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T42 - ATI 9600 - Beryl/Compiz - Help with xorg.conf
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:06 pm
by PipeHitter
os = Debian "Lenny" with gnome
After several days of beating my head against the wall I've finally made some progress. I've succesfully install Beryl/Compiz on a T41 and it works perfectly. However that unit has a ati 7500. Now I'm trying to duplicate this on a T42 which has a 9600. Apparently the xorg.conf changes I made are not compatible.
I do have Beryl/Compiz running on the 9600, but everything is choppy, lags, and just generally unstable. I've posted the changes I made to the xorg.conf file below for your review. The only difference I made between the T41 and T42 is I had to disable fastwrite on the T42, as enabled it would not even launch X.
I'm using AIGLX as it worked fine on the T41. Also, I am using the open-source drivers as speed-wise the T41 was quite peppy. Would think the 9600 would be even better.
Any help is appreciated. Also, if any one has had success installing on a ati 9600 if they would like to post their xorg.conf I would appreciate it. Thanks again.
Here are my changes:
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under "Device" section after line: BusID
VideoRam 32768
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "AGPSize" "32"
Option "DRI" "true"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "off"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "true"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
next in "screen" section, just after line: default depth
Option "AddRGBGLXVisuals" "true"
Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "true"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
at the bottom I added following sections:
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:50 pm
by michaaa62
Hi pipehitter,
if
in your Extention Section does not help, please post your complete xorg.conf and your xorg.log. May be the output of
or
is helpful also.
cheers Micha
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:41 am
by PipeHitter
Hi Micha, thanks for the input. I tried your suggestion but it didn't make a difference. However, after googling I found some other entries to try. So I put them all in and found what works. So as of now I do have Compiz-Fusion working fairly well. I did post my xorg below in case someone else runs a similar setup and would like to save several hours of trial and error
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I tried to make sense of most of the settings, googling and checking the radeon/xorg man pages, but I'm still not sure my xorg is as optimized as it can be. I did see a substantial jump in glxgears from 1323 to 1950ish. I did see 2246 but I can not duplicate it again. Any suggestions on more entries to try in order to improve performance are welcome and I'll report back.
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# 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 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.
#
# 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 "Files"
EndSection
#Section "Module"
# Load "dri" #NOT NEEDED
# Load "glx" #NOT NEEDED
# Load "dbe" #NOT NEEDED
#EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]"
Driver "radeon" #or try ati?
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" # NEEDED FOR COMPIZ-FUSION
Option "AGPMode" "4" # improves fps
# Option "AGPFastWrite" "off" # NOT NEEDED
# Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "true" # NOT NEEDED
# Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true" # NOT NEEDED
# Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" # NOT NEEDED
Option "EnablePageFlip" "true" # improves fps
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
# Option "AIGLX" "true" #NOT NEEDED
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
#Section "DRI" #NOT NEEDED
# Mode 0666 #NOT NEEDED
#EndSection #NOT NEEDED
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable" # NEEDED FOR COMPIZ-FUSION
EndSection
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:24 pm
by michaaa62
Here is what i had as xorg.conf when using radeon as driver.
BUT i had a Radeon Mobility X700
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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
# PS/2 Mouse not detected
# Serial Mouse not detected
InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
# ALPS TouchPad not detected
# Synaptics TouchPad not detected
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "ddc" # ddc probing of monitor
#Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
# Load "extmod"
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection
Load "glx"
Load "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "record"
# TouchPad not detected
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbOptions" "altwin:super_win"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Serial Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "PS/2 Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "ALPS TouchPad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "120"
Option "RightEdge" "830"
Option "TopEdge" "120"
Option "BottomEdge" "650"
Option "FingerLow" "14"
Option "FingerHigh" "15"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "20"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "20"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.7"
Option "MaxSpeed" "3"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.025"
Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "15"
Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "15"
Option "UpDownScrolling" "1"
Option "CircularScrolling" "1"
Option "CircScrollDelta" "0.1"
Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics TouchPad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
Option "RightEdge" "5300"
Option "TopEdge" "1700"
Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.06"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.12"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "Repeater" "/dev/ps2mouse"
EndSection
# Auto-generated by sidux mkxf86config
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "DPMS" "true"
# HorizSync 28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
HorizSync 28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.
