Howto: [Edgy] Fix crashes with Xgl+fglrx on r200 cards (e.g., Mobility Radeon 9000)

[akshaymodi]

I am a new user to linux, and I have finally installed beryl. I have logged in under Xgl Session, and it has already crashed once.
I don't understand how I can check if I even have beryl, and how I can check if my Xgl is working properly, and lastly how can I install the patch that you have written.

Thanks in advance

[misha680]

* Check whether you have beryl - press and hold down Ctrl and Alt keys and press left. Does you see the "desktop cube" rotate? If so, you have beryl installed properly and running.
* Check if your Xgl is working properly? Well, if beryl works and you are using the proprietary ATI drivers (fglrx) then your Xgl must be working as beryl does not work with fglrx without Xgl.
* How to install my patch? I need some more info, are you using dapper or edgy? If you are using edgy, all you have to do is download the modified deb I made using the link I provided in a (much earlier I think) post. Firefox should open it in Archive Manager, and from there you should be able to double click on the "deb" file and it will open GDebi which will let you install it by click on an install button and entering your password.

Btw, what were you doing when it crashed?

Misha

I am a new user to linux, and I have finally installed beryl. I have logged in under Xgl Session, and it has already crashed once.
I don't understand how I can check if I even have beryl, and how I can check if my Xgl is working properly, and lastly how can I install the patch that you have written.

Thanks in advance

[docanime]

Does the .deb package listed in the first post here contain the most updated patch/fix?

DA

[misha680]

Yes

Misha

Does the .deb package listed in the first post here contain the most updated patch/fix?

DA

[St3althcAt]

I can't download the patch! *cry*
It says Geocitie's site unavailable!

Btw, how do I install dpatch file?

[misha680]

As I mentioned near the URL I think, it's just the way geocities is working. You have to right click, Copy Link Location, then paste it in the address field to go to that address. I think that's how geocities stops people from hosting files on their site. Sorry. But it will work.

Misha

I can't download the patch! *cry*
It says Geocitie's site unavailable!

Btw, how do I install dpatch file?

[blakken]

Anyhow, the deb is in a zip file at the following URL (too big to attach):

http://www.geocities.com/misha680/xgl-edgy.zip

your link is no more pointing to any archive ,could you post it somewhere else ?please?
.............sorry It worked like you said with copy/pasting the link ,besides I tried glxinfo in the shell and surprise ........it didn't change a damned thing the x server still crashes!

[misha680]

I am sorry it did not work for you. Are you experiencing crashes with OpenGL apps (which this is not designed to fix) or otherwise?

THanks
Misha

your link is no more pointing to any archive ,could you post it somewhere else ?please?
.............sorry It worked like you said with copy/pasting the link ,besides I tried glxinfo in the shell and surprise ........it didn't change a damned thing the x server still crashes!

[fsalum]

Hi Misha!

Do you have any idea how to fix the crash for OpenGL apps?

Here to reproduce the crash I run 'mplayer -vo gl2 file.avi'

and my Xgl crashes coming back to the login screen.

My laptop is a Dell D600 with 32Mb video card below:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 Lf [FireGL 9000] (rev 02)

Thanks for any help!!!

Felipe

[misha680]

Hi, unfortunately I currently do not know how to fix this. However, if I have some time, I could look into it, as it would be fairly easy to debug now that I have lots of experience debugging the other crashes. Mplayer with xv actually works great with Xgl, except Edgy uses Xorg 7.1 and Xv does not work at all with the latest version of fglrx drivers for r200 chipsets on Xorg 7.1. As for other opengl apps, you can run them on display :0, i.e.,

DISPLAY=:0 google-earth

for example, although then you lose the advantage of having a window manager for these apps.

Anyhow, that's all for now. If I have time I will look into it later althoguh I suspect it is yet another fglrx bug that might be "wrapped-arounable" in Xgl but probably cannot really be "fixed."

Misha

Hi Misha!

Do you have any idea how to fix the crash for OpenGL apps?

Here to reproduce the crash I run 'mplayer -vo gl2 file.avi'

and my Xgl crashes coming back to the login screen.

My laptop is a Dell D600 with 32Mb video card below:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 Lf [FireGL 9000] (rev 02)

Thanks for any help!!!

Felipe