Originally Posted by
mlomker
Then you don't have the Breezy version of the file, unless they changed it today. I haven't been able to run an update since the formal release...the servers just time out.
Okay, I' m back. Back to VESA, that is
First, there is nothing wrong with the glxgears utility. Turned out I never let it run long enough to actually come up with an FPS rate. Yes, it was that slow.
Second, I did exactly what you told me, reinstalled the packages you named. Must warn you however, there is actually no package called linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12, look:
Code:
olav@dinges:~$ apt-cache search linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-9-386 - Non-free Linux 2.6.12 modules on 386
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-9-386-nvidia-legacy - Non-free Linux 2.6.12 NVIDIA legacy module on 386
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-9-686 - Non-free Linux 2.6.12 modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIVlinux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-9-686-nvidia-legacy - Non-free Linux 2.6.12 modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-9-686-smp - Non-free Linux 2.6.12 modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV SMP
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-9-686-smp-nvidia-legacy - Non-free Linux 2.6.12 modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV SMP
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-9-k7 - Non-free Linux 2.6.12 modules on AMD K7
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-9-k7-nvidia-legacy - Non-free Linux 2.6.12 modules on AMD K7
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-9-k7-smp - Non-free Linux 2.6.12 modules on AMD K7 SMP
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-9-k7-smp-nvidia-legacy - Non-free Linux 2.6.12 modules on AMD K7 SMP
Of those, I took linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-9-k7 which also matches the kernel I' m running.
I did the fglrxconfig and shut down X with Ctrl+Alt+BS, but no joy. Then I rebooted, and it was almost like Eureka! Perfect FPS on glxgears, and the info in fglrxinfo showed ATI as vendor...
Then I was almost finished typing a message, telling you what a great guru you really are (I still do not doubt that)
But old problems started again, causing the screen to freeze completely except for the mouse cursor.
I have tried several things, while being logged in from another machine with ssh to keep an eye on top. And it puzzles me completely. The screen does not necessarily freeze when I'm running "heavy" stuff like glxgears. Even after a fresh reboot, after logging in and using only gedit and Firefox it goes STOP.
In fact, when that happens, X takes almost 100% CPU usage and only because I have the ssh login I can kill -9 the sucker and return more or less to normal. Took me a couple of reboots though, to test it through.
So. the only driver that seems capable of giving me video overlay for TVTime and good 3D performance, is actually preventing me from doing anything for longer than a few minutes...
I need to go to bed now. In fact, I needed to go to bed 3-4 hours ago. I appreciate all the cooperation here and I do hope that this thing gets sorted out during the weekend. This is going to be quite the learning experience
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