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Hello everyone, I just recently picked up an older Dell Latitude C800 from Craigslist and have installed Arch on it. My problem is 3D performance is really bad. When I try to load Chromium it sort of flashes the screen and scrolls real slow. So I'm guessing the 3D acceleration from the driver I installed is not working. Below is some info:
[griff3n@arch ~]$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M4 AGP
[griff3n@arch ~]$ glxgears
199 frames in 5.0 seconds = 39.690 FPS
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/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 "dri2"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "DefaultRefresh" # [<bool>]
#Option "ModeSetClearScreen" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "vesa"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "Rage Mobility M4 AGP"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'll post whatever you guys need me to, but I thought these would be the main things to look at. Thanks,
GriFF
Last edited by GriFF3nG (2010-09-24 00:41:14)
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Driver "vesa"
Seems you're using vesa driver, no wonder everything is sluggish. Check the wiki to see your options for ATI card drivers.
Please, use [code ] tags for formatting code listings https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode
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Driver "vesa"
Seems you're using vesa driver, no wonder everything is sluggish. Check the wiki to see your options for ATI card drivers.
Please, use [code ] tags for formatting code listings https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode
Thanks karo, the tags were exactly what I was looking for. I tried changing the driver, and X wouldnt load for me. Going to a more basic xorg.conf and gonna see what happens. THANKS!
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Last edited by GriFF3nG (2010-09-22 00:07:28)
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Did you install the driver or did you just change the xorg.conf?
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Did you install the driver or did you just change the xorg.conf?
I did install the driver. Just tried reinstalling it and still no go. If I build the xorg.conf with "Xorg -configure", then I get a working X. If I try to build it myself it gets fatal errors. If I use the built xorg.conf and just change the driver to "radeon", then I get fatal errors.
Last edited by GriFF3nG (2010-09-22 00:21:10)
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Try installing xf86-video-r128 and use that driver.
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Try installing xf86-video-r128 and use that driver.
Video performance has increased SIGNIFICANTLY with these drivers, problem is the screen is unreadable. Looks like this guys screen.
http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/ … th-ubuntu/
Going to try his xorg.conf
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Ok, so I can get the server to run by altering a couple of options in xorg.conf. I changed all the options below but performance is still shot.
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Rage Mobility M4 (AGP)"
Driver "r128"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "AGPSize" "32"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "true"
Option "Display" "BIOS"
Option "SWCursor" "true"
Option "CCEusecTimeout" "20000"
EndSection
I'll have a messed up screen that performs great with the above settings. As soon as i change the options below, the screen is normal, but the performance goes to hell. Any ideas?
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
HorizSync 31-82
VertRefresh 40-110
EndSection
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I don't know what half those options mean but the issues I initially had with r128 concerned video memory. I had to explicity set 1024x768 resolution at 16bpp to get DRI. I have an M3 not an M4 so you can probably go higher, but it's worth a try.
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Have you tried running without an Xorg.conf? Xorg can be pretty decent at auto-detecting things.
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Yes, I was also wondering why did you use a custom xorg.conf. I'm runnin an ati card without xorg.conf with no issues at all.
Btw, whihc driver had you installed before trying the ones Anonymous suggested you? Personally, I am using the xf86-video-ati open ones. No problem at all!
P.s.: Hey Anonymous! What a surprise! You are here as well too? Are you too a !# and Arch dualist? I'm honored to be side by side with you again! I started posting in the international forum only the last days! But I've been using Arch for some weeks right now, with great delight!
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GriFF3nG
Welcome to Arch. I have an ATI card as well, and it blowed with the open source drivers. If you are fine with the idea, you can try the proprietary ATI Catalyst drivers. It's working for me, and most people (with minor glitches).
Please see the following links:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI_Catalyst
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57084&p=1
This is going to be all the information you'd need. Feel free to PM me if you need any help.
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P.s.: Hey Anonymous! What a surprise! You are here as well too? Are you too a !# and Arch dualist?
Well I do have Statler running in a VM if that counts
Also devadittya, I don't think the Catalyst drivers will work for a Rage Mobility chipset.
Last edited by anonymous_user (2010-09-22 22:30:41)
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Also devadittya, I don't think the Catalyst drivers will work for a Rage Mobility chipset.
Yes, don't listen to suggestions that you should use Catalyst or xf86-video-ati. You *must* use xf86-video-r128 (or something worse like vesa).
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Yes, I just checked. Ignore my advice, Catalyst (and xf86-video-ati) does NOT work with Rage Mobility.
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Thanks for all the advice guys. I found out that this laptop has a TON of problems with linux video. I was able to get it working by hitting Fn+F7 which changes the resolution of the monitor. Thanks again for all the help, this is the main reason why I always come back to Arch when I need to tickle my *nix bone.
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But, in the end, which driver did you use?
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