configt
April 28th, 2009, 09:56 AM
Sorry if this has already been addressed elsewhere, I have spent uber hours hacking and doing google searches for the solution, to no avail.
Problem Statement / Objective:
I am attempting to use ubu 8.10 with compiz on a ATI Radeon 9800 pro, with two monitors (2 ViewSonic 1280x1024 LCD monitors). I can use big desktop as long as compiz is not enabled, otherwise the monitors only go into mirror mode when using fglrx driver. Also, in mirror mode I am getting a terrible(?) ~3000 fps with compiz enabled. Lots of tearing/screen flicker. I disabled most features from the catalyst driver console to get this fps, before it was only ~300fps (thanks to other community posters for advice on configuring the catalyst console).
jbutler@latenight:~$ glxgears
15419 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3083.730 FPS
15561 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3112.029 FPS
15558 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3111.494 FPS
My objective is to eliminate or massively reduce the screen flicker (screen saver is horrible for example), and enable big screen (dual monitor desktop) while compiz is enabled. Compiz is super mega awesome and IMO, increases productivity where most people seem to think it decreases productivity.
I am very appreciative of anyone that can provide the solution to having a big desktop (dual monitor desktop) with the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro and running compiz.
System Info:
uname:
jbutler@latenight:~$ uname -a
Linux latenight.port2002.com 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Wed Apr 1 20:57:48 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
lshw:
jbutler@latenight:~$ cat system-hardware-info.txt
latenight.port2002.com
description: Computer
product: Springdale-G
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal cpus=1 uuid=948D8AD9-4013-11D9-84F6-00E018874439
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: D865PERL
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
version: AAC27646-213
serial: BTRL44826916
slot: Audio Mic In
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 0
version: RL86510A.86A.0089.P21.0502132202 (02/13/2005)
size: 64KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.3.4
serial: 0000-0F34-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: J2E1
size: 3400MHz
capacity: 3400MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe constant_tsc pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl cid xtpr
configuration: id=1
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: None
size: 16KiB
capacity: 16KiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: None
size: 1MiB
capacity: 1MiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies unified
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 1.1
width: 32 bits
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 1.2
width: 32 bits
capabilities: logical
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 39
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 1GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns)
product: PartNum1
vendor: Manufacturer1
physical id: 0
serial: SerNum1
slot: J5G1
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns) [empty]
product: PartNum2
vendor: Manufacturer2
physical id: 1
serial: SerNum2
slot: J5G2
width: 64 bits
clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
*-bank:2
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns)
product: PartNum3
vendor: Manufacturer3
physical id: 2
serial: SerNum3
slot: J5H1
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
*-bank:3
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns) [empty]
product: PartNum4
vendor: Manufacturer4
physical id: 3
serial: SerNum4
slot: J5H2
width: 64 bits
clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master
*-display:0
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: agp agp-3.0 pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=255 mingnt=8 module=fglrx
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (Secondary)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=32 mingnt=8
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: c2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master
*-display:0 UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: latency=0 mingnt=8
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (Secondary)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 3.1
bus info: pci@0000:02:03.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=32 mingnt=8
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8139 Ethernet
vendor: D-Link System Inc
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:02:04.0
logical name: eth1
version: 10
serial: 00:0d:88:3b:bd:4c
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: FW323
vendor: Agere Systems
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:02:07.0
version: 61
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci1394 latency=32 maxlatency=24 mingnt=12 module=ohci1394
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:02:08.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:11:11:b3:4c:c0
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.23-k4-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.45 latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 module=e100 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
logical name: scsi0
logical name: scsi1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master emulated
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 module=ata_piix
*-cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: 48MAX 244816AJ
vendor: Memorex
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: KWH8
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=ready
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: MAXTOR STM350063
vendor: Maxtor
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 3.AA
serial: 9QG1F0DS
size: 465GiB (500GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=19991b1c
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 3.1
serial: c6b9db74-d314-2e48-91e2-cb815f4cc9f5
size: 465GiB
capacity: 465GiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2007-10-21 17:24:36 filesystem=ntfs label=BACKUPS state=clean
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
logical name: scsi2
