Volker, my card should not be supported by the ati-drivers package as it's too old. actually i tried emerging them and the xserver just hang on boot. are you sure that is the right way to go? can you link me the instructions i should follow please?
Mark, i'm giving you're config a spin now, merging it with my autogenerated one (for monitor etc...) thanks a lot! will let you know if it works D 2010/12/27 Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Davide Carnovale > <francesco.davide.carnov...@gmail.com> wrote: > > by decent video quality i mean, that i see the images with a very low > > resoution (pixelated) and i can't play a video (avi file) as the > framerate > > is too low. also 3d programs doesn't work (i've tested only second life > so > > far) > > i don't need anything funky, just a normal config. > > are you using the ati drivers or the xorg ones? > > can you please share your xorg config file? > > > > BTW i'm using xorg-server-1.7.7-r1 can that be the problem? > > > > I am using the xorg drivers actually. I have no problems playing video > from Hulu in Linux or NetFlix in vmware/virtualbox. Graphics are fine > for me. > > I'm not sure if 3D works at all with the xorg ATI driver. I have no > need for it and haven't tried, but I keep thinking I should. > Basically, the machine more than meets my needs so no need to mess > around with it. > > xorg.conf attached. > > - Mark > > c2stable ~ # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf > Section "Files" > ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "extmod" > Load "glx" > Load "dri" > EndSection > > Section "DRI" > Mode 0666 > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "keyboard" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" > EndSection > > Section "Extensions" > Option "Composite" "Enable" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "radeon" > #Option "monitor-VGA1" "Samsung2333" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Samsung2333" > VendorName "Samsung" > ModelName "2333" > Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080" > HorizSync 30-75 > VertRefresh 56-61 > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Samsung2333" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 8 > Modes "1920x1080" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 16 > Modes "1920x1080" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes "1920x1080" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "cruncher" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > c2stable ~ # > >
