On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 20:05 +1000, lachlan wrote: > On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 11:04 +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > > I would like to use compiz. Unfortunately this is problematic since my > > system lags because of high (50%) cpu spikes. 3d acceleration is > > working. Is there anything I can do to solve this? > > are you running lenny? > what version of ati driver are you using? I'm using fglrx 8-7
> if you're using the fglrx driver (which looks like it from your xorg) > have you had any luck by using aticonfig? > > after you install the driver you run > $ aticonfig --initial -f > that will give you a clean xorg. I don't see how this helps. aticonfig only adds a fglrx line to xorg. > > for me the newer xorg versions have picked up everything automatically. > so ditch the big xorg.conf if you can. > > i run on a hd3870 and it's perfect using the ati 8.9 driver. > all i had to do to get 3d acceleration was install the driver and run > aticonfig. to get compiz i just added the > > compiz "enable" I'll try installing ati's 8.9 driver. > > line at the end of my xorg. > i've attached my current file for you to look at if you need it. Thanks for the help! -- Regards, Aniruddha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]