Unsollicited video screen always on top

[Alexis Bunel <albun@altern.org>]

Hy everybody,

I have a problem with my server X. The video output always stays on top,
whatever program I might use (xine, mplayer, other...). For example, with
Xine, I can't view my right-click menu.

I am with the debian SID, my video card is an ATI radeon 7000 (VE).

It looks like this is because of he extmod module. When I switch it off,
this problem doesn't show up anymore. Where can I find info about this
module ?

Otherwise, is there anyway to boost my video perfomance ?

Here is my XFree86-4 file :


Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "layout1"
        Screen      0  "screen1" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
        RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
        FontPath     "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "GLcore"
        Load  "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
        Load  "dri"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "v4l" # Video for Linux
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option      "allowmouseopenfail"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard1"
        Driver      "Keyboard"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "fr"
        Option      "XkbCompat" ""
        Option      "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse1"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "monitor1"
        VendorName   "Philips"
        ModelName    "Philips 107S(17inch/CM6800)"
        HorizSync    30.0 - 66.0
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 130.0
        ModeLine     "1024x480" 65.0 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563
-hsync
-vsync
        ModeLine     "768x576" 50.0 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
        ModeLine     "768x576" 63.1 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "device1"
        Driver      "radeon"
        VendorName  "ATI"
        BoardName   "ATI Radeon"
        VideoRam    65536
        Option      "DPMS"
        Option      "AGPMode" "4"
        Option      "AGPFastWrite"      "yes"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "screen1"
        Device     "device1"
        Monitor    "monitor1"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     8
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     15
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Mode         0666
EndSection

Thanks again !!!

Alexis