Comments on: 3D effects on ubuntu 7.10 on ati 1250

By: Beatrisasokr

Beatrisasokr — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:32:05 +0000

mdyayayaya ….. * Many people think *…. the author thanks for the post!

By: Manish

Manish — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:10:51 +0000

We never get this problems on any of the desktop/laptop where ubuntu/OpenSuse has been installed. Another fact is that I have never installed Linux on any computer with ATI graphics card, only nVidia.
Well in IBM laptop given to present 2nd yr, there is no graphics card, only Intel’s onboard 945GM graphics accelerator, same with mine on Compaq V3018TU laptop.
Another problem that we usually face with Linux is that net doesnt work with nVidia LAN card. It happened on one of my friend, who had onboard nVidia LAN card, he had to plug in external Realtek LAN card in PCI slot to get net working.

By: Ankur

Ankur — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:34:08 +0000

ooo wordpress dosent display – - properly
so its minus,minus without space in aticonfig –initial and not just one big minus

By: Ankur

Ankur — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:29:57 +0000

well the work for script is done and its working fine
the problem with you is that your xorg was not initiallised so just copy back your old config file
mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original-0 /etc/X11/xorg.conf
then
remove every thing you have installed
now repeat the above step and before editing xorg.conf type
aticonfig –initial
and proceed
best of luck

By: abhinit

abhinit — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:35:14 +0000

and this is my xorg.conf:::

http://ibuyphone.wordpress.com/files/2007/12/xorg.doc

PLZ RENAME THE FILE AS “xorg.conf”…

file extension was changed for easier upload….thnx…

By: abhinit

abhinit — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:25:29 +0000

this is the error log m getting:::

X Window System Version 7.2.0
Release Date: 22 January 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux abhinit-laptop 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Tue Dec 18 05:45:12 UTC 2007 i686
Build Date: 04 April 2007
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (–) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: “/var/log/Xorg.0.log”, Time: Mon Dec 31 19:41:34 2007
(==) Using config file: “/etc/X11/xorg.conf”
Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Device section “Generic Video Card” must have a Driver line.
(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error parsing the config file

Fatal server error:
no screens found
(WW) xf86CloseConsole: KDSETMODE failed: Bad file descriptor
(WW) xf86CloseConsole: VT_GETMODE failed: Bad file descriptor
(WW) xf86OpenConsole: VT_GETSTATE failed: Bad file descriptor

By: abhinit

abhinit — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:24:29 +0000

m in favour of creating a script.

By: abhinit

abhinit — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:22:45 +0000

m havin a problem…
after i followed the instructions till editin the xorg.conf file,
the desktop wont come up.
it shows:

x server couldn’t be started.
.
.
.
driver line missing

but after i edited the:

#Driver: “vesa”

Driver “vesa”

its workin like it used too, m not gettin the 3d effects.
and if i got to

system>>preferences>>desktop effects

i get an error message:

“the composite extension is not available”

what do u suggest?…

By: Ankur

Ankur — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:48:15 +0000

ya sure i will be on it, but its not that easy as there are a lot of dependencies that are required and i dont have enough bandwidth to save them all guess we will have to wait for a bit…….

By: Manish Sinha

Manish Sinha — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:11:25 +0000

Great Ankur! Is the driver problem on ATI so grave? I didnt think so, well I think doing all these by a n00b can be a real daunting task, creating a script can be quite beneficial.