theYinYeti Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 (edited) I just upgraded from 2008.0 to 2008.1, and fglrx is broken. /etc/X11/xorg.conf is configured to use fglrx, and yet here's the situation: [yves@localhost ~]$ fglrxinfo display: :0.0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2) [yves@localhost ~]$ glxinfo | grep -i direct direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose) OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect I won't tell what I already tried, because: - it would be too long, - I'm willing to do it all again, - you could be interested by the actual result of each attempt. I use Gnome. Please help. The system is barely usable as it is because it is slow! Yves. Edited September 16, 2008 by theYinYeti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Batson Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 I have had success with Mandriva's rpm's and with the driver downloaded from ATI's site. See how I did it in the following thread. http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=74051 Near the end of that thread I wrote: "BTW, after I installed the driver from Backports, before I went to set up the Graphical Server, I made sure I had no internet connection, then I chose the ATI driver. When the dialog box popped up asking if I wanted to use the propriatary driver I clicked 'Yes', and XFDrake tried to download the driver." Adam W replied that this is not a problem. However it has been a problem in the past, and I do not trust leaving the internet connected when configuring the driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted September 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 (edited) Thank you David Batson. For now, I prefer to keep using Mandriva-provided drivers. So I did a sort of mix from your several posts, along with those from Adam Williamson. Here's what I did: — Change the driver to VESA. REBOOT — Remove any references to either “ati-agp†or “fglrx†in /etc/modprobe*. — `urpme dkms-fglrx-8.471-3mdv2008.1 fglrx-control-center-8.471-3mdv2008.1 fglrx-kernel-2.6.24.7-laptop-1mnb-8.471-3mdv2008.1 fglrx-kernel-laptop-latest-8.471-1.20080729.3mdv2008.1 libmetisse1-0.4.0-1.rc4.10.1mdv2008.1 metisse-0.4.0-1.rc4.10.1mdv2008.1 metisse-fvwm-2.5.20-1.rc4.10.1mdv2008.1 x11-driver-video-fglrx-8.471-3mdv2008.1 x11-server-xmetisse-0.4.0-1.rc4.10.1mdv2008.1` REBOOT — Enable “backports†repositories. — `urpmi dkms-fglrx fglrx-control-center fglrx-kernel-2.6.24.7-laptop-1mnb x11-driver-video-fglrx`: => from main/updates: fglrx-kernel*; => from non-free/release: x11-driver-video-fglrx, fglrx-control-center, dkms-fglrx. — Disable “backports†repositories. REBOOT — Unplug network. — Run `drakx11`: => Accept the suggested "Radeon 9500 to Radeon X1050" setting; => Change the suggested options to add support to transparency (Composite extension). — Plug network. REBOOT — As soon as XOrg starts on VC7, the computer locks on a still black and empty screen. => Ctrl+Alt+Backspace does nothing; => Ctrl+Alt+Delete does nothing; => Ctrl+Alt+F1 does nothing, nor do the above shortcuts afterwards. => Even Alt+SysRq+S, E, I, O does nothing! Meanwhile, the laptop fan gets noiser and noiser (CPU at 100%?) — Alt+SysRq+B => works! REBOOT — F2 at boot screen to append “ 3†to the kernel line (text boot-level). => “Starting udev†takes between 1 and 2 minutes, even though there are only some 20 transactions replayed. That was just to unsure a successful filesystem-check. REBOOT — As soon as XOrg starts on VC7, the computer locks on a still black and empty screen… And so on… REBOOT I finally changed back to the “ati†driver (some more “modelines†and some additional EXA-related options). What could I try next? What information could help you help me? Yves. Edited September 15, 2008 by theYinYeti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted September 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Some more information… The above was the description of my painfull afternoon of debugging. I was at work, with the “STATIC†network profile, and a fixed IP address. Now I'm at home, with the “ADSL†network profile, and a DHCP IP address. Besides, as those two profiles exist since about two years ago, some settings must have drifted apart among those managed by /etc/netprofile. One setting I know is different between the two profiles is the list of services to start at boot: [root@localhost profiles]# diff -r ADSL/services/ STATIC/services/ | sort Only in ADSL/services/: apmd Only in ADSL/services/: cpufreq Only in ADSL/services/: netfs Only in ADSL/services/: ntpd Only in ADSL/services/: oki4daemon Only in ADSL/services/: portmap Only in ADSL/services/: smb Only in STATIC/services/: autofs Only in STATIC/services/: cups Only in STATIC/services/: dkms Only in STATIC/services/: fuse Only in STATIC/services/: mandi Only in STATIC/services/: sshd Why do I tell you this? Because here at home, the change to fglrx works! [yves@localhost ~]$ fglrxinfo display: :0.0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc. OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon Xpress Series OpenGL version string: 2.1.7412 Release [yves@ausy-yg ~]$ glxinfo | grep -i direct direct rendering: Yes If that is of any importance, while upgrading to 2008.1, I fell upon this known bug: http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2008.1_Errata#...em::uniq_called But the suggested action did not work for me: the repositories were not set, and the said kernel did not exist anyway. So, using easy-urpmi and `urpmi --auto-select`, I finished the installation manually. “ADSL†was the active