what's $fglrxinfo returning? On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 18:34, Nicholas Syrotiuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions, Kelly. > > First I stuck with the fglrx driver and added the two options to the > "Device" section of xorg.conf. Unfortunately this didn't seem to make any > difference to the video playback; i.e., it's still stuttering. > > Then I tried both the RadeonHD and the Radeon drivers. The xserver starts > in each case (as expected) but direct rendering is disabled. Is there > anything I can do to enable direct rendering with either of these drivers? > > Cheers, > Nick > > > > Kelly Clowers wrote: > >> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:57 AM, Nicholas Syrotiuk >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Debian users, >>> >>> I installed lenny on a new system last week. Without changing anything, >>> the xserver started successfully. (Thanks!) But direct rendering was >>> disabled. (No surprise there.) Regardless DVD/video playback was >>> satisfactory using totem-xine. However it was desirable to try to get >>> direct rendering working for all sorts of reasons so I: >>> >>> 1. installed fglrx-driver and fglrx-kernel-src >>> 2. used module-assistant to build and install the fglrx module >>> 3. used aticonfig to update xorg.conf >>> >>> When I restarted the xserver, direct rendering was indeed enabled but >>> DVD/video playback now "stutters" every minute or so. Also, when my kids >>> play "Extreme Tux Racer" the video stutters in a similar fashion. >>> >>> The other problem I have, regardless of the video driver, is that the >>> xserver crashes in certain situations: >>> 1. switching users via the User switcher applet; or >>> 2. if the screensaver puts the display to sleep >>> >>> By "crash" I mean no video and no keyboard so must reboot. >>> >>> My kernel is: >>> Linux mozart 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Thu Aug 28 12:00:54 UTC 2008 i686 >>> >>> and I have included my xorg.conf and lspci info below. >>> >>> I'd be grateful for any help or suggestions. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Nick >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> >> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 2400 XT >>> >> >> That is an r600 series, if all else fails, you might get somewhere with >> the >> Radeon driver or the RadeonHD driver >> >> I don't think your problem has much to do with your xorg.conf, but it is >> really old and should be cleaned up anyway. >> >> The comment block at the top is old and all wrong and could be removed to >> prevent confusion. The "Files" and "Modules" sections are no longer >> needed, >> and can be removed. >> >> This part *might* actually be relevant to your issue: >> In the "Device" section, try putting: >> Option "RenderAccel" "true" >> Option "DRI" "true" >> >> I am not sure about this, as fglrx does things very differently from the >> OSS >> drivers. >> >> Sorry I can't offer more help. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Kelly Clowers >> >> >> > -- > N Syrotiuk | Mimas | University of Manchester | Manchester M13 9PL > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- gallois aka Felipe Gallois website: www.gallois.com.br blog: www.gallois.com.br/blog fanglib homepage: www.gallois.com.br/fanglib
