[TriLUG] ATI projector hell
Andrew C. Oliver
acoliver at buni.org
Fri May 11 13:18:27 EDT 2007
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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