issues installing fglrx

[m33p0n3]

I installed fglrx using the apt-get method, which seemed to work without a problem. I then ran aticonfig --initial, which also ran just fine. I rebooted and fglrxinfo still showed that is was using Mesa. So I went into xorg.conf, and lo and behold but the old conf stuff was still there. So I weeded out everything but what aticonfig puts in, plus mouse and keyboard. After rebooting, fglrxinfo still shows Mesa!

Here's my xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Layout[all]"
	Screen   0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
	InputDevice  "Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice  "Configured Mouse"
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   "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load "dri"
	Load "glx"
	Load "i2c"
	Load "bitmap"
	Load "ddc"
	Load "extmod"
	Load "freetype"
	Load "int10"
	Load "type1"
	Load "vbe"
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" "ExplorerPS/2"
	Option	  "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	  "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

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

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

[Rog131]

Re: issues installing fglrx

Ubuntu Dapper Installation Guide (fglrx)
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubu...allation_Guide

How i did it:

1 Install the xorg-driver-fglrx package
sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx
(+fglrx-control - Control panel for the ATI graphics accelerators)

2 Add fglrx to /etc/modules. (This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded at boot time)
(kdesu kate /etc/modules - just add fglrx)

3 Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change "ati" to "fglrx"
and
Section "Device"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"

Or

You can use: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and choose fgrlx - driver (makes new /etc/X11/xorg.conf file)


4 Reboot

Testing

$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9600 XT Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.5814 (8.25.18)

=>OK !

$ fgl_glxgears
Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
2947 frames in 5.0 seconds = 589.400 FPS
3486 frames in 5.0 seconds = 697.200 FPS
3486 frames in 5.0 seconds = 697.200 FPS
3473 frames in 5.0 seconds = 694.600 FPS

$ glxgears -printfps
23480 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4695.921 FPS
23338 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4667.557 FPS
23397 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4679.352 FPS

My xorg.conf:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3898