# VertRefresh 50.0 - 62.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default.
# Default modes distilled from
# "VESA and Industry Standards and Guide for Computer Display Monitor
# Timing", version 1.0, revision 0.8, adopted September 17, 1998.
# $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/vesamodes,v 1.4 1999/11/18 16:52:17 tsi Exp $
# 640x350 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
# 640x400 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
# 720x400 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
# 640x480 @ 60Hz (Industry standard) hsync: 31.5kHz
# 640x480 @ 72Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
# 640x480 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.5kHz
# 640x480 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 43.3kHz
# 800x600 @ 56Hz (VESA) hsync: 35.2kHz
# 800x600 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
# 800x600 @ 72Hz (VESA) hsync: 48.1kHz
# 800x600 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 46.9kHz
# 800x600 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 53.7kHz
# 1024x768i @ 43Hz (industry standard) hsync: 35.5kHz
# 1024x768 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 48.4kHz
# 1024x768 @ 70Hz (VESA) hsync: 56.5kHz
# 1024x768 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 60.0kHz
# 1024x768 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 68.7kHz
# 1152x864 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 67.5kHz
# 1280x960 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 60.0kHz
# 1280x960 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 85.9kHz
# 1280x1024 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 64.0kHz
# 1280x1024 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 80.0kHz
# 1280x1024 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 91.1kHz
# 1600x1200 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 75.0kHz
# 1600x1200 @ 65Hz (VESA) hsync: 81.3kHz
# 1600x1200 @ 70Hz (VESA) hsync: 87.5kHz
# 1600x1200 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 93.8kHz
# 1600x1200 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 106.3kHz
# 1792x1344 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 83.6kHz
# 1792x1344 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 106.3kHz
# 1856x1392 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 86.3kHz
# 1856x1392 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 112.5kHz
# 1920x1440 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 90.0kHz
# 1920x1440 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 112.5kHz
# Additional modelines
# Extended modelines with GTF timings
# 640x480 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 50.90 kHz; pclk: 43.16 MHz
# 768x576 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 35.82 kHz; pclk: 34.96 MHz
# 768x576 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 43.27 kHz; pclk: 42.93 MHz
# 768x576 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 45.15 kHz; pclk: 45.51 MHz
# 768x576 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 51.42 kHz; pclk: 51.84 MHz
# 768x576 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 61.10 kHz; pclk: 62.57 MHz
# 800x600 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 63.60 kHz; pclk: 68.18 MHz
# 1024x600 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 37.32 kHz; pclk: 48.96 MHz
# 1024x768 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 81.40 kHz; pclk: 113.31 MHz
# 1152x864 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 53.70 kHz; pclk: 81.62 MHz
# 1152x864 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 77.10 kHz; pclk: 119.65 MHz
# 1152x864 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 91.50 kHz; pclk: 143.47 MHz
# 1280x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.70 kHz; pclk: 80.14 MHz
# 1280x800 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 49.68 kHz; pclk: 83.46 MHz
# 1280x960 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 72.07 kHz; pclk: 124.54 MHz
# 1280x960 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 75.15 kHz; pclk: 129.86 MHz
# 1280x960 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 101.70 kHz; pclk: 178.99 MHz
# 1280x1024 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 108.50 kHz; pclk: 190.96 MHz
# 1368x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.70 kHz; pclk: 85.86 MHz
# 1400x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 122.61 MHz
# 1400x1050 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 78.77 kHz; pclk: 149.34 MHz
# 1400x1050 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 82.20 kHz; pclk: 155.85 MHz
# 1400x1050 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 93.76 kHz; pclk: 179.26 MHz
# 1400x1050 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 111.20 kHz; pclk: 214.39 MHz
# 1440x900 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 55.92 kHz; pclk: 106.47 MHz
# 1440x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 126.27 MHz
# 1600x1200 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 127.10 kHz; pclk: 280.64 MHz
# 1680x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 147.14 MHz
# 1920x1200 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 74.52 kHz; pclk: 193.16 MHz
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
# sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards
#Option "sw_cursor"
#Option "hw_cursor"
#Option "NoAccel"
#Option "ShowCache"
#Option "ShadowFB"
#Option "UseFBDev"
#Option "Rotate"
Identifier "Card0"
# The following line is auto-generated by sidux mkxf86config
Driver "radeon"
VendorName "All"
BoardName "All"
Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,Auto"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "off"
Option "AGPMode" "8"
Option "DynamicClocks" "on"
Option "ColorTiling" "on"
Option "EnablePageFlip" # improves performance on 3d acceleration
Option "AGPMode" "1/2/4/8" # agp speed (choose one)
Option "AGPSize" "32/64/128" # manually set agp aperture, kinda like shared memory (choose one)
Option "AccelMethod" "xaa" # exa is still rigged, use xaa until they solve the 2d acceleration issues.
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" # generic optimization for 2d acceleration, disables XAA offscreen pixmaps which for some reason actually slow down 2d rendering
Option "DynamicClocks" "on"
Option "ColorTiling" "on"
Option "FBTexPercent" "95"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "1"
Option "RENDER" "1"
EndSection
Then i found that threat about EXA as render accel method:
http://www.sidux.com/index.php?name=PNp ... river+xorg
Reducing the default color depth may help and check which apps and processes are running and may be reducing performance.
Good luck
Micha