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Bruce Burden schreef: |
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> Okay, I have fglrx as the driver in the xorg.conf file. And, at 24 |
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> bit resolution, xdm starts X. Bliss! |
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> Then I realized that nothing was completing if it created an xterm of |
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> output or so. Drat! |
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> OS is Gentoo 2.6.15-gentoo-r1. Xorg is 6.8.2. Machine is a HP ZD8000 |
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> with an ATI X600 Mobile Radeon. |
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> Any ideas what is going on? Clearly it is related to X and fglrx, as |
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> the xorg.conf "ATI" driver doesn't do this. |
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> Modules: |
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> agpgart |
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> ati_agp |
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> fglrx |
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Hi, Bruce :-). |
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Number one, please don't hijack threads. This post came as a reply to |
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the "update-eix has memory problems" thread; apparently you hit "reply" |
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and changed the subject, rather than sending a new mail to the list |
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(which would have started a new thread). This is bad mailing-list etiquette. |
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Number two, as to your actual problem: |
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a) I don't understand what "nothing was completing if it created |
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an xterm of output or so" means. What is "nothing"? "(not) completing" how? |
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I suppose what you're saying is that applications that produce terminal |
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output are not completing in some fashion, but even if that's a correct |
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reading, it still doesn't tell me much about what the problem actually |
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is. Some error messages would be much more useful in this regard. |
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b) I am wondering about that ati-agp module. Does that mean you're using |
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the internal fglrx agp module ("UseInternalAGPGart" set to "yes" in |
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xorg.conf), or that you're using the kernel module for ATI IGP |
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motherboards? Do you actually have an ATI IGP mobo in your .... laptop, |
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is it? |
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c) does the fglrx driver actually now support the X600 series (mobile)? |
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I know that people with X800s (desktop) don't have support (and, man, |
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are they P.O'd), and mobile chip support tends to be somewhat choppy, so |
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it's possible that there's only partial support for the chipset, |
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resulting in this issue (I have a 9800SE, so while I don't find much to |
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be grateful for in the ATI drivers, I am at least grateful for an older |
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model card that is "supported" as well as anything is supported by the |
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proprietary Linux drivers). |
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Anyway, hope this helps, sorry for posting to a hijacked thread, but |
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hopefully Bruce will repost in a new thread and we can go further. |
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Holly |
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