKKSSSS!
Ubuntu 7.10. X1950XTX. Haven't found anything that doesn't work. I did have to add fglrx to the driver whitelist in /usr/bin/compiz before Compiz would start.
Not a benchmakrk glxgears reports 11099FPS, which is about 1% better than 8.41.7, which in turn was about 3% slower than 8.38.X
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I confirm, 8.42.3 is working fine with x1600 at Ubuntu Gutsy x86_64 but:
video flickers a lot (I can live with X11 settings)
all GL apps flicker and that's killing me - I could live without GoogleEarth, games etc. but I need this to work with VariCAD 3D and that makes me to return to 8.40.
Anytime someone will find fix for GL apps I'll return to 8.42 immediately.
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