Re: [gentoo-user] very poor video quality with xorg-server and ati video card

[Davide Carnovale]

by decent video quality i mean, that i see the images with a very low
resoution (pixelated) and i can't play a video (avi file) as the framerate
is too low. also 3d programs doesn't work (i've tested only second life so
far)
i don't need anything funky, just a normal config.
are you using the ati drivers or the xorg ones?
can you please share your xorg config file?

BTW i'm using xorg-server-1.7.7-r1 can that be the problem?

D

2010/12/27 Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>

> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Davide Carnovale
> <francesco.davide.carnovale@×××××.com> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> > it's two days i'm struggling to get a decent video quality on a fresh
> gentoo
> > install.
> > i have an ATI mobility HD5650 on a laptop. i've set VIDEO_CARD="radeon"
> on
> > /etc/make.conf and emerge xf86-video-ati and radeon-ucode
> > i've also followed hints from here:
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
> > and here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/dri-howto.xml
> > and here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
> > but i still get a very poor quality on images on the web, and can't run
> > secondlife (the heaviest 3d program i use)
> > i'm using the X server with no config file also, eselect opengl list
> shows
> > only xorg-x11 in the list.
> >
> > can anyone point me to an howto or give me some ideas on what can i do to
> > fix this problem?
> >
> > Davide
> >
>
> Hi Davide,
>   Can you better define 'decent video quality'? I've got a Radeon HD
> 5770 on this system installed about 6 month ago. I do use a xorg.conf
> file. (xorg-server-1.9, machine is mostly stable + a few testing
> packages) I don't emerge radeon-ucode for my card.
>
>   If I know what you're doing I can look here and compare.
>
>   Feel free to contact me offline for specific info if it helps.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
>