compiz-fusion + catalyst/radeonhd + xfce. Please help

herman · 2008-01-14 15:46:37

Hello!

I just upgraded my computer, but it doesn't seem to work properly. I read that only open ati drivers provides proper compiz usage, sometimes catalyst(fglrx) works too. I have ati X1950PRO video card which is not supported by xf86-video-ati and xf86-video-radeon. This card works (xfce starts) with beta radeonhd drivers and catalyst driver. Unfortunately radeonhd doesn't support 3d, so compiz won't work with radeonhd driver (I tested it). I have the catalyst driver. My xorg.conf:

Section "Module"

    Load        "dbe"      # Double buffer extension
    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "freetype"e
    Load       "glx"ule
    Load       "dri"
    Load    "fglrx"
    Load    "drm"
EndSection

Section "Files"


#    RgbPath    "/usr/share/X11/rgb"

    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
#    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
#    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
#    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
#    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
#    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
#    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
#    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
#    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
#    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
#    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"

# The module search path.  The default path is shown here.

#    ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules"

EndSection


Section "ServerFlags"

Option "AIGLX" "true"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier    "Keyboard1"
    Driver    "kbd"

    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"

    Option "XkbRules"    "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel"    "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout"    "pl"

EndSection

****************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier    "Mouse1"
    Driver    "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"    # IntelliMouse PS/2
    Option "Device"      "/dev/input/mice"


    Option "ZAxisMapping"   "4 5 6 7"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection



Section "Monitor"

    Identifier  "My Monitor"
    HorizSync   30-70
    VertRefresh 50-160

EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Standard VGA"
    VendorName    "Unknown"
    BoardName    "Unknown"

    Driver     "fglrx"

EndSection

# Device configured by xorgconfig:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "video card"
    Driver "fglrx"
    Option "FSAAEnable" "off"
    Option "Capabilities" "0×00000000"
    Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
    Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
    Option "FSAAScale" "0"
    Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
    #VideoRam    262144
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection


Section "Screen"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "* Generic VESA compatible"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"



    Screen "Screen 1"

    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
    
    Option "AIGLX" "true"
    
EndSection

 Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
 EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

When I try to run compiz-fusion I get Missing GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmaps error.

LD_PRELOAD=/lib/mesa/libGL.so.1.2 compiz --replace &
LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 compiz --replace ccp &

don't work. Please help!

Cerebral · 2008-01-14 15:51:18

Well, first off, in your Screen section, you're using the device called "* Generic VESA Compatible" which isn't defined anywhere - try using the "video card" device.

Also, good luck getting compiz-fusion with catalyst and xorg-server 1.4 -- that combination has failed to work for me, ever.

herman · 2008-01-14 16:16:46

Same effects (no compiz) with "* Generic VESA Compatible" , "video card" and "I love pizza". Is there any way to set up the compiz?

Last edited by herman (2008-01-14 16:17:05)

airstep · 2008-01-22 07:14:45

So we have some variants how to run compiz-fusion, lets see:

1. compiz-fusion + AIGLX
2. compiz-fusion + XGL

I'm try to run first variant because it must be faster then second combination.
My video adapter is ATI X1400.
But not succesful... same error like in first post.

And no one issue from many site's - don't help me, just showing another error:

compiz (core) - Error: Could not acquire compositing manager selection on screen 0 display ":0.0"
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0

Any advice ???

stylopath · 2008-01-22 13:50:29

The GLX_EXT_TEXtUrE_FROM_PIXMAP error seems to be related to our version of the x-server.
On older versions of X compiz fusion works well with catalyst and aiglx, as well as XGL (at least it works in ubuntu7.10).

I guess we'll have to wait until ati fully supports "our" version of X - anyway, even XGL refuses to start atm.

airstep · 2008-01-22 14:20:16

The question is - how long to wait?

Because, I know that they developed support of AIGLX in drivers very long time.
Have you any source's(maybe links) to determine status of development in ATI for Linux?

