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interslice

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Registered: 2011-01-12

Posts: 3

Compiz standalone is blank (ATI)

$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood [Radeon HD 5600 Series]

~/.xinitrc:

setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp
nitrogen --restore
cairo-dock -o &
xterm &
exec ck-launch-session compiz ccp
#exec ck-launch-session fusion-icon
#exec twm

/etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    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  "glx"
    Load  "dri2"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "drm"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "DontZap" "false"
    Option "Xinerama" "false"
    Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
    Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us"
    Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
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"
    Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    #Driver      "fglrx"
    Driver     "radeon"
    #Driver      "vesa"
        #Option     "ShadowFB"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultRefresh"         # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ModeSetClearScreen"     # [<bool>]
    VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
    BoardName   "Redwood [Radeon HD 5600 Series]"
    Option      "AccelMethod" "exa"
    Option      "AGPMode" "4"
    Option      "ColorTiling" "on"
    Option      "Audio" "on"
    Option      "HDMI" "all"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

When I issue startx, there's a bit of tearing, and then it flashes xterm and finally goes blank. I can't do anything after that. Can't even zap X. I also tried this with the catalyst drivers.

mandorory

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Registered: 2010-12-27

Posts: 16

Re: Compiz standalone is blank (ATI)

I had almost the same set up, but my .xinitrc was like this

tint2 &
cairo-dock -o &
exec ck-launch-session fusion-icon

i like fusion-icon

also i used slim for a login manager i dont know if it makes a difference, i don't think your using a login manager since your using the startx command, what if you tried with a login manager if thats a route you would want to go

Last edited by mandorory (2011-01-12 20:08:57)

interslice

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Registered: 2011-01-12

Posts: 3

Re: Compiz standalone is blank (ATI)

I fear I may have to use a display manager since killing X doesn't drop me to tty (so I have to do a hard reboot). But I'll get to that later.

So I tried changing

exec ck-launch-session compiz ccp

to

exec ck-launch-session fusion-icon

The good news is I no longer have to do a hard reboot. The bad news is the cause of not having to do a hard reboot is because I get a segmentation fault. Here's the log: https://pastee.org/h8zbq

I've got a Gateway NV79, which uses the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650.

I am pretty sure this is an issue with xorg.conf. I tried starting up a game in twm and it wouldn't run smoothly. The graphics were also pretty horrible.

Last edited by interslice (2011-01-12 21:07:35)

interslice

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Registered: 2011-01-12

Posts: 3

Re: Compiz standalone is blank (ATI)

bump, any ideas/suggestions?

Japanlinux

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Registered: 2010-05-18

Posts: 173

Re: Compiz standalone is blank (ATI)

One thing i noticed is that your xinitrc file doesn't have an & after every entry (except the compiz line which doesn't need one). So perhaps this could be causing issues for you. So I'd suggest writing an "&" after the first two entries and see if that helps at all.

shook

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Registered: 2011-01-16

Posts: 1

Re: Compiz standalone is blank (ATI)

Can you start an Xsession without compiz?
Line 474 is not good.  You are dropping to the frame buffer.  Install the mesa-demos for testing and see if you can get some hardware acceleration working first.