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Title: Graphics real choppy Post by: tinkotech on May 09, 2007, 03:53:41 PM My graphics are really choppy and slow. I'm running PCLinuxOS with a Readon Xpress 200 128 MB graphics card built in. I also have a AMD proc 3300+ with 1 G ram. I remembered having to configure nvidia drivers for Quake III, but don't know what to do about ATI drivers. Any help?
Title: Re: Graphics real choppy Post by: kit89 on May 09, 2007, 05:00:31 PM you'll have to install the fglrx drivers to get 3D support.
I'd suggest you check the PCLinuxOS forums for more information on how to set it up on your particular distro. Title: Re: Graphics real choppy Post by: dmn_clown on May 09, 2007, 05:33:42 PM Not necessarily see: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2005-November/011227.html and http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIRadeon?highlight=%28ati%29#head-b70b9c2adfa2ca59ff505f071d2dd6bf6b44eebb if the card is RV370 based the DRI driver will support 2D and 3D, you'd only "need" the fglrx drivers (which suck ass, you are better off with nVidia under GNU/Linux due to their large corporate contracts with the Hollywood special effects studios) if the chipset is RS400 based.
The output of lspci should tell you which chip you have. In your favorite terminal: Code: $lspci Title: Re: Graphics real choppy Post by: tinkotech on May 09, 2007, 06:35:59 PM 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) according to the results
Title: Re: Graphics real choppy Post by: tinkotech on May 09, 2007, 06:40:06 PM and it is rs400 chipset
Title: Re: Graphics real choppy Post by: dmn_clown on May 09, 2007, 09:42:49 PM Then you'll need to install the fglrx drivers from ati.
This wiki page covers that: http://www.pclinuxonline.com/wiki/SetupAti?show_comments=1 (Though I suggest using vim / joe / emacs rather than kwrite as root to edit xorg.conf). Title: Re: Graphics real choppy Post by: tinkotech on May 10, 2007, 06:05:14 AM Ok, now the graphics look great, but the game "Open Arena" is responding real slow. I can select something and it will take up to 30 seconds for it to respond. btw, you guys are great, thanks for all the help!
Title: Re: Graphics real choppy Post by: kit89 on May 10, 2007, 11:38:30 AM go to the terminal and type "glxgears".
If the gears run choppy then your graphics card isn't setup properly. Open up you xorg.conf and make sure in the Section named "Module" has: Load "glx" Load "dri" If that is there and makes no difference, you may have to disable Composite functions. Add this to the end of the xorg.conf Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "0" EndSection Save it and restart the Xserver. Try "glxgears" again and it should work fine Title: Re: Graphics real choppy Post by: tinkotech on May 10, 2007, 11:52:33 AM The following is what my xorg.conf file reads. The gears appear fine.
Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layer Load "dri" # direct rendering EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "0" EndSection Title: Re: Graphics real choppy Post by: tinkotech on May 10, 2007, 12:15:06 PM Everything is working fine now! I don't know what happen, but I rebooted a couple of times and it started working! Thanks guys and gals for all the help, I will try and be of some help, also.
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