network profile when I did this. Next day at work (ie: this morning), I had the black freeze (see previous post), and repositories were unusable for some reason… I deleted them all and set them back up using easy-urpmi. I uninstalled all fglrx-related packages, and reinstalled them again, as that was something I remembered having done to make fglrx work at home, but to no avail this time… hence my call for help later in the day. So, fglrx works. It did yesterday at home. It does again here at home. But not at work so far. And that's where the sluggishness of the system is the most unbearable for me. Can you help me? Do you need some more information? Yves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Batson Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 I am not using Mandriva at the moment, so I can't look at my xorg.conf file. You might try running the command as su: run /usr/bin/aticonfig --initial , then reboot. I understand this is to clear the xorg.conf file when using the driver downloaded from ATI's site. It might work with Mandriva's drivers. Note: ATI says: Launch the Terminal Application/Window and run /usr/X11R6/bin/aticonfig --initial to configure the driver. Turns out this path is wrong. It should be run /usr/bin/aticonfig --initial to configure the driver. Also, take a look at this. This is an errata entry for 2008, but I am guessing it may apply to your situation. http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Releases/Mandr...08.0/Errata#ATI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted September 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 (edited) Hello David Batson, The 2008 errata doesn't apply to my situation because package versions don't match, and as I say in a previous post, even with “backports†enabled, packages are still taken from main/updates and non-free/release. However, here's the list of packages, in case anyone can spot a potential problem: [root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep -iE 'fglrx|dkms|kernel' | sort dkms-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1 dkms-fglrx-8.471-3mdv2008.1 dkms-kqemu-1.3.0-0.pre11.15.2mdv2008.1 dkms-madwifi-0.9.3.3-5.r3114mdv2008.1 dkms-minimal-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1 fglrx-control-center-8.471-3mdv2008.1 fglrx-kernel-2.6.24.7-laptop-1mnb-8.471-3mdv2008.1 fglrx-kernel-laptop-latest-8.471-1.20080729.3mdv2008.1 kernel-headers-2.6.24-6mnb1 kernel-laptop-2.6.24.7-1mnb-1-1mnb1 kernel-laptop-devel-2.6.24.7-1mnb-1-1mnb1 kernel-laptop-devel-latest-2.6.24.7-1mnb1 kernel-laptop-latest-2.6.24.7-1mnb1 madwifi-kernel-2.6.24.7-laptop-1mnb-0.9.3.3-5.r3114mdv2008.1 madwifi-kernel-laptop-latest-0.9.3.3-1.20080729.5.r3114mdv2008.1 x11-driver-video-fglrx-8.471-3mdv2008.1 I'll now try your aticonfig idea. In the generated xorg.conf file: “ AllowMouseOpenFail†becomes “ Option "allowmouseopenfail"†("ServerFlags") “Screen "screen1"†becomes “ Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0†("ServerLayout") And of course fglrx is used instead of ati, and there are many cosmetic changes. REBOOT — As soon as XOrg starts on VC7, the computer locks on a still black and empty screen… And so on… REBOOT — F2 at boot screen to append “ 3†to the kernel line (text boot-level)… — This time, I keep a copy of the log file. REBOOT — As soon as XOrg starts on VC7, the computer locks on a still black and empty screen… And so on… REBOOT I finally changed back to the “ati†driver. I attach the log file for review, in case anyone can understand the situation from it. Damn… I can't… (“Upload failed. You are not permitted to upload this type of fileâ€) Yves. Edited September 16, 2008 by theYinYeti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted September 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Well… I can't upload the log file, but here's an diff exerpt I think is interesting (this is where it begins to seriously differ from the reference log file from before the update to 2008.1): compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 0.1.0 | compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2 | ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (**) fglrx(0): Option "DPMS" | (**) fglrx(0): Option "DPMS" "true" > (II) Loading sub module "int10" > (II) LoadModule: "int10" > (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so > (II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0 > ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.1.0 | compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.1.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2 | ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK) | drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:5:0 | drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 > drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK) drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK) | drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK) drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 9 | drmGetBusid returned '' drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports PCI:1:5:0 < compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 8.49.7 | compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 8.47.3 (II) fglrx(0): [FB] Find the MC FB aperturs range(MCFBBase = < (II) LoadModule: "ddc"(II) Module already built-in | (II) LoadModule: "ddc"(II) Module "ddc" already built-in (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x800" 65.32 1280 1288 1328 13 | (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x800"x60.0 65.32 1280 1288 13 (**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x768": 