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cw [Member] in response to: GUTSY ATi Efforts

cw [Member] — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:57:00 +0000

H9290: You're welcome. Pay it forward! :-)

h9290 [Visitor] in response to: GUTSY ATi Efforts

h9290 [Visitor] — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:19:00 +0000

Seems like everything is working
restarted and it still works,hope it doesnt get screwed again
THANKS for the wonderfull guide and for the extra help

cw [Member] in response to: GUTSY ATi Efforts

cw [Member] — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:13:00 +0000

If you can get the fglrx driver loaded ok first, then come back to compiz...

use Syanptic. search for compiz
do complete removal on everything installed.

reboot

then use synaptic to install compiz again.

the do the following:

sudo gedit /usr/bin/compiz

Replace this top block of code with the following, paying special attention to the lines containing the word WHITELIST and X600:

COMPIZ_BIN_PATH="/usr/bin/" # For window decorators and compiz
PLUGIN_PATH="/usr/lib/compiz/"
GLXINFO="/usr/bin/glxinfo"
KWIN="/usr/bin/kwin"
METACITY="/usr/bin/metacity"
COMPIZ_NAME="compiz.real" # Final name for compiz (compiz.real)

# For Xgl LD_PRELOAD
LIBGL_NVIDIA="/usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa"
LIBGL_FGLRX="/usr/lib/fglrx/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa"

# Minimum amount of memory (in kilo bytes) that nVidia cards need
# to be allowed to start
# Set to 262144 to require 256MB
NVIDIA_MEMORY="65536" # 64MB
NVIDIA_SETTINGS="nvidia-settings" # Assume it's in the path by default

# For detecting what driver is in use, the + is for one or more /'s
XORG_DRIVER_PATH="/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/+"

FALLBACKWM="${METACITY}"
FALLBACKWM_OPTIONS="--replace $@"

# Driver whitelist
WHITELIST="fglrx nvidia intel ati radeon i810"

# blacklist based on the pci ids
# See http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/Hardware/Blacklist for details
#T=" 1002:5954 1002:5854 1002:5955" # ati rs480
#T="$T 1002:4153" # ATI Rv350
T="$T 8086:2982 8086:2992 8086:29a2 8086:2a02 8086:2a12" # intel 965
T="$T 8086:2972" # i965 (x3000)
#T="$T 1002:3152 1002:3150 1002:5462 1002:5653 " # ati X300 X600,X600 X700
BLACKLIST_PCIIDS="$T"
unset T

Save and restart X, then see if you can start the 3d Desktop Effects.

h9290 [Visitor] in response to: GUTSY ATi Efforts

h9290 [Visitor] — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:43:00 +0000

I did remove the fglrx drivers,and had the ati drivers from the ati/amd site
the new driver is 8.7
i tried trouble shoooting but no use,but to think about it,even when i installed the new ati driver,i didnt uninstall the compiz,i might try that
i didnt understand (whitelisting necessary for the X600)
Ubuntu live CD works fine,didnt try another,even fglxr driver with compiz worked fine for a week(still didnt figure how that can possibly happen)

cw [Member] in response to: GUTSY ATi Efforts

cw [Member] — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:13:00 +0000

H9290:
It sounds like the compiz stuff is busted.

Have you tried going through the troubleshooting steps to remove the fglrx drivers, test, then reinstall? And reinstall compiz, ensuring that you do the whitelisting necessary for the X600.

Have you tried loading a livecd to see if that will work? I think ones like the new Sabayon 3.5 live DVD have the drivers already installed, you just choose them at boot.

Can you take a look at the log file to find the issue?
sudo cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log >> ~/xlog
then
cat ~/xlog

h9290 [Visitor] in response to: GUTSY ATi Efforts

h9290 [Visitor] — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:04:00 +0000

Thanks for the wonderful guide,i've been having a problem for the past days
When i installed hardy,i did a full update,installed fgxlr and compiz everything worked fine,and stayed fine for a week
then when i started ubuntu,i was able to login but then i get a blank screen,i tried booting from recovery mode and fixed xorg
thing worked but no visuals or driver,ive been trying allot of guides,all steps work till i enable the driver,tried the fgxlr and the ati driver
all result in the same problem,after entering user and password,i get a blank screen
in your guide it was the same,till the step (sudo aticonfig --initial && sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv) after reboot i get the blank screen when entering ubuntu
im not sure whats going on with my ATI,all was working for a whole week
i'm using ATI mobility x600
thanks

rannsaicher [Visitor] in response to: GUTSY ATi Efforts

rannsaicher [Visitor] — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:51:00 +0000

i got in the same trouble as E visitor, seemd I had fallen back to teh veas driver.
/var/log/Xorg.0.log and
glxinfo showed mismatch between driver and kernel module. I think the missing step is to recompile the kernel module from the fglrx-kernel-source package using module-assistant. Note this packages deb is produced on the desktop from the installer execution.
use
sudo m-a prepare
sudo m-a build,install fglrx-kernel
once everything matches version wise then my system came right again

cw [Member] in response to: GUTSY ATi Efforts

cw [Member] — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:38:00 +0000

Cutout, it may not be an issue. The restricted Drivers manager may ignore it. Does it all work? 3D? Compiz?
If it does then well and good. If not then do:
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and post the file contents here.