Radeon 1600 graffics card will not work with XGL

[jschafer]

Hello, I am running suse 10.2 and I am trying to install a 3d desktop. I have successfully installed the ati drivers (confirmed by fglrxinfo) that were recently posted on the amd/ati web site. One of the websites said to check the card's compatibility by going to command center > Desktop Effects Settings > and it says "Your graphics card will not work with Xgl. Sorry".

Does anybody know if there is a work around or any libraries, drivers or programs I need to install first?

Any help would be great. thanks

Justin
newbe

[gogalthorp]

Are you sure 3d is enabled run YAST-hardware-Monitor Graphics card be sure that the 3D enabled box is checked. What frame rates do you get from running glxgears from a console? (default window size)

This sounds flippant, but replace your ati card with an NVIDIA.

[jschafer]

installed the 3d acceleration

If you want or need to use the latest and greatest ATI driver, continue here .

Use

YaST -> Software -> Change installation Source -> Add

Protocol: http
Server Name: : www2.ati.com
Directory on Server: suse/10.2

to add the ATI http server as additional installation source.
Now use

YaST -> Software -> Install and Delete Software

to install the ATI/fglrx driver. Select the following packages:

x11-video-fglrxG01
ati-fglrxG01-kmp-<kernel-flavor>

<kernel-flavor> depends on your installed kernel. Check with
"uname -r" for installed default/smp/bigsmp kernel. Use "sax2 -r"
for X.Org configuration.



i rebooted and the mouse was not able to select anything, but with hot key commands i was able to spin the desktop in a 3 dimensional cube.

right click zoomed in
scroll up zoomed in
left click highlighted boxes

i am very confused!

any suggestions would be great

Thanks
Justin
newbie

[jschafer]

Are you sure 3d is enabled run YAST-hardware-Monitor Graphics card be sure that the 3D enabled box is checked. What frame rates do you get from running glxgears from a console? (default window size)

This sounds flippant, but replace your ati card with an NVIDIA.

There isn't a 3d box.

[gogalthorp]

Well you got the 3d running or you could hot have got the cube. There should be a 3d enable check box at the bottom of the form in Yast.

If you are running XGL, if you CTRL + SHIFT + Left-Click on Desktop and Drag rotate the cube also.

Window Operations
Move Window ALT + Left-Click and Drag
Move Window - Snap to screen CTRL + ALT + Left-Click and Drag
Resize Window ALT + Right-Click and Drag
Switch Windows ALT + TAB
Switch Windows (Scale Mode) F11
Wobbly Windows Left-Click Window and Drag
Translucency ALT + Mouse Up / Mouse Down
Cube
Rotate Cube - Next Desktop CTRL + ALT + Left or Right Arrow
Rotate Cube - Next Desktop Move Mouse cursor to extreme edge of desktop
Rotate Cube - Take Active Window CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + Left or Right Arrow
Manually Rotate Cube CTRL + SHIFT + Left-Click on Desktop and Drag
Zoom
Zoom Once Super-Key (Windows Key)
Zoom In Manually Mouse Wheel Scroll Up + Super-Key (Windows Key)
Zoom Out Manually Mouse Wheel Scroll Down + Super-Key (Windows Key)


Here is where I got the above
Cool Solutions: Xgl on SUSE 10.1 for Gnome and KDE with NVidia Graphics Cards

[jschafer]

Ok, I see the 3D Acceleration box and it has an x in it but its shadowed out like i can't select it.

[gogalthorp]

Thats normal if all is installed right.

[jschafer]

I followed your instructions verbatim, however when I got to this step

linux-lab:~ $ gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Look through the file for the "Device" section. It will look something like this:

Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X"
BusID "PCI:1@0:0:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
VendorName "NVidia"
EndSection

We need to add one line to this section. That line will say: Option "NoFlip" "True", as in the following example:

Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X"
BusID "PCI:1@0:0:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
VendorName "NVidia"
Option "NoFlip" "True"
EndSection


under Section "Device" mine didn't have the BoardName, Bus ID, Driver on it..

glxinfo show that the correct drivers are loaded

Still now 3d

Since the first post I have reloaded the suse with gnome. I was able to get the Cube and all of that working on KDE but without proper mouse function (left click selecting was gone).

I might give up and buy an NVIDIA card.

[gogalthorp]

Do you perhaps also have video on the motherboard? Is it disabled in the BIOS if you do?

This is my device section

Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce 6800 XT"
BusID "1:0:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Screen 0
VendorName "NVIDIA"
EndSection


You should be able to get the device ID if you type as root

lspci

this should list the bus ID of the video card.