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    Re: Howto: ATI Mobility Beryl/XGL FGLRX in Edgy

    Update
    Well that was pretty scary. It consistently showed the problem after about 10 different restarts, so I figured it wasn't going to fix itself anytime soon.

    Now I know practically nothing about linux, but making the copy of the fglrx.ko seemed to cause a problem. And when I reinstalled the new modules it was still there. So I decided to run
    Code:
    sudo rm /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/fglrx.ko
    and then reinstall the modules once more.

    After restarting back into Gnome again the problem was still there and my windows were acting funky. So I booted into Fail Safe Gnome and the CPU problem disappeared. Next I tried booting into XGL and the problem wasn't there. Finally I booted into regular Gnome again and it disappeared this time. Weird. I'll post back when I understand this more.

    Update 2
    Well it looks like I was very wrong. Restarting into either Gnome or XGL still gives me the error. It only works when I first log into Fail-Safe Gnome. That's when I get an error about the gnome-settings-daemon which I have set to automatically run at login. This daemon is probably whats using all the CPU up and not showing any trace at all. This seems to be a big problem that several people have...and I still don't know of a solution. I'm going to keep messing around with my settings until I catch a break.
    Last edited by odelay; November 5th, 2006 at 08:33 AM.

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    Re: Howto: ATI Mobility Beryl/XGL FGLRX in Edgy

    I must be putting that in the wrong place because it outright disables my keyboard once Xgl loads. Is this supposed to go in /usr/local/bin/startxgl.sh ?

    Thanks.

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    Exclamation Re: Howto: ATI Mobility Beryl/XGL FGLRX in Edgy

    When I Restart my X session all I have is a blank spot where "XGL" should be do I do some thing worng?

    I currently running Edgy Kubuntu I have every thing else installed
    Beryl, FGLRX, Emerald, I check Adept & is show "XGL" installed.

    What I think happened is I ****** up on the scripting some where
    Can any one give more details on the scripting part sorry I'm a bit of a noob to Bash scripting.

    If you can help me out can I get some links to help me learn more about Bash & scripting in Bash?

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    Re: Howto: ATI Mobility Beryl/XGL FGLRX in Edgy

    Quote Originally Posted by zasf View Post
    I see that you're using a older version of fglrx, you should try the latest one, they're improving the driver even if very slowly
    He shouldn't update if his card is old:

    As of driver version 8.29.6 support for the following products is no longer included:

    * Radeon® 8500/9000/9100/9200/9250
    * Mobility™ Radeon® 9000/9100/9200
    * Radeon® IGP 9000/9100/9200

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    Question Re: Howto: ATI Mobility Beryl/XGL FGLRX in Edgy

    Hi all.
    I followed this good guide, starting from the beryl installation,
    because I've already had the fglrx working fine.
    I can start Xgl whit its session,
    but when I launch beryl-manager
    I keep an error, and I loose the bars on my windows

    svetj@svetlap:~$ beryl-manager
    svetj@svetlap:~$ XGL Present
    compiz: Couldn't load plugin 'gconf'

    This is the ouput of fglrxinfo:
    svetj@svetlap:~$ fglrxinfo
    Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":1.0".
    display: :0.0 screen: 0
    OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
    OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY/RADEON 9000 DDR Generic
    OpenGL version string: 1.3.1091 (X4.3.0-8.28.8)
    Is that right?
    Where am I wrong?

    Thanks a lot

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    Re: Howto: ATI Mobility Beryl/XGL FGLRX in Edgy

    Odelay:

    Removing the module like that was correct. Now go into your "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" and change the "fglrx" to "ati". Now boot into normal gnome and make sure that beryl-manager is not starting.

    A question: how do you know cpu is 100% if no process is running at 90-100% in top or system monitor? Remember, you may have to click View->All Processes in system monitor in order to see what is running. Also try sorting on memory.
    Knowledge is half the battle.
    The other half is violence!

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    Talking Re: Howto: ATI Mobility Beryl/XGL FGLRX in Edgy

    Hey. This is for the people that have the beryl-manager problem causing the cpu to go to 100%.

    First, I would start by uninstalling beryl and emerald (I just used synaptic to remove them). Go into terminal and issue
    Code:
    locate beryl
    Now remove the setting files and extras you see.
    Code:
    locate emerald
    Do the same for emerald

    Now once you have everything uninstalled, I would follow this **(http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/XGL-Ubuntu) guide once you have fglrx up and running (to check, issue fglrxinfo). Before restarting though, you have to make a messy script to fix the CPU problem. This is taken from http://forum.beryl-project.org/topic...itlebar-blinks

    Make the script
    Code:
    sudo gedit /usr/local/bin/start-xgl.sh
    Add this to the script
    Code:
    cat /usr/local/bin/start-xgl
    #!/bin/sh
    beryl-manager &
    killall emerald
    emerald &
    Go to Prefs>Sessions>StartUp and add "sh /usr/local/bin/start-xgl.sh"

    There's probably a better way to do the script thing (maybe making it an exec) but this worked for me at least.

    ** The only reason I mention the other guide is for consistency with what I did. I imagine you can just follow this guide, make sure gnome-sessions-daemon is a startup item, and do the script thing.
    Last edited by odelay; November 5th, 2006 at 08:05 PM.

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    Re: Howto: ATI Mobility Beryl/XGL FGLRX in Edgy

    Worked for me

    Haha I'm going to convince some ppl to get linux with this

    Only downside: makes my computer buggy when in xgl

    But other then that : pwns vista

    Big thnx

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    Re: Howto: ATI Mobility Beryl/XGL FGLRX in Edgy

    Quote Originally Posted by svetj View Post
    Hi all.
    I followed this good guide, starting from the beryl installation,
    because I've already had the fglrx working fine.
    I can start Xgl whit its session,
    but when I launch beryl-manager
    I keep an error, and I loose the bars on my windows

    svetj@svetlap:~$ beryl-manager
    svetj@svetlap:~$ XGL Present
    compiz: Couldn't load plugin 'gconf'

    This is the ouput of fglrxinfo:
    svetj@svetlap:~$ fglrxinfo
    Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":1.0".
    display: :0.0 screen: 0
    OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
    OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY/RADEON 9000 DDR Generic
    OpenGL version string: 1.3.1091 (X4.3.0-8.28.8)
    Is that right?
    Where am I wrong?

    Thanks a lot
    DO you have any compiz package installed? If you have any then remove it first.

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    Re: Howto: ATI Mobility Beryl/XGL FGLRX in Edgy

    I read at the official Edgy/ATI/Beryl Guide that having fglrxinfo spit back problems with direct rendering is normal. I get the exact same output as svetj...but I don't have the beryl-manager problem anymore (see my above post).

    Right now everything seems to be working. It feels a little unstable and I'm not entirely convinced my computer won't come crumbling apart after the million and one things I did to get Edgy working. I guess this is what beta-testing feels like. The way I see it, we're all just making sure Feisty will be the best yet.

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