ATI Radeon 7000 drivers

[Admin-Amir]

yogesh ,

let's see if you can get it to Edit as they say in the post.

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sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

OR

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gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

then go to the Section "Device"and Hit Enter at the end of the word "Device"
copy and past there:

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 Identifier      "Radeon 9600"
        Driver          "ati"
        BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
        Option          "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
EndSection

look careful not to have 2 EndSection!!

then if there is any problems there just copy and past this 2 lines after

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"XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"

there Enter and copy and past the lines there ,then keep copy and past the other parts of the Edit.

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Option        "BusType" "PCI"
 Option         "AGPMode" "1"

Then:

here it is very denger part so let's try to get from this point with:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
EndSection

then:

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Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "Radeon 7000"
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
         Depth           24
         Modes           "1440x900" "1024x768"
         Virtual         1024 768
        EndSubSection
EndSection

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Section "DRI"
 Mode 0666
EndSection
       
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

then on the server layout

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Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "Default Layout"
        Screen          "Default Screen"
        InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
        InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

then Restart by Ctrl-Alt-Backspace or log out.
switch to a text console (ctrl-alt-F1), log in and run

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sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

then make test by:

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$ glxinfo | grep vendor

or if this does not help, go to the "Removing the proprietary fglrx driver" section.

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$ glxinfo | grep "direct rendering"

For trouble-shooting, try also

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$ LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo

let's see here how it work or not for you.

[Cell]

Add this repo,and the key.

https://launchpad.net/~tormodvolden/+archive/ppa

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sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get upgrade

Then follow Amir's directions to edit the xorg.config file.Skip the agp lines if you don't have an agp card.If you want to use compiz then you have to add it to the xorg.config file also.
Reboot.


Don't know if this was suggested or not....to lazy to look back,but this is how I configure my ati card in jaunty.I have a x1600xt card and had medium performance,so don't expect blazing results with your card.

[yogesh]

ok!
i finally managed to do it!sorry for lateness, i did wrong the firdt time!i reinstalled Ultimate Edition, and did it right this time!
it working, but as you said, it's very slow, i cannot have the effects like rotating the cube etc....
however, i thank you very much for your help! I'm learning......

[Cell]

Make sure this is in your xorg.config file.

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Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
       
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

If you don't have the specific "section" then just make it....copy,and past.(you must be sudo for it to stick)

The first section will enable 3d,and the second will enable compiz with your gpu.


oh ya...if I remember right you must have ati as the driver in the xorg. file also.

[yogesh]

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

[yogesh]

after doing everything, it became as it was initially, as shown above...so please my friend, could you edit it and post it back as it should be! I'll paste everything there then...thanks

[Admin-Amir]

Hello yogesh.

So it is not "soled" right?
Please look on Ubuntu Tweak if in the Third-Party Sources , you have add there at the bottom
the Ubuntu X to your Sources,then the Ubuntu Tweak the 2 of them !

open terminal:

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sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get upgrade

If in any way you want to Edit all the process as you ask for here,
then after Edit all the process DO NOT RESTART THE MACHINE!
just do the process with Ubuntu Tweak then restart your machine.



Here is the all process from the start to the end:

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lspci

Then:

Configure AIGLX Plus The Open-Source ATI Driver

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sudo modprobe -r fglrx

Then we run

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glxinfo | grep vendor

If you see ATI mentioned in the output, then you're still using the wrong driver. If you see SGI instead, everything's fine. On my notebook, the output looked like this:

server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: SGI
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc.

If you have ATI in the output of the previous command, remove the fglrx driver like this (you can do this also if you have SGI in the output - just to go sure):

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sudo apt-get remove xorg-driver-fglrx; sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri

Next we have to modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

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sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

HERE IS THE ALL WHAT HAS TO BE EDIT:

Replace

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Section "Device"
        Identifier        "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 [Mobility FireGL 9000]"
        Driver                "ati"
        BusID                "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

with

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Section "Device"
        Identifier        "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 [Mobility FireGL 9000]"
        Driver                "radeon"
        BusID                "PCI:1:0:0"
        Option          "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
        Option "AGPMode" "4"
        Option "AGPFastWrite" "true"
        Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "true"
        Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
        Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
        Option "EnablePageFlip" "true"
EndSection

(Please note the added Option lines and the changed Driver line. Of course, your Identifier will look different if you use a different graphic card than I do.)

The Monitor and Screen sections in /etc/X11/xorg.conf should be alright.

Also replace

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Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier        "Default Layout"
        Screen                "Default Screen"
        InputDevice        "Generic Keyboard"
        InputDevice        "Configured Mouse"
        InputDevice     "stylus"        "SendCoreEvents"
        InputDevice     "cursor"        "SendCoreEvents"
        InputDevice     "eraser"        "SendCoreEvents"
        InputDevice        "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

with

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Section "ServerLayout"
        Option          "AIGLX"         "true"
        Identifier        "Default Layout"
        Screen                "Default Screen"
        InputDevice        "Generic Keyboard"
        InputDevice        "Configured Mouse"
        InputDevice     "stylus"        "SendCoreEvents"
        InputDevice     "cursor"        "SendCoreEvents"
        InputDevice     "eraser"        "SendCoreEvents"
        InputDevice        "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

(Please note that I added an AIGLX Option line at the top.)

And finally add the following two sections to the end of /etc/X11/xorg.conf if they don't exist elsewhere in the file:

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Section "DRI"
        Mode 0666
EndSection

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

To make the changes take effect, we must restart X. We can do this by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (if this doesn't work, reboot the system).

Afterwards, run

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glxinfo | grep vendor

again. You should now see that SGI is mentioned in the output:

server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: SGI
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc.

Then run

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glxinfo | grep "direct rendering"

This should show the following line:

direct rendering: Yes

hope that is what you ask for my friend.
let us know if that fix the problems for you as SOLVED the issue.

Thank you.
Amir.

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Is this card a agp card?If not then some of that isn't needed,and will give a black screen of death.


anywho...good luck on that one.Theres enough info here to set you up.You just have to do the work.

[yogesh]

how can verify if it is agp card?
i will make the upgrade on 1st october, because my download package has exhausted! its limited to only 3gb
by the way, im not visiting too much the forum(the only one of the web which i was browsing) as im in my HSC exam period!
so i might be late in replying to your posts guys, you please forgive me!

however, i will post results as soon as i do them... ...and i thank you loads for your aid, and friendship

[Admin-Amir]

Hello yogesh.

how can verify if it is agp card?

Just open your computer's side door (left),and look on what slot the card is sitting?
If it is Pci or agp.
the Pci is the White slot the agp is green,orange-longer then the pci.