And how to downgrade X? I think probably it's difficult...

Last edited by airstep (2008-01-22 14:31:52)

Ub1476 · 2008-01-22 15:22:06

I appear to have the same problem as you guys, actually I have a X1400 as well.

compiz (core) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0

Will the 8.01 driver fix this? How long time will it take before it comes into the repos anyway (looking forward to suspend/sleep).

raul_nds · 2008-01-23 00:07:11

use the standard Ati OS drivers guys. Works for me, and the performance is good. I use the ati or the radeon driver, i think both work

airstep · 2008-01-23 07:36:01

I'm using "ATI Catalyst proprietary driver" - it is "standart ATI OS drivers"? If so - than don't work for me with compiz-fusion.

stylopath · 2008-01-23 14:03:58

No, the OS (OpenSource) ATI driver is xf86-video-ati (in xorg.conf named "ati" or "radeon").
catalyst is the proprietary driver written by ati while xf86-video-ati is written by xorg-devs (i think).

Catalyst 8.01 doesn't solve this issue, and radeon is simply no alternative for me (since it has no dri-support on xpress200m chipsets).

airstep · 2008-01-23 16:10:55

ok, I will try it. tnx

Ub1476 · 2008-01-23 18:29:27

Ok, I removed the catalyst and catalyst-utils package, installed the ATI driver and restarted. X wouldn't work so I changed driver to vesa (tried both radeon and ati). Apart from that, XGL won't work either. I used the second wiki option as in the first guide there were lots of directories which didn't exist.

Xorg:

# xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver        "kbd"
    Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules"    "xorg"
    Option        "XkbModel"    "pc105"
    Option        "XkbLayout"    "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "CorePointer"
    Option        "Device"    "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "Protocol"    "ImPS/2"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping"    "4 5"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons"    "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Synaptics Touchpad"
    Driver        "synaptics"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
    Option        "Device"    "/dev/psaux"
    Option        "Protocol"    "auto-dev"
    Option        "HorizEdgeScroll"    "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Driver        "wacom"
    Identifier    "stylus"
    Option        "Device"    "/dev/input/wacom"
    Option        "Type"    "stylus"
    Option        "ForceDevice"    "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Driver        "wacom"
    Identifier    "eraser"
    Option        "Device"    "/dev/input/wacom"
    Option        "Type"    "eraser"
    Option        "ForceDevice"    "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Driver        "wacom"
    Identifier    "cursor"
    Option        "Device"    "/dev/input/wacom"
    Option        "Type"    "cursor"
    Option        "ForceDevice"    "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Generic Video Card"
    Driver        "vesa"
    Busid        "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Generic Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS"
    Horizsync    30-70
    Vertrefresh    50-160
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    Device        "Generic Video Card"
    Monitor        "Generic Monitor"
    Defaultdepth    24
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "Default Layout"
  screen "Default Screen"
    Inputdevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    Inputdevice    "Configured Mouse"
    
    # Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet
    #    InputDevice     "stylus"    "SendCoreEvents"
    #    InputDevice     "cursor"    "SendCoreEvents"
    #    InputDevice     "eraser"    "SendCoreEvents"
    Inputdevice    "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
EndSection

airstep · 2008-01-24 08:46:42

So, when you installed Open-Source ATI Drivers - Do you fill xorg.conf like in this wiki page?

Ub1476 · 2008-01-24 21:35:13

Yes, I don't think I missed anything, except for the AIGXL thing, which I wont need (supposed to use XGL). BTW, those open-source drivers are they the same which you install in Restricted Driver Manager in Ubuntu (if not do you know what version they are..)?

herman · 2008-02-18 12:56:08

This ati card makes me mad. Catalyst updated to 8.01. Compiz-fusion doesn't work at all. Wine does not work too. Arrgh!

Last edited by herman (2008-02-18 12:56:40)

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compiz-fusion + catalyst/radeonhd + xfce. Please help

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