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mawch

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Registered: 2005-11-21

Posts: 13

how to install drivers for ati radeon 3200?and how to config xorg.co ?

how to install drivers for ati radeon 3200?and how to config xorg.conf?

mvdvarrier

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Registered: 2008-10-04

Posts: 47

Re: how to install drivers for ati radeon 3200?and how to config xorg.co ?

how to install drivers for ati radeon 3200?and how to config xorg.conf?

Hello
I am using ati hd 3200 which is integrated with my motherboard. If you are using arch you can download & install through pacman. The package is named like catalyst*. You can install them by issuing as root user
#pacman -Sy
#pacman -S -l | grep -i catalyst
#pacman -S catalyst catalyst-utils
After installation reboot your machine in runlevel 1. (single mode).  Ensure "fglrx" module is loaded correctly using
#lsmod | grep -i fglrx
If the resultant output have "fglrx" part  the module is loaded correctly. The next step is to create a working /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Backup your current xorg.conf if needed.
#cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bkup
Then issue
#aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
This will create a new xorg.conf file. Now we can test our confign.
#telinit 3
I am using runlevel 3 to avoid graphic messup!!
issue
#gdm
If you graphical login screen works correctly there is nothing to do more except adjust your monitor resoloution as you like.
To know your ati driver is working correctly issue as root
#fgl_glxgears
If gears are rolling happily it seems correct. You can also know more about installed ati driver
#fglrxinfo
Now the installed driver version is in the output 

If there is any problem try following
##### Soloutions to solve various display problems using ATI Catalyst Drivers in Linux #####

yes video playback is choppy until i ran :-

sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv

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Try adding the following to the 'Device' section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Option "TexturedVideo" "true"
#################################################################
### This is a half solution for mythtv problems. Run mythtv in window (no full screen) If You have a screen resolution of 1024x768 try the command;

mythfrontend --geometry 800x600
####################################################
Append the "Device" Section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file as follows;

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "TexturedVideo" "on"
Option "TexturedVideoSync" "on"
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000800"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
##############################################################################################
Add following in the .bashrc of each user or /etc/bashrc file* Most Effective In My Case!!

export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true
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####### Arch Linux - Add the "nopat" option to the /boot/grub/menu.lst or /boot/grub/grub.conf
####### as in the following example

title  Archlinux Ice Kernel
root   (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26-ice root=/dev/sda2 ro resume=/dev/sda3 quiet splash nopat
initrd /boot/kernel26-ice.img
##############################################################################################

NB: REGULAR DISCLAIMER IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE ABOVE MATTER; USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!  ALL THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS POSTINGS IN THE FORUM AND FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE
Wish U good luck
mvdvarrier

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mawch

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Registered: 2005-11-21

Posts: 13

Re: how to install drivers for ati radeon 3200?and how to config xorg.co ?

Very good! Thank you!It works.

Wilku

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Registered: 2007-07-04

Posts: 41

Re: how to install drivers for ati radeon 3200?and how to config xorg.co ?

I am afraid I tried every option you wrote here and I've got the same problem as before. My input devices don't work. I can only use the ctrl+alt+Fx shortcuts to change to consolesm which are all messed up with strange triangles. I can't see anything I'm writing.

Is it a problem that I run xinit from the user level and not restart my computer after making an xorg.conf?

It's really tiring. I have no idea what to do with it?