[TriLUG] ATI projector hell

tomed at bellsouth.net tomed at bellsouth.net
Fri May 11 17:15:07 EDT 2007


Here's a wiki that might help:

http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Feisty_Installation_Guide

At Fri, 11 May 2007 13:18:27 -0400,
Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
> 
> Feisty originally turned my laptop into a console only box when it tried 
> to install w/o the proprietary.  It seems as if the open source drivers 
> don't support my X1600 Radeon Mobility.  On edgy I only got the 
> projector to work with the proprietary drivers.  I'm not opposed to 
> using the open source drivers...if they would work for what I want 
> (projector work, LCD work).  Just so far they have not shown that 
> ability or I have not shown the ability to make them do so.
> 
> tomed at bellsouth.net wrote:
> > It looks like you're using a driver module from ATI. Do you absolutely
> > have to have the ATI driver? Will a generic X driver work as well?
> > X might have their own version of the ATI driver that's missing
> > some features that you don't actually need.
> > 
> > Possible issues: you need accelerated graphics for games, googlearth, etc,
> > therefore you need the ATI driver.
> > 
> > If you don't use these things, then a more generic driver might save
> > lots of frustration during upgrades.
> > 
> > You could be looking at a kernel or glibc incompatability.
> > 
> > Long shot: See if there's a Feisty source deb for the proprietary ATI
> > driver and compiling it. That might resolve kernel issues. With my
> > Gentoo system, I have to recompile the nvidia proprietary driver
> > every time I upgrade the kernel - I suppose the driver package is
> > a combination of a binary from Nvidia and code that has to be
> > compiled against the running kernel.
> > 
> > Also, of course, check Debian and Ubuntu bug reports on ATI.
> > 
> > Tom Ed
> > 
> > At Wed, 09 May 2007 23:03:27 -0400, Andrew
> > C. Oliver wrote:
> >> Okay so this is part of my ongoing saga of pain regarding getting 
> >> external monitors and projectors to work with my laptop.  I have a Mac 
> >> Book Pro Core Duo 17" (not core 2 duo) (BTW OSX wankers can bite me).  I 
> >> had it working to present to TriLUG albiet with the antiquated projector 
> >> for some reason it didn't like my projector that day.  Then I upgraded 
> >> from Edgy to Feisty (hoping to get my projector to work)...big mistake. 
> >> I also tried with a crappy 15" CRT monitor I had lying around.  I see 
> >> the DPMS stuff in the log the external monitor/projector and it acts as 
> >> if I have the external monitor working (in that the mouse will go over 
> >> to the other screen)...but I see nothing.  I DO get output when I'm NOT 
> >> in X or when I first boot up.  So I know the cable is good and the 
> >> graphics port is working.  Just X hates me.   Anyone have any idea what 
> >> I've done wrong (btw this is just one incarnation of my config file)?  
> >> (config is below)
> >>
> >> andy at andy-laptop:~$ fglrxinfo
> >> display: :0.0  screen: 0
> >> OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
> >> OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
> >> OpenGL version string: 2.0.6458 (8.36.5)
> >>
> >>
> >> # /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 xorg.conf(5) manual page.
> >> # (Type "man 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         "Default Screen" 0 0
> >>     Screen         "aticonfig-Screen[1]" RightOf "Default Screen"
> >>     InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
> >>     InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
> >>     InputDevice    "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
> >>     InputDevice    "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
> >>     InputDevice    "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
> >>     InputDevice    "Synaptics Touchpad"
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >> Section "Files"
> >>
> >>     # path to defoma fonts
> >>     FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
> >>     FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
> >>     FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
> >>     FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
> >>     FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
> >>     FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
> >>     FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
> >>     FontPath     "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >> Section "Module"
> >>     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" "us"
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >> Section "InputDevice"
> >>     Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
> >>     Driver      "mouse"
> >>     Option        "CorePointer"
> >>     Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> >>     Option        "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> >>     Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> >>     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 "InputDevice"
> >>     Identifier  "stylus"
> >>     Driver      "wacom"
> >>     Option        "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
> >>     Option        "Type" "stylus"
> >>     Option        "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"        # Tablet PC ONLY
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >> Section "InputDevice"
> >>     Identifier  "eraser"
> >>     Driver      "wacom"
> >>     Option        "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
> >>     Option        "Type" "eraser"
> >>     Option        "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"        # Tablet PC ONLY
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >> Section "InputDevice"
> >>     Identifier  "cursor"
> >>     Driver      "wacom"
> >>     Option        "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
> >>     Option        "Type" "cursor"
> >>     Option        "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"        # Tablet PC ONLY
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >> Section "Monitor"
> >>     Identifier   "Generic Monitor"
> >>     HorizSync    30.0 - 70.0
> >>     VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
> >>     Option        "DPMS"
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >> Section "Monitor"
> >>     Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[1]"
> >>     Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
> >>     Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
> >>     Option        "DPMS" "true"
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >> Section "Device"
> >>     Identifier  "ATI Radeon Mobility X1600 Generic"
> >>     Driver      "fglrx"
> >>     BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >> Section "Device"
> >>     Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[1]"
> >>     Driver      "fglrx"
> >>     BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> >>     Screen      1
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >> Section "Screen"
> >>     Identifier "Default Screen"
> >>     Device     "ATI Radeon Mobility X1600 Generic"
> >>     Monitor    "Generic Monitor"
> >>     DefaultDepth     24
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >> Section "Screen"
> >>     Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[1]"
> >>     Device     "aticonfig-Device[1]"
> >>     Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[1]"
> >>     DefaultDepth     24
> >>     SubSection "Display"
> >>         Viewport   0 0
> >>         Depth     24
> >>     EndSubSection
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >> Section "DRI"
> >>     Mode         0666
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >> Section "Extensions"
> >>     Option        "Composite" "0"
> >> EndSection
> >>
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