logical name: scsi3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master emulated
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 module=ata_piix
*-disk:0
description: ATA Disk
product: ST3300622AS
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 3.AA
serial: 5NF28DYY
size: 279GiB (300GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=0b23abec
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
logical name: /host
logical name: /boot
version: 3.1
serial: 1a654cd0-5796-d44b-96ab-9c72fcd92a40
size: 279GiB
capacity: 279GiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2006-07-12 23:23:29 filesystem=ntfs label=DISK3_VOL1 mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,user_id=0,group_id=0 ,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
*-disk:1
description: ATA Disk
product: ST3300622AS
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 3.AA
serial: 5NF25ZE1
size: 279GiB (300GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=216b5230
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdc1
version: 3.1
serial: 16b2f94c-e849-ee46-ad2c-1e98807b1110
size: 279GiB
capacity: 279GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2006-07-13 00:13:22 filesystem=ntfs label=DISK4_VOL1 state=clean
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=Intel ICH latency=0 module=snd_intel8x0
*-scsi
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@4:2
logical name: scsi4
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdd
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: pan0
serial: 96:57:4d:93:79:67
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
lsmod:
jbutler@latenight:~$ cat system-module-info.txt
Module Size Used by
af_packet 25728 2
binfmt_misc 16904 1
rfcomm 44560 0
bridge 56980 0
stp 10628 1 bridge
bnep 20480 2
sco 18308 2
l2cap 30464 6 rfcomm,bnep
bluetooth 61924 6 rfcomm,bnep,sco,l2cap
ppdev 15748 0
ipv6 263972 14
speedstep_lib 12676 0
cpufreq_conservative 14600 0
cpufreq_stats 13188 0
cpufreq_userspace 11396 0
cpufreq_ondemand 14988 0
freq_table 12672 2 cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
cpufreq_powersave 9856 0
video 25232 0
output 11008 1 video
pci_slot 12680 0
wmi 14504 0
sbs 19464 0
sbshc 13440 1 sbs
container 11520 0
battery 18436 0
iptable_filter 10752 0
ip_tables 19600 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 22916 1 ip_tables
ac 12292 0
sbp2 29324 0
lp 17156 0
snd_intel8x0 37532 3
snd_ac97_codec 111652 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 9856 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 46848 0
snd_mixer_oss 22784 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 83204 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10884 0
evdev 17696 6
pcspkr 10624 0
snd_seq_oss 38528 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
psmouse 45200 0
serio_raw 13444 0
snd_rawmidi 29824 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15232 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 57776 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
parport_pc 39332 1
parport 42604 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
fglrx 1813960 30
snd_timer 29960 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 15116 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
snd 63268 16 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_ oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_ti mer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 15328 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 16136 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
iTCO_wdt 18596 0
iTCO_vendor_support 11652 1 iTCO_wdt
button 14224 0
intel_agp 33724 1
agpgart 42184 2 fglrx,intel_agp
shpchp 38036 0
pci_hotplug 34976 1 shpchp
ext3 133256 1
jbd 55828 1 ext3
mbcache 16004 1 ext3
loop 23180 2
sd_mod 42392 2
sr_mod 22212 1
crc_t10dif 9984 1 sd_mod
cdrom 43168 1 sr_mod
sg 39732 0
usb_storage 82624 0
libusual 30356 1 usb_storage
ata_piix 24708 2
pata_acpi 12160 0
ata_generic 12932 0
libata 178208 3 ata_piix,pata_acpi,ata_generic
ohci1394 37936 0
scsi_mod 155212 6 sbp2,sd_mod,sr_mod,sg,usb_storage,libata
dock 16656 1 libata
ieee1394 96324 2 sbp2,ohci1394
e100 41356 0
8139too 31616 0
mii 13440 2 e100,8139too
ehci_hcd 43788 0
uhci_hcd 30864 0
usbcore 149488 5 usb_storage,libusual,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal 23708 0
processor 42156 1 thermal
fan 12548 0
fbcon 47648 0
tileblit 10880 1 fbcon
font 16512 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit
fuse 60828 5
lspci:
jbutler@latenight:~$ cat system-pci-info.txt
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (Secondary)
02:03.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (rev 01)
02:03.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (Secondary) (rev 01)
02:04.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10)
02:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 61)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller (rev 01)
fglrxinfo:
jbutler@latenight:~$ cat video-info.txt
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9800 PRO
OpenGL version string: 2.1.8087 Release
xorg.conf:
jbutler@latenight:~$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# xorg.conf (X.Org 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 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.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# 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 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Option "Dualhead" "true"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "TexturedVideo" "on"
Option "DesktopSetup" "horizontal"
Option "OverlayOnCRTC2" "1"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 2560 1024
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 2560 1024
EndSubSection
EndSection
Problem Statement / Objective:
I am attempting to use ubu 8.10 with compiz on a ATI Radeon 9800 pro, with two monitors (2 ViewSonic 1280x1024 LCD monitors). I can use big desktop as long as compiz is not enabled, otherwise the monitors only go into mirror mode when using fglrx driver. Also, in mirror mode I am getting a terrible(?) ~3000 fps with compiz enabled. Lots of tearing/screen flicker. I disabled most features from the catalyst driver console to get this fps, before it was only ~300fps (thanks to other community posters for advice on configuring the catalyst console).
