Thanks, Bill. I will look into these things. -wn
On Oct 31, 2006, at 9:38 PM, Bill Fink wrote: > Hi Warren, > > What does xvinfo indicate? > > Also check what driver you're using in your xorg.conf: > > gwiz% grep Driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf > Driver "keyboard" > Driver "mouse" > ### Available Driver options are:- > Driver "ati" > > If that last line has 'Driver "fbdev"', try changing it to ati > (or perhaps radeon), and restarting your X server. > > You can also check /var/log/Xorg.0.log for possible error messages > from the X server. > > -Bill > > > > On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:36:26 -0800, Warren Nagourney wrote: > >> Ooops. I mean the radeon mobility 9700 gpu. I see that other people >> get 2D acceleration but not 3D. I don't seem to get any. >> >> Thanks. >> >> -wn >> >> >> On Oct 31, 2006, at 8:19 AM, Warren Nagourney wrote: >> >>> Thanks very much for your replies! >>> >>> I fixed part of the video problem using a suggestion on the YDL >>> solutions site: I was able to get the video back by using some form >>> of CTRL-OPTION-F2 to get a terminal and executed Xautoconfig to >>> regenerate a useable configuration file. The video now looks good, >>> but it is still not accelerated. Is there any way to ensure >>> accelerated video on a machine using an ATI mobility 7700 gpu? >>> >>> The reason for thinking that the video is not accelerated is that I >>> briefly get multiple window outlines when I move one Firefox window >>> over another one. They quickly collapse, but this shouldn't >>> happen if >>> the video is accelerated. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -wn _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
