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Re: Catalyst on new install



On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 15:18 +0200, Pal Trendweaver wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to install Catalyst on my newly installed computer, however
> the aticonfig --initial doesn't update my xorg.conf properly.
> I'm new to ATI (I've used the Nvidia prop. driver for years and
> installed it dozens of times) and I need some help on this.
> I tried to find some help on the forums here and there, but I can't
> seem to find a satisfactory solution.
> 

Hi,

First of all a more descriptive title would help (e.g. problem with
fglrx). I have my working xorg.conf attached for reference. It seems
that your missing the dri section. Is fgrlx loaded? What's the output of
lsmod | grep fglrx?

-- 
Regards,

Aniruddha


### This file was generated by xac v0.6_pre3

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"XAC Configured"
	Screen		0 "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice	"Mouse0"	"CorePointer"
	InputDevice	"Keyboard0"	"CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	### Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated
	### together as well as specifying multiple comma-separated
	### entries in one FontPath command (or both methods)
	### 
	### For X Font Server support, uncomment this and comment the
	### other FontPaths. (This is not required for most configurations)
	# FontPath	"unix/:-1"
	
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/dejavu"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/corefonts"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load		"extmod"
	Load		"dbe"
	Load		"record"
	Load  		"glx"
	Load		"type1"
	Load		"freetype"
	Load  		"dri"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option		"blank time"	"10"	# 10 Minutes
	Option		"standby time"	"20"	# 20 Minutes
	Option		"suspend time"	"30"	# 30Minutes
	Option		"off time"	"60"	# 60Minutes
	### Uncomment so X doesn't fail when no mouse is available
	# Option		"AllowMouseOpenFail"	"true"
	### Enable this option if X should not change resolutions
	### This is useful if mode changing corrupts the X Server
	# Option		"DisableVidModeExtensions"	"true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Keyboard0"
	Driver		"kbd"
	### Check /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst for available models
	Option		"XkbdModel"		"pc105"
	### Check /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ for available layouts
	Option		"XkbLayout"		"us"
	Option		"XkbOptions"		"compose:rwin"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Mouse0"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"auto"
	
	### Set driver options:
	### No options set!
	
	### Unset driver options:
	### No options unset!
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Card0"
	Driver		"fglrx"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Monitor0"
	UseModes	"Modes0"
	ModelName	"BenQ G2400W"
	Option		"DPMS"
	Option		"ReducedBlanking"
	HorizSync	31-94
	VertRefresh	50-85
EndSection

Section "Modes"
	Identifier	"Modes0"
	### # 1920x1200 59.95 Hz (CVT 2.30MA-R) hsync: 74.04 kHz; pclk: 154.00 MHz
	Modeline "1920x1200"  154.00  1920 1968 2000 2080  1200 1203 1209 1235 +hsync -vsync
	### # 720x400 59.55 Hz (CVT) hsync: 24.83 kHz; pclk: 22.25 MHz
	Modeline "720x400"   22.25  720 744 808 896  400 403 413 417 -hsync +vsync
	### # 256x341 59.09 Hz (CVT) hsync: 21.09 kHz; pclk: 6.75 MHz
	Modeline "256x341"    6.75  256 264 288 320  341 344 354 357 -hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Screen0"
	Device		"Card0"
	Monitor		"Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth 24

	SubSection "Display"
		Depth	8
		Virtual	1920 1200
		Modes	"1920x1200" "720x400" "640x480" "640x480" "800x600" "720x400" "720x400" "640x480" "640x480" "800x600" "256x341" 
	EndSubSection

	SubSection "Display"
		Depth	16
		Virtual	1920 1200
		Modes	"1920x1200" "720x400" "640x480" "640x480" "800x600" "720x400" "720x400" "640x480" "640x480" "800x600" "256x341" 
	EndSubSection

	SubSection "Display"
		Depth	24
		Virtual	1920 1200
		Modes	"1920x1200" "720x400" "640x480" "640x480" "800x600" "720x400" "720x400" "640x480" "640x480" "800x600" "256x341" 
	EndSubSection

EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group 0
	Mode 0666
EndSection


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