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Titel: is it safe to use the ati driver now
 Verfasst am: 29.05.2006, 11:36 Uhr
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HI
a little while ago I tried to install the ati driver but I could not log in
So I would like to know if it is safe to install it now?
thanks for your reply
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Titel: RE: is it safe to use the ati driver now
Verfasst am: 30.05.2006, 01:55 Uhr
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Anmeldung: 12. Mar 2006
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Wohnort: Canada
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I was just going to ask about that...
I've just installed 2006 RC4. This system has ATI Radeon X1400 graphics at 1280x800. I'd like to get video acceleration and the true resolution (instead of compressed 1280x1024).
I downloaded the install-radeon-debian.sh script and tried running it as root (from a command line), but it says "Command not found". Any ideas? |
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Titel: RE: is it safe to use the ati driver now
Verfasst am: 30.05.2006, 02:51 Uhr
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Anmeldung: 13. Mai 2005
Beiträge: 732
Wohnort: Texas
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| have you tried updating the scripts |
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Titel: RE: is it safe to use the ati driver now
Verfasst am: 30.05.2006, 05:55 Uhr
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Yes, I updated the scripts first.
But hey, it works now! Although I couldn't run the script manually, the GUI video-driver updater worked great. I'll describe what I did, in case any other non-gurus want to do it:
1. "K" menu > Control Center
2. In the menu at left: Kanotix > Display > click "Administrator Mode" button, then enter your root password.
3. If you want to change your screen resolution, and your system's screen uses a standard resolution (e.g. 1024x768 or 1280x1024), just choose your resolution from the "Select Resolution drop-down list. Otherwise, select the "Use user-defined resolution" option button, then enter your resolution in the text box (for example, mine was 1280x1024).
4. In "Default Color-Depth", select "24-bit". (I did that just because the message said I must do that to use the ATI driver!)
5. Click the Drivers tab, then click the "ATI (fglrx)" tab. Select the "Install" option button.
6. Click OK. The system switches to a full-screen text console and downloads and installs the current ATI driver.
When that was done, I also ran the "fix-fonts" script (as root). Looks good! |
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Titel: RE: is it safe to use the ati driver now
Verfasst am: 05.06.2006, 04:37 Uhr
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| did u try glxgears as well to check if everything is working with the ATI driver? |
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Titel: RE: is it safe to use the ati driver now
Verfasst am: 05.06.2006, 08:44 Uhr
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Anmeldung: 03. Mai 2005
Beiträge: 1544
Wohnort: out there somewhere
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Don't use glxgears as it will probably lock up your system !!!
Use
glxgears -iacknowledgethatthistoolisnotabenchmark
or
glxgears -printfps
To find out if direct rendering is working use
glxinfo|grep direct
Other useful commands
glxinfo
glxgears -info
fglrxinfo |
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Titel: RE: is it safe to use the ati driver now
Verfasst am: 06.06.2006, 14:47 Uhr
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Anmeldung: 11. Apr 2005
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I gave it a go on a small hard drive
I up dated the script
then run it while i was out so I donot know if there was any problems
When starting the computer I got the error that the screen was out of range
so I used the live cd and got it to boot at 800*600 res (by comenting out some lines as seen below)
The other problem I got was the screen was washed out so that I could just read it to the extent that I had to adjust the monitor so that it was just usable
I am using kano 2005-4
this is some of the xorg.conf file
# Auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "DPMS" "true"
VendorName "GSM"
ModelName "GSM4344"
HorizSync 30 - 70 # DDC-probed
VertRefresh 50 - 160 # DDC-probed
# These are the DDC-probed settings reported by your monitor.
# 1280x1024, 75.0Hz; hfreq=79.98, vfreq=75.03
ModeLine "1280x1024" 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864, 75.0Hz; hfreq=67.50, vfreq=75.00
ModeLine "1152x864" 108.00 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync
# 1024x768, 85.0Hz; hfreq=68.68, vfreq=85.00
ModeLine "1024x768" 94.50 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync
# 1024x768, 75.0Hz; hfreq=60.02, vfreq=75.03
ModeLine "1024x768" 78.75 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
# 1024x768, 75.0Hz; hfreq=60.02, vfreq=75.03
ModeLine "1024x768" 78.75 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
# 1024x768, 70.0Hz; hfreq=56.48, vfreq=70.07
ModeLine "1024x768" 75.00 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
# 1024x768, 60.0Hz; hfreq=48.36, vfreq=60.00
ModeLine "1024x768" 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
# 800x600, 85.0Hz; hfreq=53.67, vfreq=85.06
ModeLine "800x600" 56.25 800 832 896 1048 600 601 604 631 +hsync +vsync
# 800x600, 75.0Hz; hfreq=46.88, vfreq=75.00
ModeLine "800x600" 49.50 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync
# 800x600, 75.0Hz; hfreq=46.88, vfreq=75.00
ModeLine "800x600" 49.50 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync
# 800x600, 60.0Hz; hfreq=37.88, vfreq=60.32
ModeLine "800x600" 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
# 800x600, 56.0Hz; hfreq=35.16, vfreq=56.25
ModeLine "800x600" 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
# 640x480, 85.0Hz; hfreq=43.27, vfreq=85.01
ModeLine "640x480" 36.00 640 696 752 832 480 481 484 509 -hsync -vsync
# 640x480, 75.0Hz; hfreq=37.50, vfreq=75.00
ModeLine "640x480" 31.50 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync
# 640x480, 75.0Hz; hfreq=37.50, vfreq=75.00
ModeLine "640x480" 31.50 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync
# 640x480, 72.0Hz; hfreq=37.86, vfreq=72.81
ModeLine "640x480" 31.50 640 656 696 816 480 481 484 504 -hsync -vsync
# 640x480, 60.0Hz; hfreq=31.47, vfreq=59.94
ModeLine "640x480" 25.17 640 648 744 784 480 482 484 509 -hsync -vsync
