Incorrect ATI driver detected

[cajunlibra]

Graphically everything has been running slower since my most recent upgrade for Gutsy. I removed envy, compiz, and emerald. The scrolling is normal in Firefox now but in typing this text, the input is lagging. Tooltips are slow to popup and disappear. Other drawing on the screen is also slow. When I put my mouse over any panel, the dividers appear slowly.

I just recieved a message telling me that Xgl is causing other programs to run slowly. When I run sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg the incorrect viedo card is detected.

I have the ATI Mobility FireGL V3100, however the M22 Mobility Radeon X300. Does this matter? Also, the xorg configuration Gui is drawing really slowly also.I also just installed the newest ATI driver that was released v8.42.3.

PS. glxgears crashes x. After running the command above for xorg, firefox is scrolling especially slow although I don't notice any graphical imperfections anymore. Some of my display issues come and go.

[cajunlibra]

Re: Incorrect ATI driver detected

I found that the current recommended driver for my video card is the 8.35.5. I didn't want to install this version on top of the newer driver so I removed the ATI drivers using Adept.

Now I can't get into the gui. I tried installing relevant ATI and fglrx and then installing the driver but that doesn't work.

What commands do I need to input to get my gui back? I'm much better at gui than typing commands at a prompt.

Thanks. I'm on a dual-boot system with XP.

[Rog131]

Re: Incorrect ATI driver detected

Try these:

How to get started with no GUI
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3085112.0

HOWTO : Repairing xorg.conf
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3082808.0

Try vesa drivers => you should get gui (poor quality)

X.Org X server -- VESA display driver
This driver for the X.Org X server (see xserver-xorg for a further description)
uses the standard VESA interface provided on all video cards, but runs
unaccelerated. This driver is not recommended for use unless you have a
problem with the normal driver for your card, because it will peform very
badly.

In the text mode:

:~$ sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc YOUR VERSION"
Driver "vesa" <--- insert vesa here
BusID "XXXXXX"
EndSection

restart

[cajunlibra]

Re: Incorrect ATI driver detected

What can I do about this? I'd like to install the most recent driver appropriate for my device but the wrong one keeps getting detected. I have my gui back btw. Scrolling in FF lags.

root@cajun:/home/cajun/downloads# ./check.sh
================================================== ===================
ATI Technologies
================================================== ===================
You are either not running this script from the console
or simply do not have console ownership. Requirement failed.
Unable to determine XFree86 Version. Stopping now.


my xorg.conf:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Mobility Radeon X300]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection

[SheeEttin]

Re: Incorrect ATI driver detected

That's your ENTIRE xorg.conf?

Well, I'd say that's your problem, then. Open up Konsole and execute "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg", making sure you choose the correct driver and the resolutions you want.

If you still need to install fglrx, you can use my script, which automates installation (for the most part). It can install the slightly-older-but-more-stable driver from the repository, or the newer, faster, and less stable driver directly from ATI.

[cajunlibra]

Re: Incorrect ATI driver detected

No that was just the section regarding my video driver.

I went into the restricted drivers manager and selected ATI and at the moment my display is fine. I'm nervous about touching compiz-fusion cuz that's where all of these display issues started happening after I upgraded.