Howto: ATI Mobility Beryl/XGL FGLRX in Edgy

[Technoviking]

I got Beryl running and the effects work great but, windows do not re-draw unless I move one.

Any one seen this problem?

dbasinge@tardis:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6119 (8.30.3)

My xorg.conf

# /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 /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/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      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
	InputDevice    "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice    "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice    "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "Files"

	# path to defoma fonts
	FontPath     "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
	FontPath     "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "i2c"
	Load  "bitmap"
	Load  "ddc"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "int10"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "CoreKeyboard"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xorg"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
	Option	    "XkbOptions" "lv3:ralt_switch"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "CorePointer"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
	Identifier  "stylus"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/wacom"          # Change to 
	Option	    "Type" "stylus"
	Option	    "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
	Identifier  "eraser"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/wacom"          # Change to 
	Option	    "Type" "eraser"
	Option	    "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
	Identifier  "cursor"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/wacom"          # Change to 
	Option	    "Type" "cursor"
	Option	    "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Color LCD"
	HorizSync    30-111
	VertRefresh  50-160
	Option	    "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "ATI Technologies, Inc. ATI Default Card"
	Driver      "vesa"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "VideoOverlay" "on"
	Option	    "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Default Screen"
	Device     "ATI Technologies, Inc. ATI Default Card"
	Monitor    "Color LCD"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     1
		Modes    "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     4
		Modes    "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     8
		Modes    "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     15
		Modes    "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     16
		Modes    "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode         0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
	Option	    "Composite" "0"
EndSection

[Paerez]

keep in mind ati drivers >=8.29 no longer support the 9000 mobility family, among others. They may still work, but I am scared to try. I am using the edgy 8.28 drivers. Besides, 8.30 only has bugfixes, no new features. And I think the only feature of 8.29 is removed support (may be an incorrect statement). Give 8.28 a shot.

[txhellkat138]

Just an fyi to some of you radeon 9200 se or damn near any radeon i've tried so far the aiglx drivers that come with edgy out of the box along with this guide
have worked flawlessly on the 3 cards i've tried them on Radeon 9200 se Radeon (200 Pci 256mb 3rd party hardware and Radeon 9500 i used this post and 3 others so far trying before i used the one from the wiki with horrid failure 4 installs and lots of hell later i stumbled acros sthat wiki and it was running in 5 mins .

[Technoviking]

keep in mind ati drivers >=8.29 no longer support the 9000 mobility family, among others. They may still work, but I am scared to try. I am using the edgy 8.28 drivers. Besides, 8.30 only has bugfixes, no new features. And I think the only feature of 8.29 is removed support (may be an incorrect statement). Give 8.28 a shot.

That fixed it.

Mike

[Rob2687]

I got Beryl running and the effects work great but, windows do not re-draw unless I move one.

Any one seen this problem?

I have the exact same problem since the 8.30.3 drivers on my x1900. I'm gonna go back to 8.29 when I get the chance. Sometimes it takes several restarts of Xgl to get it working right.

[n3Cre0]

Is this normal?

W: GPG error: http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org edgy Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 31A5F97FED8A569E

[titaniumlou]

I'm getting some similar behavior where the GTK theme looks like an old non-Ubuntu version, any ideas on how I can change this?

But I did get Beryl working finally

[Paerez]

n3Cre0: That just means you didnt verify the repository. Its no big deal.

titaniumlou: Click the red diamond in your notification area and click Emerald Theme Manager, then find the ubuntu one and click it. Or choose any other theme. I like the ubuntu one though.

[n3Cre0]

Thanks Paerez, figured that out as well.

Any idea which key I have to add to my repos in order to make the "error" message go away?

Thanks again

[svetj]

Did you make the script I posted above? For many people it fixes this problem too.

Hi, sorry for the delay..
Are you talking about the post #31 or #37?
I tried the last one (beryl-manager &
killall emerald
emerald &)
Without any change..
For sure, I sent the debug report to launchpad.

Has someone solved the problem of moving windows?

bye