Talk:Problems with fglrx
using kernel AGP vs fglrx AGP
Anyone know whether this makes a performance and/or stability difference?
8.20.8 does work fine with current Debian sid packages
spiney@t43p:~$ dpkg -l xserver-xorg Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-============================-============================-================== ii xserver-xorg 6.9.0.dfsg.1-2 the X.Org X server spiney@t43p:~$ fglrxinfo display: :0.0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc. OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY FireGL V3200 Pentium 4 (SSE2) (FireGL) (GNU_ICD) OpenGL version string: 1.3.5519 (X4.3.0-8.20.8)
--spiney
Ahh - thanks for the info. You perhaps compiled the modules for the drivers yourself and did not use the debian packaged fglrx-driver? Thus, it must be an unneeded limitation on the debian packaged driver which limits its installation... Full listing at http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/fglrx-driver which lists as required packages:
xserver-xorg (<< 6.8.99) the X.Org X server xserver-xorg (>= 6.8.0)
The first limitation (<<6.8.99) is what prevents installation. I'm sure I could force apt to install it, but I may go back to compiling the modules myself, as using fglrx 8.20.8 with kernel 2.6.15 needs a small patch to compile correctly anyway... --gsmenden
Disabling the external VGA port?
Does anyone know how disable the VGA port completely even when a cable is attached? Fiddling around with the DesktopSetup and ForceMonitor options didn't do the trick for me, and the MonitorLayout option found in some documentation is no longer valid in the current fglrx driver.
--spiney 19:42, 10 Jan 2006 (CET)
