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Okey, so here is my problem.
I've got two radeons hd4870, so I'm using ati's catalyst driver. I'm currently using the 64bit arch platform(haven't tried the 32 bit version on this computer) and I have such a problem (well, it's not a really bad problem, but it;s really annoying): when I watch a movie on mplayer once in a few minutes the movie stops(lags) and in a second or two or a few of them it starts running normally, starting like it would normally process after the lag process. It;s like the movie was running and the output went still for a few seconds and that happens every few minutes.
What should I do?
Last edited by Wilku (2008-11-10 11:54:26)
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ATI's linux support is still terribly weak compared to Nvidia's unfortunately. My Radeon 3200 HD suffered from the same problem you mentioned with Catalyst 8.8, but I've been able to get smooth DVD playback with the Catalyst 8.11 driver in testing (http://archlinux.org/packages/testing/x86_64/catalyst/).
You may have to make a tweak or two to your xorg.conf with 8.11. Give this thread a check if you run into problems: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57084&p=3
Last edited by Corneliax (2008-11-03 22:45:57)
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You prolly need to add the NOPAT kernel line to make older catalysts work smoothly.
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Okey, so I updated my driver with the new catalyst and all it's dependencies + mesa from testing(catalyst, catalyst-utils and xorg-server) and... When I run
Xorg -configure
I get a segfault and when I run xorg with the aticonfig --initial settings my mouse and keyboard don't work and when I change to another console I get many strange rectangles;) So what should I do?
Last edited by Wilku (2008-11-04 20:13:17)
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Dear firend,
Please try according to my post http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=58435
After that please acknowledge the result.
Good luck,
mvdvarrier
mvdvarrier is a Warrior; Born to Expedite!!!
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Wilku, I'm suffering from the same problem only that I use the 740G and not the 4870, but that doesn't matter much.
$ aticonfig --ovt Xv
and adding the nopat option to the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst
solved my problem.
I'm using the latest catalyst package from extra btw.
Best of luck.
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I am afraid I tried both options and I've got the same problem. 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?
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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "drm"
Load "record"
Load "GLcore"
Load "xtrap"
Load "dbe"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 470 300 # mm
### Comment all HorizSync and VertRefresh values to use DDC:
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "ASUS"
ModelName "VW222U"
HorizSync 31.3 - 80.2
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
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 "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "Dac8Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "BusType" # [<str>]
#Option "CPPIOMode" # [<bool>]
#Option "CPusecTimeout" # <i>
#Option "AGPMode" # <i>
#Option "AGPFastWrite" # [<bool>]
#Option "AGPSize" # <i>
#Option "GARTSize" # <i>
#Option "RingSize" # <i>
#Option "BufferSize" # <i>
#Option "EnableDepthMoves" # [<bool>]
#Option "EnablePageFlip" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoBackBuffer" # [<bool>]
#Option "DMAForXv" # [<bool>]
#Option "FBTexPercent" # <i>
#Option "DepthBits" # <i>
#Option "PCIAPERSize" # <i>
#Option "AccelDFS" # [<bool>]
#Option "DDCMode" # [<bool>]
#Option "IgnoreEDID" # [<bool>]
#Option "DisplayPriority" # [<str>]
#Option "PanelSize" # [<str>]
#Option "ForceMinDotClock" # <freq>
#Option "ColorTiling" # [<bool>]
#Option "VideoKey" # <i>
#Option "RageTheatreCrystal" # <i>
#Option "RageTheatreTunerPort" # <i>
#Option "RageTheatreCompositePort" # <i>
#Option "RageTheatreSVideoPort" # <i>
#Option "TunerType" # <i>
#Option "RageTheatreMicrocPath" # <str>
#Option "RageTheatreMicrocType" # <str>
#Option "ScalerWidth" # <i>
#Option "RenderAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SubPixelOrder" # [<str>]
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "DynamicClocks" # [<bool>]
#Option "VGAAccess" # [<bool>]
#Option "ReverseDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "LVDSProbePLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "AccelMethod" # <str>
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
#Option "ConnectorTable" # <str>
#Option "DefaultConnectorTable" # [<bool>]
#Option "DefaultTMDSPLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVDACLoadDetect" # [<bool>]
#Option "ForceTVOut" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVStandard" # <str>
#Option "IgnoreLidStatus" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "fglrx"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "740G chipset"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0666
EndSection
That's my xorg.conf, you are more than welcome to use it. Don't forget to change the settings under the Screen and Monitor sections. You might also want to change the BoardName, but I don't think it's critical.
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Thank you. Your xorg.conf solved my problem. Thank you very much.
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