Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-24 Thread M Harris
On Wednesday 23 May 2007 17:53, Jim Flanagan wrote: I'm starting to think this card is not very well supported, by neither ATI nor xorg. I could try my older Radeon 9200 , oops, sorry, it a 9000 with 64mb ram. Yeah, I am getting mixed signals from folks regarding these same cards...

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video SOLVED

2007-05-24 Thread Jim Flanagan
M Harris wrote: On Wednesday 23 May 2007 17:53, Jim Flanagan wrote: I'm starting to think this card is not very well supported, by neither ATI nor xorg. I could try my older Radeon 9200 , oops, sorry, it a 9000 with 64mb ram. Yeah, I am getting mixed signals from folks

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video SOLVED

2007-05-24 Thread M Harris
On Thursday 24 May 2007 07:21, Jim Flanagan wrote: In the past I have assumed this was due to me running the base video drivers and not the ATI drivers. But at this point I dunno, and I'm not going to try to install the ATI drivers again Well, GL-117 flight simulator also will pause

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video SOLVED

2007-05-24 Thread Jim Flanagan
M Harris wrote: On Thursday 24 May 2007 07:21, Jim Flanagan wrote: In the past I have assumed this was due to me running the base video drivers and not the ATI drivers. But at this point I dunno, and I'm not going to try to install the ATI drivers again Well, GL-117 flight simulator

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-23 Thread Jim Flanagan
S Glasoe wrote: On Tuesday May 22 2007 11:18:59 am Jim Flanagan wrote: I did not delete ~/.kde or /tmp before reinstalling KDE. Thats a good idea. I think I'll delete /etc/X11 as well. Don't know if deleting /etc/X11at the same time is a good idea. I'd save that for a next step.

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-23 Thread Jim Flanagan
BandiPat wrote: On Monday 21 May 2007, Jim Flanagan wrote: === Ok, it sounds like you did not turn on 3D while in sax2 then. It's possible that your screensavers are zonked, but more than likely, I would guess that you failed to accomplish everything while in sax2. If you do

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-23 Thread M Harris
On Wednesday 23 May 2007 09:34, Jim Flanagan wrote: My xorg.cong contains all these lines, except the dri. The others are there, but not in the same order. Does that matter? I have not added dri yet, should I? dri is the 3D ... or, in other words, normally checking the 3D box (which

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-23 Thread S Glasoe
On Wednesday May 23 2007 9:33:14 am Jim Flanagan wrote: For information sake, how do you tell a certain file is needed or supplied by a certain package, such as kio_sysinfo belonging to kdebase3-? Many thanks, Jim F pin file or RPM name Good for a locally available way to search what was

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-23 Thread BandiPat
On Wednesday 23 May 2007, Jim Flanagan wrote: Hi Lee, My xorg.cong contains all these lines, except the dri. The others are there, but not in the same order. Does that matter? I have not added dri yet, should I? Sax2 is detecting my 9800 Pro as R350 NH. I believe that is correct. The 3D

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-23 Thread Jim Flanagan
BandiPat wrote: On Wednesday 23 May 2007, Jim Flanagan wrote: Hi Lee, My xorg.cong contains all these lines, except the dri. The others are there, but not in the same order. Does that matter? I have not added dri yet, should I? Sax2 is detecting my 9800 Pro as R350 NH. I believe that

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-23 Thread Jim Flanagan
Jim Flanagan wrote: BandiPat wrote: On Wednesday 23 May 2007, Jim Flanagan wrote: Hi Lee, My xorg.cong contains all these lines, except the dri. The others are there, but not in the same order. Does that matter? I have not added dri yet, should I? Sax2 is detecting my 9800

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-22 Thread Jim Flanagan
Darryl Gregorash wrote: On 2007-05-21 06:38, Jim Flanagan wrote: snip /usr/lib/libGL.so.1: undefined symbol: drmCloseOnce. This is what lead me to beleive that x is not configured properly, but it may be something else. Not sure what exactly the problem is. Another problem is clicking

