Re: ATI Radeon X1400 + Debian Etch + Compiz Fusion = White Screen
On 04/03/2008, Carlos Parada <parlamca@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I am registered in Compiz forums and I posted a thread with my
> problems installing Compiz but I didnt receive too much help.
>
> I think I've tried everything in an atempt to configure my graphics card for
> running Compiz Fusion and I'm really going nuts with this issue, everytime I
> try something new (based on tutorials or forum posts from the web) I always
> get that freaking white screen... with Beryl too.
Looking through my notes, I see that acpi-support was problematic with
Compiz also. Here are my two relevant files:
feisty@feisty-laptop:~$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1680x1050"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0
VertRefresh 59.9 - 60.1
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection
Section "Module"
load "GLcore"
load "glx"
load "dri"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
# Option "Composite" "Enable"
# Option "Composite" "1"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection
feisty@feisty-laptop:~$ cat /etc/default/acpi-support
# Comment the next line to disable ACPI suspend to RAM
ACPI_SLEEP=true
# Comment the next line to disable suspend to disk
ACPI_HIBERNATE=true
# Change the following to "standby" to use ACPI S1 sleep, rather than S3.
# This will save less power, but may work on more machines
ACPI_SLEEP_MODE=mem
# Add modules to this list to have them removed before suspend and reloaded
# on resume. An example would be MODULES="em8300 yenta_socket"
#
# Note that network cards and USB controllers will automatically be unloaded
# unless they're listed in MODULES_WHITELIST
MODULES=""
# Add modules to this list to leave them in the kernel over suspend/resume
MODULES_WHITELIST="fglrx"
# Should we save and restore state using the VESA BIOS Extensions?
SAVE_VBE_STATE=false
# The file that we use to save the vbestate
VBESTATE=/var/lib/acpi-support/vbestate
# Should we attempt to warm-boot the video hardware on resume?
POST_VIDEO=false
# Save and restore video state?
# SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
# Should we switch the screen off with DPMS on suspend?
USE_DPMS=true
# Use Radeontool to switch the screen off? Seems to be needed on some machines
# RADEON_LIGHT=true
# Uncomment the next line to switch away from X and back again after resume.
# This is needed for some hardware, but should be unnecessary on most.
DOUBLE_CONSOLE_SWITCH=true
# Set the following to "platform" if you want to use ACPI to shut down
# your machine on hibernation
HIBERNATE_MODE=shutdown
# Comment this out to disable screen locking on resume
LOCK_SCREEN=true
# Uncomment this line to have DMA disabled before suspend and reenabled
# afterwards
# DISABLE_DMA=true
# Uncomment this line to attempt to reset the drive on resume. This seems
# to be needed for some Sonys
# RESET_DRIVE=true
# Add services to this list to stop them before suspend and restart them in
# the resume process.
STOP_SERVICES="mysql "
# Restart Infra Red services on resume - off by default as it crashes some
# machines
RESTART_IRDA=false
# Switch to laptop-mode on battery power - off by default as it causes odd
# hangs on some machines
ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE=truefeisty@feisty-laptop:~$
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