Re: ATI Radeon X1400 + Debian Etch + Compiz Fusion = White Screen
On 03/03/2008, Carlos Parada <parlamca@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, I'm trying to install Compiz Fusion on my Debian 4.0 Etch machine but
> It has been completely impossible so far... I've got a annoying white screen
> every time I ran it.
>
> My graphics card is a ATI Radeon X1400 and I've installed the latest ATI
> proprietary driver for it from ATI website. The output of fglrxinfo command
> says that It's properly installed.
>
> Here is my XORG.CONF file:
>
> # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
> #
> # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
> # values from the debconf database.
> #
> # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
> # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
> #
> # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
> # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
> # package.
> #
> # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
> # again, run the following command:
> # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
> InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
> InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
> InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
> Option "AIGLX" "on"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>
> # path to defoma fonts
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "i2c"
> Load "bitmap"
> Load "ddc"
> Load "dri"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "glx"
> Load "int10"
> Load "vbe"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "es"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
> Driver "synaptics"
> Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
> Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Generic Monitor"
> Option "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
> Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
> Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
> Option "DPMS" "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Generic Video Card"
> Driver "vesa"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
> Driver "fglrx"
> Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "on"
> Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
> Option "TexturedVideo" "on"
> Option "TexturedVideoSync" "on"
> Option "UseFastTLS" "1"
> Option "BackingStore" "on"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Device "Generic Video Card"
> Monitor "Generic Monitor"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 1
> Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864"
> "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 4
> Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864"
> "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864"
> "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 15
> Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864"
> "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864"
> "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864"
> "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
> Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
> Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
> Mode 0666
> EndSection
>
> Section "Extensions"
> Option "RENDER" "Enable"
> Option "DAMAGE" "Enable"
> Option "Composite" "Enable"
> EndSection
>
>
> And here is the output from the fglrxinfo command:
>
> carlos@debian:/etc/X11$ fglrxinfo
> display: :0.0 screen: 0
> OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
> OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
> OpenGL version string: 2.1.7281 Release
>
> Can you help me troubleshoot this, please?
>
I've got that same card in my Inspiron and it is a nightmare to
configure. Look through these threads of mine, maybe something will
help:
http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=6284
http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=4843
I'd suggest that you sign up to the compiz-fusion forum as well. Lots
of good Compiz-related help there.
Dotan Cohen
http://what-is-what.com
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