jbutler@latenight:~$ glxgears
15419 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3083.730 FPS
15561 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3112.029 FPS
15558 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3111.494 FPS
My objective is to eliminate or massively reduce the screen flicker (screen saver is horrible for example), and enable big screen (dual monitor desktop) while compiz is enabled. Compiz is super mega awesome and IMO, increases productivity where most people seem to think it decreases productivity.
I am very appreciative of anyone that can provide the solution to having a big desktop (dual monitor desktop) with the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro and running compiz.
System Info:
uname:
jbutler@latenight:~$ uname -a
Linux latenight.port2002.com 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Wed Apr 1 20:57:48 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
lshw:
jbutler@latenight:~$ cat system-hardware-info.txt
latenight.port2002.com
description: Computer
product: Springdale-G
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal cpus=1 uuid=948D8AD9-4013-11D9-84F6-00E018874439
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: D865PERL
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
version: AAC27646-213
serial: BTRL44826916
slot: Audio Mic In
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 0
version: RL86510A.86A.0089.P21.0502132202 (02/13/2005)
size: 64KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.3.4
serial: 0000-0F34-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: J2E1
size: 3400MHz
capacity: 3400MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe constant_tsc pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl cid xtpr
configuration: id=1
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: None
size: 16KiB
capacity: 16KiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: None
size: 1MiB
capacity: 1MiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies unified
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 1.1
width: 32 bits
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 1.2
width: 32 bits
capabilities: logical
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 39
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 1GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns)
product: PartNum1
vendor: Manufacturer1
physical id: 0
serial: SerNum1
slot: J5G1
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns) [empty]
product: PartNum2
vendor: Manufacturer2
physical id: 1
serial: SerNum2
slot: J5G2
width: 64 bits
clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
*-bank:2
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns)
product: PartNum3
vendor: Manufacturer3
physical id: 2
serial: SerNum3
slot: J5H1
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
*-bank:3
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns) [empty]
product: PartNum4
vendor: Manufacturer4
physical id: 3
serial: SerNum4
slot: J5H2
width: 64 bits
clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master
*-display:0
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: agp agp-3.0 pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=255 mingnt=8 module=fglrx
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (Secondary)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=32 mingnt=8
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: c2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master
*-display:0 UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: latency=0 mingnt=8
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (Secondary)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 3.1
bus info: pci@0000:02:03.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=32 mingnt=8
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8139 Ethernet
vendor: D-Link System Inc
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:02:04.0
logical name: eth1
version: 10
serial: 00:0d:88:3b:bd:4c
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: FW323
vendor: Agere Systems
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:02:07.0
version: 61
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci1394 latency=32 maxlatency=24 mingnt=12 module=ohci1394
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:02:08.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:11:11:b3:4c:c0
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.23-k4-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.45 latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 module=e100 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
logical name: scsi0
logical name: scsi1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master emulated
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 module=ata_piix
*-cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: 48MAX 244816AJ
vendor: Memorex
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: KWH8
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=ready
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: MAXTOR STM350063
vendor: Maxtor
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 3.AA
serial: 9QG1F0DS
size: 465GiB (500GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=19991b1c
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 3.1
serial: c6b9db74-d314-2e48-91e2-cb815f4cc9f5
size: 465GiB
capacity: 465GiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2007-10-21 17:24:36 filesystem=ntfs label=BACKUPS state=clean
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
logical name: scsi2
logical name: scsi3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master emulated
