rbk25 Posted January 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 (edited) i have ran glxinfo and glxgears and i am stiil getting a low fps and no direct rendering. I will next try manually type in the dri section and the configuration from your previous post, in there as well. then i will urpmi mesa, if you think that will work Edited January 29, 2006 by rbk25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 OK, cool, keep us posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gul Dukat Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 I'm sorry but I just don't understand why you didn't install the ATi-drivers from the ATi-site? I've installed them on my system and my X700 runs like hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 He couldn't, was getting nothing but problems, this is why going this way around to take things slowly step-by-step ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gul Dukat Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 (edited) He couldn't, was getting nothing but problems, this is why going this way around to take things slowly step-by-step ;) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oke. Was just being curious. I know the ATisite isn't much help, but I managed to install both the i586 and the x86_64 version. It took me a while, but in the end it was worth my while. :D Edited January 31, 2006 by Gul Dukat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 I tried both rpm and ati-installer versions with my Radeon 9250 and both were pants. Never worked. Get decent FPS of around 1200 with the open source ones, I suppose could be better with the ATI ones if their installer and/or rpm actually worked! I as it happens, got the same error trying the rpm install as this post. A shame really. Had to rebuild one of my systems, before I could try 2006 on the affected ATI box, but should have an update soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gul Dukat Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 I've only tried the drivers from the ATi-site. And they worked for me from day one. The problem with the drivers from the ATi-site is, is that it doesn't support all their video-cards. Only more recent ones. I have found that is one biggest disadvantages of their drivers. But the topic-starter has a 9600XT and that shouldn't have been a problem, normally. That's what I find peculiar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Me too :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver_Fluffi Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 I've only tried the drivers from the ATi-site. And they worked for me from day one. The problem with the drivers from the ATi-site is, is that it doesn't support all their video-cards. Only more recent ones. I have found that is one biggest disadvantages of their drivers. But the topic-starter has a 9600XT and that shouldn't have been a problem, normally. That's what I find peculiar. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I agree, according to ati the current driver supports Radeon 8500 and higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbk25 Posted January 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 just an update. I had read somewhere that my 9600 would work out of the box using SimplyMepis. After all i have been through, i thought that i would put my card and mepis on another machine, and give it a shot. i first booted up and tested the fps and it was like 200 and direct rendering was a no. then i looked in the display options in the os center and selected the ati tab and check to use their driver. i rebooted and now i am running glxgears at 2000. could my xorg.conf be helpful in configuring my ati card in mandriva?? just thought, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gul Dukat Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 (edited) could my xorg.conf be helpful in configuring my ati card in mandriva?? just thought, <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Have you checked both xorg.conf files? And how do they differ from each other? Edited January 31, 2006 by Gul Dukat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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