# Extended modelines with GTF timings
# 640x480 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 50.90 kHz; pclk: 43.16 MHz
ModeLine "640x480" 43.16 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 509 -HSync +Vsync
# 768x576 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 35.82 kHz; pclk: 34.96 MHz
ModeLine "768x576" 34.96 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 597 -HSync +Vsync
# 768x576 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 43.27 kHz; pclk: 42.93 MHz
ModeLine "768x576" 42.93 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 601 -HSync +Vsync
# 768x576 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 45.15 kHz; pclk: 45.51 MHz
ModeLine "768x576" 45.51 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 602 -HSync +Vsync
# 768x576 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 51.42 kHz; pclk: 51.84 MHz
ModeLine "768x576" 51.84 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 605 -HSync +Vsync
# 768x576 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 61.10 kHz; pclk: 62.57 MHz
ModeLine "768x576" 62.57 768 816 896 1024 576 577 580 611 -HSync +Vsync
# 800x600 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 63.60 kHz; pclk: 68.18 MHz
ModeLine "800x600" 68.18 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 636 -HSync +Vsync
# 1024x600 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 37.32 kHz; pclk: 48.96 MHz
ModeLine "1024x600" 48.96 1024 1064 1168 1312 600 601 604 622 -HSync +Vsync
# 1024x768 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 81.40 kHz; pclk: 113.31 MHz
ModeLine "1024x768" 113.31 1024 1096 1208 1392 768 769 772 814 -HSync +Vsync
# 1152x864 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 53.70 kHz; pclk: 81.62 MHz
ModeLine "1152x864" 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 -HSync +Vsync
# 1152x864 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 77.10 kHz; pclk: 119.65 MHz
ModeLine "1152x864" 119.65 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 907 -HSync +Vsync
# 1152x864 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 91.50 kHz; pclk: 143.47 MHz
ModeLine "1152x864" 143.47 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 915 -HSync +Vsync
# 1280x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.70 kHz; pclk: 80.14 MHz
ModeLine "1280x768" 80.14 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795 -HSync +Vsync
# 1280x800 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 49.68 kHz; pclk: 83.46 MHz
ModeLine "1280x800" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -HSync +Vsync
# 1280x960 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 72.07 kHz; pclk: 124.54 MHz
ModeLine "1280x960" 124.54 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1001 -HSync +Vsync
# 1280x960 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 75.15 kHz; pclk: 129.86 MHz
ModeLine "1280x960" 129.86 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002 -HSync +Vsync
# 1280x960 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 101.70 kHz; pclk: 178.99 MHz
ModeLine "1280x960" 178.99 1280 1376 1520 1760 960 961 964 1017 -HSync +Vsync
# 1280x1024 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 108.50 kHz; pclk: 190.96 MHz
ModeLine "1280x1024" 190.96 1280 1376 1520 1760 1024 1025 1028 1085 -HSync +Vsync
# 1368x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.70 kHz; pclk: 85.86 MHz
ModeLine "1368x768" 85.86 1368 1440 1584 1800 768 769 772 795 -HSync +Vsync
# 1400x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 122.61 MHz
ModeLine "1400x1050" 122.61 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync
# 1400x1050 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 78.77 kHz; pclk: 149.34 MHz
ModeLine "1400x1050" 149.34 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1094 -HSync +Vsync
# 1400x1050 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 82.20 kHz; pclk: 155.85 MHz
ModeLine "1400x1050" 155.85 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1096 -HSync +Vsync
# 1400x1050 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 93.76 kHz; pclk: 179.26 MHz
ModeLine "1400x1050" 179.26 1400 1504 1656 1912 1050 1051 1054 1103 -HSync +Vsync
# 1400x1050 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 111.20 kHz; pclk: 214.39 MHz
ModeLine "1400x1050" 214.39 1400 1512 1664 1928 1050 1051 1054 1112 -HSync +Vsync
# 1440x900 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 55.92 kHz; pclk: 106.47 MHz
ModeLine "1440x900" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -HSync +Vsync
# 1440x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 126.27 MHz
ModeLine "1440x1050" 126.27 1440 1536 1688 1936 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync
# 1600x1200 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 127.10 kHz; pclk: 280.64 MHz
ModeLine "1600x1200" 280.64 1600 1728 1904 2208 1200 1201 1204 1271 -HSync +Vsync
# 1680x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 147.14 MHz
ModeLine "1680x1050" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync
# 1920x1200 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 74.52 kHz; pclk: 193.16 MHz
ModeLine "1920x1200" 193.16 1920 2048 2256 2592 1200 1201 1204 1242 -HSync +Vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
Option "RenderAccel" "1"
### Available Driver options are:-
# sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards
#Option "sw_cursor"
#Option "hw_cursor"
#Option "NoAccel"
#Option "ShowCache"
#Option "ShadowFB"
#Option "UseFBDev"
#Option "Rotate"
Identifier "Card0"
# The following line is auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config
Driver "fglrx"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
Option "MonitorLayout" "AUTO, AUTO"
VendorName "All"
BoardName "All"
# BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 24
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 1
# Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 4
# Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 8
# Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
#3 Depth 15
#3 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
#3 EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 16
# Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
# EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600" "640x480" #"1024x768"
EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 32
# Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
# EndSubSection
EndSection
thanks for any help
dave |
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