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-22 Thread Jim Flanagan
M Harris wrote: On Sunday 20 May 2007 23:01, Jim Flanagan wrote: In KDEconfigure desktopscreensaver, I get the message: The specified library screensaver could not be found. The diagnosis is: /usr/lib/libGL.so.1: undefined symbol: drmCloseOnce I'm sorry Jim, I

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-22 Thread S Glasoe
On Tuesday May 22 2007 8:40:17 am Jim Flanagan wrote: Well, I feel like in stuck in the movie Groundhog Day. I keep getting back to where I was, but no better off. I tried Daryl's suggestion and updated Mesa and Mesa-devel, not change. Then i uninstalled the patterns KDE Desktop and KDE Base.

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-22 Thread S Glasoe
On Tuesday May 22 2007 11:18:59 am Jim Flanagan wrote: I did not delete ~/.kde or /tmp before reinstalling KDE. Thats a good idea. I think I'll delete /etc/X11 as well. Don't know if deleting /etc/X11at the same time is a good idea. I'd save that for a next step. Existing other users and a

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-21 Thread Jim Flanagan
M Harris wrote: On Sunday 20 May 2007 23:01, Jim Flanagan wrote: In KDEconfigure desktopscreensaver, I get the message: The specified library screensaver could not be found. The diagnosis is: /usr/lib/libGL.so.1: undefined symbol: drmCloseOnce I'm sorry Jim, I

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-21 Thread BandiPat
On Monday 21 May 2007, Jim Flanagan wrote: I had already tried running sax2 with the -r and -m and 0=radeon. Just now I tried again, but first renaming xorg.conf. This did write a new xorg.conf file, but nothing is improved. In KDEconfigure desktopscreensaver, I get the message:    The

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-21 Thread Jim Flanagan
BandiPat wrote: On Monday 21 May 2007, Jim Flanagan wrote: I had already tried running sax2 with the -r and -m and 0=radeon. Just now I tried again, but first renaming xorg.conf. This did write a new xorg.conf file, but nothing is improved. In KDEconfigure desktopscreensaver, I get the

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-21 Thread M Harris
On Monday 21 May 2007 10:06, Jim Flanagan wrote: There is a check box, but it was greyed out. Is there another command in sax that will enable this? Well, supposedly, the card you are using should allow 3D with the out-of-box drivers... but my experience is that you need to use the ATI

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-21 Thread BandiPat
On Monday 21 May 2007, Jim Flanagan wrote: === Ok, it sounds like you did not turn on 3D while in sax2 then.  It's possible that your screensavers are zonked, but more than likely, I would guess that you failed to accomplish everything while in sax2.  If you do glxinfo from the

[opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-20 Thread Jim Flanagan
Hi all, I'm still having problems with xorg and my video card settings. The system is not running the correct drivers. Screensaver will not start. I had tried to install the ATI driver, but could not get that to work (previous posts). Now I'm in a sort of limbo, not in either setup properly.

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-20 Thread BandiPat
On Sunday 20 May 2007, Jim Flanagan wrote: Hi all, I'm still having problems with xorg and my video card settings. The system is not running the correct drivers. Screensaver will not start. I had tried to install the ATI driver, but could not get that to work (previous posts). Now I'm in a

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-20 Thread M Harris
On Sunday 20 May 2007 20:42, Jim Flanagan wrote: Or instead of a total reinstall of the system, could I uninstall xorg and kde, then reinstall these, on my working system? Jim, remove or rename your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. Then run this at a black screen alt-F1 console as

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-20 Thread Jim Flanagan
BandiPat wrote: On Sunday 20 May 2007, Jim Flanagan wrote: Hi all, I'm still having problems with xorg and my video card settings. The system is not running the correct drivers. Screensaver will not start. I had tried to install the ATI driver, but could not get that to work (previous

Re: [opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video

2007-05-20 Thread M Harris
On Sunday 20 May 2007 23:01, Jim Flanagan wrote: In KDEconfigure desktopscreensaver, I get the message:    The specified library screensaver could not be found.    The diagnosis is:    /usr/lib/libGL.so.1: undefined symbol: drmCloseOnce I'm sorry Jim, I missunderstood you... thought