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 module=ata_piix
*-disk:0
description: ATA Disk
product: ST3300622AS
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 3.AA
serial: 5NF28DYY
size: 279GiB (300GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=0b23abec
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
logical name: /host
logical name: /boot
version: 3.1
serial: 1a654cd0-5796-d44b-96ab-9c72fcd92a40
size: 279GiB
capacity: 279GiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2006-07-12 23:23:29 filesystem=ntfs label=DISK3_VOL1 mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,user_id=0,group_id=0 ,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
*-disk:1
description: ATA Disk
product: ST3300622AS
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 3.AA
serial: 5NF25ZE1
size: 279GiB (300GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=216b5230
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdc1
version: 3.1
serial: 16b2f94c-e849-ee46-ad2c-1e98807b1110
size: 279GiB
capacity: 279GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2006-07-13 00:13:22 filesystem=ntfs label=DISK4_VOL1 state=clean
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=Intel ICH latency=0 module=snd_intel8x0
*-scsi
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@4:2
logical name: scsi4
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdd
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: pan0
serial: 96:57:4d:93:79:67
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
lsmod:
jbutler@latenight:~$ cat system-module-info.txt
Module Size Used by
af_packet 25728 2
binfmt_misc 16904 1
rfcomm 44560 0
bridge 56980 0
stp 10628 1 bridge
bnep 20480 2
sco 18308 2
l2cap 30464 6 rfcomm,bnep
bluetooth 61924 6 rfcomm,bnep,sco,l2cap
ppdev 15748 0
ipv6 263972 14
speedstep_lib 12676 0
cpufreq_conservative 14600 0
cpufreq_stats 13188 0
cpufreq_userspace 11396 0
cpufreq_ondemand 14988 0
freq_table 12672 2 cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
cpufreq_powersave 9856 0
video 25232 0
output 11008 1 video
pci_slot 12680 0
wmi 14504 0
sbs 19464 0
sbshc 13440 1 sbs
container 11520 0
battery 18436 0
iptable_filter 10752 0
ip_tables 19600 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 22916 1 ip_tables
ac 12292 0
sbp2 29324 0
lp 17156 0
snd_intel8x0 37532 3
snd_ac97_codec 111652 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 9856 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 46848 0
snd_mixer_oss 22784 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 83204 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10884 0
evdev 17696 6
pcspkr 10624 0
snd_seq_oss 38528 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
psmouse 45200 0
serio_raw 13444 0
snd_rawmidi 29824 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15232 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 57776 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
parport_pc 39332 1
parport 42604 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
fglrx 1813960 30
snd_timer 29960 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 15116 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
snd 63268 16 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_ oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_ti mer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 15328 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 16136 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
iTCO_wdt 18596 0
iTCO_vendor_support 11652 1 iTCO_wdt
button 14224 0
intel_agp 33724 1
agpgart 42184 2 fglrx,intel_agp
shpchp 38036 0
pci_hotplug 34976 1 shpchp
ext3 133256 1
jbd 55828 1 ext3
mbcache 16004 1 ext3
loop 23180 2
sd_mod 42392 2
sr_mod 22212 1
crc_t10dif 9984 1 sd_mod
cdrom 43168 1 sr_mod
sg 39732 0
usb_storage 82624 0
libusual 30356 1 usb_storage
ata_piix 24708 2
pata_acpi 12160 0
ata_generic 12932 0
libata 178208 3 ata_piix,pata_acpi,ata_generic
ohci1394 37936 0
scsi_mod 155212 6 sbp2,sd_mod,sr_mod,sg,usb_storage,libata
dock 16656 1 libata
ieee1394 96324 2 sbp2,ohci1394
e100 41356 0
8139too 31616 0
mii 13440 2 e100,8139too
ehci_hcd 43788 0
uhci_hcd 30864 0
usbcore 149488 5 usb_storage,libusual,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal 23708 0
processor 42156 1 thermal
fan 12548 0
fbcon 47648 0
tileblit 10880 1 fbcon
font 16512 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit
fuse 60828 5
lspci:
jbutler@latenight:~$ cat system-pci-info.txt
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (Secondary)
02:03.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (rev 01)
02:03.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (Secondary) (rev 01)
02:04.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10)
02:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 61)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller (rev 01)
fglrxinfo:
jbutler@latenight:~$ cat video-info.txt
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9800 PRO
OpenGL version string: 2.1.8087 Release
xorg.conf:
jbutler@latenight:~$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# xorg.conf (X.Org 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 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.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# 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 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Option "Dualhead" "true"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "TexturedVideo" "on"
Option "DesktopSetup" "horizontal"
Option "OverlayOnCRTC2" "1"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 2560 1024
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 2560 1024
EndSubSection
EndSection