at the moment I am using debian, (arch is on another partition) however as this looks like a problem with X and not distro specific, I assumed it would be fine to ask here, since the debian forums tend to be slower moving. If this is a major problem, I can try to contact a mod about closing this thread. I don't mind.
Does the problem occur when you boot Arch or only Debian or both? If it is a problem you see in Arch, that's obviously appropriate but if you only see it in Debian, you should not be asking here. For one thing, it is likely to get extremely confusing and you are not likely to get great advice. Package names differs as do boot processes, configuration etc. etc.
]]>I do not have any suspicion that virtualbox itself is relevant - its presence just seemed to go against some of the things you said, which made me wonder if your other claims were true. No one likes being led down a blind alley by someone not presenting all the information up front.
As for knowing the driver, you should know that - or have been able to easily find out - prior to asking the question. In many ways the amount of effort others will put into answering a question reflects the ammount of effort apparent in the preparation and construction of the question.
]]>lsmod says you are using the radeon module, so you are likely using the xf86-video-ati driver package which is in the xorg group. extra/ati-dri, however, is not in the xorg group, and is probably what you are missing.
In addition to thunderogg's suspicion I find it odd that you have virtualbox modules loaded. You claimed to have an "all completely default" setup with only those two meta-packages and their automatic dependencies installed. You seemed to think this would be a simple question, yet throughout this thread OTHER USERS have had to reveal all the information you should have shared openly or taken the time to know yourself including what you video driver you are using (this is a step in the beginners guide).
Frankly I don't know why I helped, as your "selective honesty" and limited sharing of relevant information is just disrespectful of those you are asking for help.
as I explained at the beginning, while very annoying the install is still functional so yes, I have been using it do to what I use my computer for, including virtualbox.
Could virtualbox really be causing a problem like this? I can disable those modules to check, although I certain the problem was there before I installed virtualbox.
at the moment I am using debian, (arch is on another partition) however as this looks like a problem with X and not distro specific, I assumed it would be fine to ask here, since the debian forums tend to be slower moving. If this is a major problem, I can try to contact a mod about closing this thread. I don't mind.
and I apologize for any perceived with holding of information. It was not intended as so.
I will try ati-dri and get back on how that goes over.
]]>In addition to thunderogg's suspicion I find it odd that you have virtualbox modules loaded. You claimed to have an "all completely default" setup with only those two meta-packages and their automatic dependencies installed. You seemed to think this would be a simple question, yet throughout this thread OTHER USERS have had to reveal all the information you should have shared openly or taken the time to know yourself including what you video driver you are using (this is a step in the beginners guide).
Frankly I don't know why I helped, as your "selective honesty" and limited sharing of relevant information is just disrespectful of those you are asking for help.
]]>did a fresh install with openbox. just installed xorg, alsa openbox and let the package manager pull in the dependencies. however, I am getting really bad tearing when moving or resizing windows. Didn't have the problem on my last install so I don't know what to make of it. I haven't had this kind of problem before so I don't know where to start trouble shooting. well, annoying, everything is fully functional, so just tell me what files/ packages I need to be looking at and I can provide the info.
Thanks
Are you sure you know which distro you are using?
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=90735
that command gives me no output. lsmod gives this:
... vboxpci 19103 0 vboxnetadp 25443 0 vboxnetflt 23608 0 vboxdrv 190105 3 vboxnetflt,vboxnetadp,vboxpci ...
Is this a VM?
]]>Module Size Used by
usbhid 36418 0
hid 81328 1 usbhid
pci_stub 12429 1
vboxpci 19103 0
vboxnetadp 25443 0
vboxnetflt 23608 0
vboxdrv 190105 3 vboxnetflt,vboxnetadp,vboxpci
binfmt_misc 12957 1
nfsd 216029 2
nfs 312283 0
nfs_acl 12511 2 nfs,nfsd
auth_rpcgss 37143 2 nfs,nfsd
fscache 36739 1 nfs
lockd 67306 2 nfs,nfsd
sunrpc 173774 6 lockd,auth_rpcgss,nfs_acl,nfs,nfsd
ext4 350601 2
crc16 12343 1 ext4
jbd2 62065 1 ext4
mbcache 13114 1 ext4
loop 22641 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 30824 1
arc4 12458 2
snd_hda_codec_realtek 188858 1
rt2800pci 13829 0
rt2800lib 43755 1 rt2800pci
rt2x00pci 12847 1 rt2800pci
rt2x00lib 38382 3 rt2x00pci,rt2800lib,rt2800pci
radeon 639136 0
eeprom_93cx6 12497 1 rt2800pci
mac80211 192806 3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00pci,rt2800lib
ttm 48725 1 radeon
cfg80211 137243 2 mac80211,rt2x00lib
drm_kms_helper 27227 1 radeon
rfkill 19012 1 cfg80211
drm 167720 3 drm_kms_helper,ttm,radeon
snd_hda_intel 26345 0
crc_ccitt 12347 1 rt2800lib
snd_hda_codec 78031 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
power_supply 13475 1 radeon
i2c_algo_bit 12841 1 radeon
snd_hwdep 13186 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 68083 3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
snd_page_alloc 13003 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq 45126 0
snd_seq_device 13176 1 snd_seq
sp5100_tco 12900 0
snd_timer 22917 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 52889 9 snd_timer,snd_seq_device,snd_seq,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
psmouse 64497 0
evdev 17562 8
pcspkr 12579 0
serio_raw 12931 0
parport_pc 22364 0
powernow_k8 17618 0
mperf 12453 1 powernow_k8
soundcore 13065 1 snd
i2c_piix4 12536 0
k10temp 12611 0
edac_mce_amd 17103 0
edac_core 35258 0
shpchp 31293 0
button 12937 0
processor 28157 1 powernow_k8
i2c_core 23876 5 i2c_piix4,i2c_algo_bit,drm,drm_kms_helper,radeon
parport 31858 1 parport_pc
btrfs 505528 1
crc32c 12656 1
libcrc32c 12426 1 btrfs
zlib_deflate 25638 1 btrfs
sg 25874 0
sd_mod 36136 5
crc_t10dif 12348 1 sd_mod
usb_storage 43870 0
sr_mod 21899 0
cdrom 35401 1 sr_mod
ata_generic 12479 0
ohci_hcd 22467 0
thermal 17383 0
thermal_sys 18040 2 thermal,processor
pata_atiixp 12736 0
r8169 46972 0
mii 12675 1 r8169
ehci_hcd 40215 0
ahci 24997 4
libahci 22860 1 ahci
libata 140630 4 libahci,ahci,pata_atiixp,ata_generic
usbcore 128681 5 ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd,usb_storage,usbhid
usb_common 12354 1 usbcore
scsi_mod 162269 5 libata,sr_mod,usb_storage,sd_mod,sg
on dwm same issue is floating mode (it wasn't great to begin with but now it's worse)
]]>No compostior.
Video card is AMD HD4250 (on motherboard)
I'm using the drivers pulled in with the xorg package/ group. I've used these before in another, pretty much default openbox setup.
It's all completely default.
You can't be using all of them. Maybe you installed them all but you can't be using them all. You need to tell us which drivers you are actually using. lsmod | grep video may prove informative.
]]>frame rate is fine when the gears are in one place. move the window, performance drops massively (40-50 FPS vs 200 FPS) I understand there should be some drop and that could be normal, but if it's not it fits with what I'm seeing when I move the windows.
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