Re: fglrx drama
From: Martin Stenzel (mstenzel_at_pankow.in-berlin.de)
Date: 03/21/05
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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:21:01 +0100
Trevor Bramble schrieb:
>
> So, I've gone around and around and around with this problem and still
> no solution is in sight. I now humbly beg Usenet for help.
>
> Gear:
> Tyan Tiger 230 (S2507 D) w/ Apollo Pro 133A
> ATI Radeon 9000 64MB DDR (AGP 2x/4x)
>
> Environment:
> Ubuntu Hoary 5.04
> Linux 2.6.10-5-686-smp
> X.org 6.8.2
>
> Driver:
> ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Drivers for XFree86/X.Org Version 8.10.19
>
> Logs, configs, lists:
> http://trevorbramble.com/linux/fglrx/
>
> Goal:
> Hardware accelerated 3-D rendering. I'm a gamer among other things, and
> attempting to convert wholly to a Linux desktop.
>
> Scenario:
> After fighting through a variety of errors and problematic
> configurations I have succeeded in creating a configuration that does
> not result in any errors. AGP, DRI, all seems to be initialized correctly.
>
> However all is not right. GDM will start, prompting me for my username,
> and then for my password. After entering them, I hear the startup
> music, the hard disk grinds a bit, and nothing at all changes onscreen.
> ~ I see the password window as if it were now the wallpaper for a desktop
> without toolbars - completely flat with no way to interact.
>
> Keyboard input of any kind is totally ignored. Though I can change to
> tty screens and back using alt+f?/f7 before submitting the password,
> after submitting it the keyboard is just a lump of plastic. My mouse
> pointer will glide around on screen as long as my frustrated claw
> continues to direct it. I'm forced to bounce the machine.
>
> I'm far from new to computers and Linux, but that does not include X,
> Gnome, or related graphical items in Linux. So I wouldn't be surprised
> if I made some ignorant error that is causing this. However at this
> point I estimate I've read between 400 and 50,000 pages of material
> regarding the ingredients of my recipe of discontent, and I feel I'm
> unlikely to turn up anything new using that method.
>
> I've experienced a variety of problems on this journey, both with Ubuntu
> Warty, using XFree86, and Slackware 10 (my first choice) with X.org
> prior to the Ubuntu Hoary and X.org setup. I've attempted using the
> free driver (radeon) in all cases first, with even less success than I'm
> seeing now.
>
As your Xorg.0.log looks fine the problem seems to be the window manager
(gnome). What happens if you start into runlevel3, then run 'startx',
does it still fail?
Try using another wm, eg xfce or KDE, what changes?
Regards, Martin.
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