On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 19:17 -0500, David C. Rankin J.D. P.E. wrote: > David C. Rankin J.D. P.E. wrote: > > CyberOrg wrote: > >> On 10/20/07, Ben Kevan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> On Monday 22 October 2007 10:22:43 am Sloan wrote: > >>>> cyberpunks wrote: > >>>>> Install ati 8.40 drivers. Remove official ati drivers and ati > >>>>> repository and click here to install the version that is supposed to > >>>>> work on most ATI hardware: > >>>>> > >>>>> http://opensuse-community.org/ati-legacy.ymp > >>>>> > >>>>> Do not run sax2 after installation. > >>>>> > >>>>> Check if symlink to Xgl is created properly: > >>>>> > >>>>> ll /usr/bin/X > >>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Oct 21 23:02 /usr/bin/X -> /usr/bin/Xgl > >>>>> > Done, > > [root Rankin-P35a/home/david] # ll /usr/bin/X > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2007-10-22 18:56 /usr/bin/X -> /usr/bin/Xgl > > [root Rankin-P35a/home/david] # rpm -qa | grep fgl > ati-fglrxG01-kmp-default-8.40.4_2.6.22.9_0.4-1 > x11-video-fglrxG01-8.40.4-1 > > Bad news, > > following the advise to the tee, glx isn't even loaded, the driver is > using Mesa? glxinfo: > > > OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org > OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect > OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.1) > OpenGL extensions: > > > glxgears frame rate is 1/10 of what it was. fgl_glxgears will not even run: > > [root Rankin-P35a/home/david] # fgl_glxgears > Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer > X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) > Major opcode of failed request: 159 (GLX) > Minor opcode of failed request: 5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent) > Serial number of failed request: 33 > Current serial number in output stream: 33 > > Any additional thoughts? I have the > ati-driver-installer-8.40.4-x86.x86_64.run, and I'll build the 8.40 > drivers from that and try again. The > http://opensuse-community.org/ati-legacy.ymp was not the ticket on my > Toshiba P35 laptop with the ATI 9700 card. > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. > Rankin Law Firm, PLLC > 510 Ochiltree Street > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > Telephone: (936) 715-9333 > Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 > www.rankinlawfirm.com
I do not know about ati, but the nvidia card, I had to enable a bunch of things. Among them is xgl before the card xgl stuf would work. -- Joseph Loo [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
