Graphics acceleration/Direct rendering

[D92]

Hi,

I'm having problems with both the things in the topic title,
They arent turned on.
Does anyone know how to turn them on?

(I have my ATI drivers installed, though it also gives an error: Driver does not provide the FireGL X11 extensions!, Panel components will operate only partially)

I use a 9600 Radeon SE, ATI.

P.S. Please explain it n00b friendly

[D92]

Re: Graphics acceleration/Direct rendering

Ah, I got that fixed with a this:
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubu...ing_the_driver
But now I cannot change the screen resolution higher then 1024x678, please advise, I need it to be:
1280x1024

[sky]

Re: Graphics acceleration/Direct rendering

Hi,

You can do it in a "dangerous" way
Make a backup of the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old

Open the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf

kdesu kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Go to the lines with 1024*768 and add in front to be like this :
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
Save the file and restart X it should work.

Cheers

[John Bird]

Re: Graphics acceleration/Direct rendering

Hi,
just a quick warning, do not use menu system settings Display to attempt to change resolution with ATI video cards if you do it will trash your xorg.conf.

Regards John