** Summary changed: - Hardy: fglrx + compiz (desktop effects) not working right + Hardy: fglrx not working for ATI card
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xorg-driver-fglrx I'm using Ubuntu Hardy (Beta - freshly updated) and the proprietary fglrx driver with ATI Xpress 200M card (on a Compaq Presario V2610CA - laptop) and Compiz (desktop effects) is not working right. In fact, I - do get some kind of desktop effects, but real slow, with an unresponsive - system. + laptop) is not working, after various (I mean *a lot*, really) tests, + with various configuration, either with the driver provided in the + package available in the Ubuntu repositories (using the Ubuntu driver + manager) or with the driver provided by ATI (* version). - Here's what I get with fglrxinfo: + The fglrx driver was working right with Gutsy (7.10) prior to my upgrade + to Hardy, + + In any case, the radeon open source driver seems to take over, even if + the xorg.conf file is set to use fglrx. The Ubuntu driver manager + reports that the driver is active, but unused (after a complete system + reboot). + + Here's what I always get with fglrxinfo: $ 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) Obviously, OpenGl strings should report that the ATI proprietary driver is used, which is what I set in the Restricted driver manager. - This bug report is somewhat similar to this one: - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted- - modules-2.6.24/+bug/199359 + *Edited to precise that it's a fglrx problem, not a compiz one ** Description changed: Binary package hint: xorg-driver-fglrx I'm using Ubuntu Hardy (Beta - freshly updated) and the proprietary fglrx driver with ATI Xpress 200M card (on a Compaq Presario V2610CA laptop) is not working, after various (I mean *a lot*, really) tests, with various configuration, either with the driver provided in the package available in the Ubuntu repositories (using the Ubuntu driver - manager) or with the driver provided by ATI (* version). + manager) or with the driver provided by ATI (8.476 version and previous + one). The fglrx driver was working right with Gutsy (7.10) prior to my upgrade to Hardy, - In any case, the radeon open source driver seems to take over, even if - the xorg.conf file is set to use fglrx. The Ubuntu driver manager - reports that the driver is active, but unused (after a complete system - reboot). + In any case, the radeon open source driver seems to always take over, + even if the xorg.conf file is set to use fglrx. The Ubuntu driver + manager reports that the driver is active, but unused (after a complete + system reboot). I've tried blacklisting radeon and forcing use of + fglrx, without any success. Here's what I always get with fglrxinfo: $ 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) Obviously, OpenGl strings should report that the ATI proprietary driver is used, which is what I set in the Restricted driver manager. *Edited to precise that it's a fglrx problem, not a compiz one -- Hardy: fglrx not working for ATI card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215702 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
