I had everything correct on that thread except a xorg.conf file. I generated one and made the changes. It borked the driver. I guess I'm just going to have to be content with metacity.
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Ken Muller <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm pretty sure the AMD/ATI driver doesn't support anything below the Fire > GL 9500. Here's a thread that may help > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=727371 > > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Scott Vargovich > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> AFAIK, there is no proprietary driver. The only one I can find is this: >> >> xserver-xorg-video-ati >> >> - which is already installed. There is a program to install proprietary >> drivers. I brought it up and it was empty. > > >> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Shaun Marolf <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> ** >>> Sounds like a driver issue. Are you using the open source version or the >>> proprietary version of the driver? Whichever one you are using try the other >>> version and see what happens. >>> >>> >>> On 06/23/2011 10:29 AM, Scott Vargovich wrote: >>> >>> I have a new (to me) Dell Latitude D600 laptop running Ubuntu 11.04. >>> Here is the video controller from lspci: >>> >>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 >>> [Mobility FireGL 9000] (rev 02) >>> >>> I can get compiz to work, but I like being able to have the Desktop Cube >>> and Rotate Cube enabled. The Desktop Cube requires OpenGL and Composite to >>> be enabled. When I go to enable Composite, my xfce window manager crashed >>> to the point where I have no choice but to hard-reboot. Anybody have >>> similar issues to this that could help me get it figured out. Until then, I >>> need to use metacity. Assistance is greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> -- >>> <>< Scott Vargovich <>< >>> ------------------------------------------ >>> OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E >>> ------------------------------------------ >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>> Group. >>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit our group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>> Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor >>> http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) >>> >>> >>> -- >>> It isn't about it being free. Rather, its about the freedom it brings. >>> >>> We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we >>> created them. ~Albert Einstein >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>> Group. >>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit our group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>> Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor >>> http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> <>< Scott Vargovich <>< >> ------------------------------------------ >> OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E >> ------------------------------------------ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> Group. >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit our group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >> Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor >> http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor > http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) > -- <>< Scott Vargovich <>< ------------------------------------------ OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E ------------------------------------------ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