65.3 MHz (scaled fro | (**) fglrx(0): *Mode "1280x768": 65.3 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MH […] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "320x240" 65.32 320 808 848 1344 | (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "320x240"x60.0 65.32 320 808 848 1 (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "320x200" 65.32 320 808 848 1344 | (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "320x200"x60.0 65.32 320 808 848 1 compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 | compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0 (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"(II) Module already built-in | (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"(II) Module "ramdac" already built-i compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.2.0 | compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.2.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2 | ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 > (II) fglrx(0): Depth moves disabled by default (**) fglrx(0): ATI GART size: 255 MB | (**) fglrx(0): ATI GART size: 256 MB (II) fglrx(0): [pcie] 261120 kB allocated | (II) fglrx(0): [pcie] 258048 kB allocated (II) fglrx(0): detected X.org 7.1.0.0 | (WW) fglrx(0): could not detect X server version (query_statu drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK) | drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK) drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK) | drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK) drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK) | drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK) drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 9 | drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 7 drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports PCI:1:5:0 | drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports (II) fglrx(0): [drm] DRM interface version 1.0 | drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card1 (II) fglrx(0): [drm] created "fglrx" driver at busid "PCI:1:5 | drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) (II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0x2000 | drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) (II) fglrx(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0x2000 to 0xb7f8e000 | drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card2 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card3 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card4 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card5 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card6 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card7 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card8 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card9 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card10 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card11 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card12 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card13 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card14 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 > drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK) > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 > drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK) > drmGetBusid returned '' > (II) [drm] DRM interface version 1.0 > (II) [drm] DRM open master succeeded. > (II) fglrx(0): [drm] Using the DRM lock SAREA also for drawab > (II) fglrx(0): X context handle = 0x1 > (II) fglrx(0): [drm] installed DRM signal handler (II) fglrx(0): Version: 8.49.7 | (II) fglrx(0): Version: 8.47.3 (II) fglrx(0): Date: May 12 2008 | (II) fglrx(0): Date: Feb 25 2008 (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 2.6.22.19 | (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 2.6.24.7- (II) fglrx(0): [drm] register handle = 0x00004000 | (II) fglrx(0): [drm] register handle = 0x00005000 (==) fglrx(0): Backing store disabled < (II) Loading extension FGLRXEXTENSION < (II) Loading extension ATITVOUT < (**) fglrx(0): DPMS enabled < (II) fglrx(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA) < Screen to screen bit blits < Solid filled rectangles < 8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles < Solid Lines < Dashed Lines < Setting up tile and stipple cache: < 30 128x128 slots < (II) fglrx(0): Acceleration enabled < (II) fglrx(0): X context handle = 0x1 < (II) fglrx(0): [DRI] installation complete < (II) fglrx(0): Direct rendering enabled < [atiddx] ASYNCIO init succeed! < Receive enable interrupt ret message < ...irqEnableMask: 10000000 < ...dwIRQEnableId: 00000004 < (==) fglrx(0): Silken mouse enabled < (==) fglrx(0): Using hardware cursor < (==) RandR enabled < […] Yves. 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David Batson Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 I see you used URPMI to get your drivers. I have not used URPMI to download and install software. I am not sure what you actually got with the commands you gave. You may have downloaded different versions of fglrx and that might be your problem. Why don't you uninstall everything fglrx and start over, using Software Installer instead. I am currently logged onto Mandriva 2008.1, and I only see 3 fglrx drivers installed. dkms-fglrx - ATI proprietary kernel module, version 8.501 fglrx-control-center - AMD Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition, version 8.501 x11-driver-video-fglrx - ATI proprietary X.org driver and libraries, version 8.501 I also checked the mirror, and only 4 fglrx backport drivers are listed - the 3 above, and the one below (which I do not have installed). fglrx-devel - ATI proprietary development libraries and headers​  ATI proprietary development libraries and headers. This package is not required for normal use. The main driver package name is x11-driver-video-fglrx. ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/...free/backports/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted September 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 (edited) I see you used URPMI to get your drivers. I have not used URPMI to download and install software. I am not sure what you actually got with the commands you gave. You may have downloaded different versions of fglrx and that might be your problem. Why don't you uninstall everything fglrx and start over, using Software Installer instead.?? urpmi is the software installer. I am currently logged onto Mandriva 2008.1, and I only see 3 fglrx drivers installed. dkms-fglrx - ATI proprietary kernel module, version 8.501 fglrx-control-center - AMD Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition, version 8.501 x11-driver-video-fglrx - ATI proprietary X.org driver and libraries, version 8.501 My fault! I hadn't updated the repositories (urpmi.update -a) after enabling “backportsâ€! Indeed: [yves@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i fgl x11-driver-video-fglrx-8.471-3mdv2008.1 dkms-fglrx-8.471-3mdv2008.1 fglrx-kernel-laptop-latest-8.471-1.20080729.3mdv2008.1 fglrx-control-center-8.471-3mdv2008.1 fglrx-kernel-2.6.24.7-laptop-1mnb-8.471-3mdv2008.1 [root@localhost ~]$ urpmi.update -a […] [yves@localhost ~]$ urpmq --summary -y fgl | grep -v kernel x11-driver-video-fglrx : ATI proprietary X.org driver and libraries ( 8.501-2mdv2008.1 ) fglrx-devel : ATI proprietary development libraries and headers ( 8.501-2mdv2008.1 ) fglrx-control-center : AMD Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition ( 8.501-2mdv2008.1 ) I'll try again with those new drivers, and I'll see if they work. :) Yves. Edited September 16, 2008 by theYinYeti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Batson Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 URPMI is the command line installer. Software Installer that I am talking about is the GUI installer. Software Installer is listed in the main Menu and in mcc as Install & Remove Software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted September 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 OK, I didn't get it. Anyway the “Software Installer†is a front-end to the urpm suite (urpmi/urpmf/urpmq/gurpmi); they do the same. `urpmi dkms-fglrx fglrx-control-center fglrx-kernel-laptop-latest x11-driver-video-fglrx` currently running :) Yves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Batson Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 You CLI guys! I was just poking around and found I also have the following installed. Not sure if you need it all. mesa-source - Source files required for the Xorg 7.0 to enable glx support​  Mesa is an OpenGL 2.1 compatible 3D graphics library. Source files required by the Xorg to enable glx support. kernel-source-2.6.24.5-2mnb - The Linux source code for kernel-2.6.24.5-2mnb​  The kernel-source package contains the source code files for the Manbo Linux kernel. Theese source files are only needed if you want to build your own custom kernel that is better tuned to your particular hardware. If you only want the files needed to build 3rdparty (nVidia, Ati, dkms-*,...) drivers against, install the *-devel-* rpm that is matching your kernel. kernel-source-latest - Virtual rpm for latest kernel-source​  This package is a virtual rpm that aims to make sure you always have the latest kernel-source installed... kernel-desktop586-devel-2.6.24.5-2mnb - The kernel-devel files for kernel-desktop586-2.6.24.5-2mnb​  This package contains the kernel-devel files that should be enough to build 3rdparty drivers against for use with kernel-desktop586-2.6.24.5-2mnb. If you want to build your own kernel, you need to install the full kernel-source-2.6.24.5-2mnb rpm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted September 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 You CLI guys! Yeah that's what I am, am I not? :D Good news! It worked! Here's what I did: — The urpmi I wrote in previous post. REBOOT — Unplug network. — MCC -> Hardware -> Configure Display (You GUI guys! ) — Change to fglrx (Radeon…). — Plug network. REBOOT — It worked! So last step: drak3d: => Compiz native REBOOT DONE!!! And with native Compiz! With fglrx 8.471, navive Compiz did not crash but the whole screen was grey, so I had to use XGL… No more :) In fact, I suspect that all would have worked OK from the beginning if I had: — finished installing the system to a stable state; — enabled and updated “backportsâ€; — gone in MCC to configure the display, accepting the proprietary driver; — disabled “backportsâ€; — logged out and in. Probably without any reboot… Thanks a lot for all the help you provided David Batson! Yves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Batson Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 I am glad you got it sorted! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 I have this page up on the Wiki for installing backport drivers: http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Updating_propr..._from_backports as far as I'm aware, the procedure outlined in it works in 2008 Spring (and will work in 2009) in all normal situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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