Tracer Bullet Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 I'm very new to Linux and Mandriva, so bear with me please. :) I have a Radeon X300 PCI Express video card in my system, and have installed Mandriva 2006. I know from experience that if I try to use the "fglrx" driver under Vendors-Radeon, X Window can't boot, so to get around this problem I'm using the generic "Radeon" driver found under "Xorg"- however, I have been getting strange graphical glitches and occasional freezes which require a reboot. I downloaded and installed the ATI driver, but that doesn't seem to have fixed anything, and I've read through some of the Radeon threads around here, but none of them have had this problem- they're all mostly opengl and 3D rendering issues. I'm not worried about getting that working (yet), I just want a stable system! Here is a screenshot so you can see what I'm talking about. The yellow areas are the glitches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 did you update xorg via the software updater in Mandriva Control Center? I believe there was a plan to provide an update to fix some of these issues after the final xorg 6.9.0 was release, atleast, according to this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracer Bullet Posted February 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 (edited) Okay, I updated xorg, but the glitches haven't gone away. Interestingly enough, on a hunch I switched my screen resolution from 1280x1024 to 1024x768 and the glitches are gone. However, I'd really like to run it at the former. How can I fix this? Edited February 20, 2006 by Tracer Bullet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 could you post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file so I can take a look at it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracer Bullet Posted February 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Here you go: # File generated by XFdrake. # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "Files" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layer EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Plug'n Play" ModelName "DELL E193FP" HorizSync 31-83 VertRefresh 56-76 # Monitor preferred modeline (60.0 Hz vsync, 64.0 kHz hsync, ratio 5/4) ModeLine "1280x1024" 108 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor2" VendorName "Dell" ModelName "Dell E193FP" HorizSync 31.0-83.0 VertRefresh 56.0-76.0 # Monitor preferred modeline (60.0 Hz vsync, 64.0 kHz hsync, ratio 5/4) ModeLine "1280x1024" 108 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" Driver "radeon" Screen 0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device2" VendorName "ATI" BoardName "ATI Radeon (fglrx)" Driver "ati" Screen 0 BusID "PCI:1:0:1" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen2" Device "device2" Monitor "monitor2" DefaultColorDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" Screen "screen1" Screen "screen2" RightOf "screen1" #Option "Xinerama" EndSection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 I would suggest changing your screen1 section to this: Section "Screen"Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1280x1024 EndSubsection EndSection changes are bolded. one question: do you have two screens? I.E. a monitor and a tv, or another monitor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracer Bullet Posted February 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 No, I have one monitor. Thanks for this, I will try it. However, when I try to save the modified xorg.conf file, it won't let me. If I go into the console, type "su" and then do /etc/X11/xorg.conf, it says "permission denied". Shouldn't I be able to modify this file as root? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 well, you would have to edit the file with an editor (vi, nano, kedit) as root. as root, yes, you should have the ability to edit it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracer Bullet Posted February 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 I made those changes you suggested, and the glitches are blue now... and my desktop background is solid blue. Is there anything else I should change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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