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#1 2009-02-14 12:33:23

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[SOLVED] - Radeon X1550 Series graphic card - problem with effects

Hi,

I've got a Radeon X1550 Series graphic card and seem to be unable to get any kind of stable fancy graphics working. I'm using kwin at the mo and things like the cube or wobbly windows (my personal favourite) are not functioning at all. As it is I am running without any effects...

I wouldn't mind having to use compiz to get these things working but find precious little info on google relating to this card (only problems).

If anybody has a working setup could you please post which driver you are using (catalyst, radeonhd or ati) and a copy of your xorg.conf.

Here a copy of my current rather rudimentary xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"               
        Identifier     "Xorg Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0    
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
# Serial Mouse not detected                      
# USB Mouse not detected                         
EndSection                                       

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"
        Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"    

EndSection

Section "Files"
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"         
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"         
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"         
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"            
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...               
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"       
#       FontPath     "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
#       FontPath     "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"                                   
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"                             
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"                         
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"                                
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"                     
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"             
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"                         
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"                              
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"                         
EndSection                                                                      

Section "Module"
        Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
        Load  "dbe"                          
        Load  "dri"                          
        Load  "extmod"                       
        Load  "glx"                          
        Load  "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts        
        Load  "type1"                        
        Load  "freetype"                     
        Load  "record"                       
        #   Load  "synaptics"                
EndSection                                   

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "keyboard" 
        Option      "CoreKeyboard"
        Option "XkbRules" "xorg"  
        Option "XkbModel" "pc105" 
        Option "XkbLayout" "gb,de"
        Option "XkbVariant" ""    
EndSection                        

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Serial Mouse"
        Driver      "mouse"       
        Option      "Protocol" "Microsoft"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" 
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
        Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"  
        Option      "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection                                  

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "PS/2 Mouse"
        Driver      "mouse"     
        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
        Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"  
        Option      "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection                                  

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "USB Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"    
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
        Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"           
        Option          "Protocol"              "IMPS/2"         
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"            
        Option          "Buttons"               "5"              
EndSection                                                       

# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Monitor0"
                Option "DPMS" "true"
        HorizSync    28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.   
        # 1280x1024 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 64.0kHz                     
        ModeLine "1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688   1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
        # 1280x1024 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 80.0kHz                                          
        ModeLine "1280x1024" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688   1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
        # 1280x1024 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 91.1kHz                                          
        ModeLine "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728   1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync
EndSection                                                                                

# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg

Section "Device"
        Option     "EnablePageFlip"             "on"
        Option     "AccelDFS"                   "on"
        Option     "DisplayPriority"            "high"
        Option     "ColorTiling"                "on"  
        Option     "AccelMethod"                "EXA" 
        Option     "DRI"                        "on"  
        Identifier  "Card0"                           
        Driver      "radeonhd"                        
        VendorName  "All"                             
        BoardName   "All"                             
        Option      "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"    
        Option      "DRI" "true"                      
EndSection                                            


Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"  
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultColorDepth 24  
        SubSection "Display"  
                Depth     1   
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection                                           
        SubSection "Display"                                    
                Depth     4                                     
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection                                           
        SubSection "Display"                                    
                Depth     8                                     
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection                                           
        SubSection "Display"                                    
                Depth     15                                    
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection                                           
        SubSection "Display"                                    
                Depth     16                                    
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection                                           
        SubSection "Display"                                    
                Depth     24                                    
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection                                           
        SubSection "Display"                                    
                Depth     32                                    
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection                                           
EndSection                                                      

#Section "ServerLayout"
#       Option  "AIGLX" "true"
#EndSection                   

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

Section "Module"
        Load  "xtrap"
        Load  "dri"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "freetype"
        Load  "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Group   "video"
        Mode    0666
EndSection

Thanks in advance for any tips, hints, links!

Last edited by toad (2009-02-14 19:51:55)


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#2 2009-02-14 19:51:26

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Re: [SOLVED] - Radeon X1550 Series graphic card - problem with effects

SUCCESS big_smile

Here goes:

Section "ServerLayout"               
        Identifier     "Xorg Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0    
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
# Serial Mouse not detected                      
# USB Mouse not detected                         
EndSection                                       

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"
        Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"    

EndSection

Section "Files"
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"         
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"         
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"         
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"            
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...               
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"       
#       FontPath     "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
#       FontPath     "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"                                   
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"                             
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"                         
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"                                
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"                     
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"             
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"                         
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"                              
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"                         
EndSection                                                                      

Section "Module"
        Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
        Load  "dbe"                          
        Load  "dri"                          
        Load  "extmod"                       
        Load  "glx"                          
        Load  "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts        
        Load  "type1"                        
        Load  "freetype"                     
        Load  "record"                       
        #   Load  "synaptics"                
EndSection                                   

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "keyboard" 
        Option      "CoreKeyboard"
        Option "XkbRules" "xorg"  
        Option "XkbModel" "pc105" 
        Option "XkbLayout" "gb,de"
        Option "XkbVariant" ""    
EndSection                        

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Serial Mouse"
        Driver      "mouse"       
        Option      "Protocol" "Microsoft"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" 
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
        Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"  
        Option      "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection                                  

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "PS/2 Mouse"
        Driver      "mouse"     
        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"        
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"     
        Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"       
        Option      "SendCoreEvents"  "true"     
EndSection                                       

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "USB Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"    
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
        Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"           
        Option          "Protocol"              "IMPS/2"         
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"            
        Option          "Buttons"               "5"              
EndSection                                                       

# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Monitor0"
                Option "DPMS" "true"
        HorizSync    28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.   
        # 1280x1024 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 64.0kHz                     
        ModeLine "1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688   1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
        # 1280x1024 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 80.0kHz                                          
        ModeLine "1280x1024" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688   1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
        # 1280x1024 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 91.1kHz                                          
        ModeLine "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728   1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync
EndSection                                                                                

# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg


Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "radeonhd"
        VendorName  "All"     
        BoardName   "All"     
        Option      "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
        Option      "DRI" "true"                  
EndSection                                        


Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
        Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True" 
        Device     "Card0"                     
        Monitor    "Monitor0"                  
        DefaultColorDepth 24                   
        SubSection "Display"                   
                Depth     1                    
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection                                           
        SubSection "Display"                                    
                Depth     4                                     
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection                                           
        SubSection "Display"                                    
                Depth     8                                     
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection                                           
        SubSection "Display"                                    
                Depth     15                                    
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection                                           
        SubSection "Display"                                    
                Depth     16                                    
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection                                           
        SubSection "Display"                                    
                Depth     24                                    
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection                                           
        SubSection "Display"                                    
                Depth     32
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

#Section "ServerLayout"
#       Option  "AIGLX" "true"
#EndSection

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

Section "DRI"
        Group   "video"
        Mode    0666
EndSection

Obviously you have to restart the X server. In addition I've got the fusion-icon installed. On first run I didn't have window borders so I installed emerald and did an

emerald --replace

Bingo.


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#3 2009-02-24 10:43:05

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Re: [SOLVED] - Radeon X1550 Series graphic card - problem with effects

Update:

Thanks to the latest compiz-decorator-kde (version 0.8.0-1) emerald is not needed anymore.


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#4 2009-04-17 09:18:50

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Re: [SOLVED] - Radeon X1550 Series graphic card - problem with effects

Actually, it works even better with KDE4 compositing without an xorg.conf!


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