[SOLVED] KDE / ATI config problems: 3D vs. shutdown/switch user buttons

[jensnolte]

Hi there,

I have upgraded my running 7.04 to gutsy, and everything went well including the installation of the restricted ATI driver. (Before, I had the ATI proprietary driver installed but never bothered to activate 3D acceleration since it did not work. )

However, I do not get the options to shut down or change user in KDE any more, which I heard has something to do with the proprietary driver using 3D acceleration. When I tried to disable the proprietary driver in the KDE system settings, the result was that an automatic script de-installed the proprietary driver and the result was that X did not even start any more. I could fix this problem by manually re-installing the proprietary driver from the console, and never touched the running system any more then.

I'd simply like to have my shutdown and switch user buttons back again, no matter whether the proprietary or any other driver is used. Preferred solution would be to leave the driver as it is and fix the KDE problem (which I understand is not possible with that driver), or simply use a non-proprietary driver. But how can I disablethe proprietary driver and still have a working X ?

Regards,

Jens



My Xorg.conf (display related sections)


Section "Device"
Identifier "Standardgrafikkarte"
Driver "fglrx"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

#Section "Monitor"
# Identifier "Standardbildschirm"
# Option "DPMS"
# Horizsync 30-70
# Vertrefresh 50-160
#EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Standardbildschirm"
Modelname "Custom 1"
modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
modeline "640x480@72" 31.5 640 664 704 832 480 489 491 520 -vsync -hsync
modeline "640x480@75" 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -vsync -hsync
modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@72" 50.0 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@75" 49.5 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
modeline "832x624@75" 57.284 832 864 928 1152 624 625 628 667 -vsync -hsync
modeline "1024x768@75" 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1024x768@70" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
modeline "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
modeline "1152x864@75" 108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x1024@75" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x960@60" 102.1 1280 1360 1496 1712 960 961 964 994 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x1024@60" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
# modeline "1280x960@75" 129.86 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002 -hsync +vsync
# modeline "1400x1050@60" 122.61 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054 1087 -hsync +vsync
# modeline "1400x1050@75" 155.85 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1096 -hsync +vsync
# modeline "1600x1200@65" 175.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
# modeline "1600x1200@60" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
# modeline "1792x1344@60" 204.8 1792 1920 2120 2448 1344 1345 1348 1394 -hsync +vsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Standardgrafikkarte"
Monitor "Standardbildschirm"
Defaultdepth 24
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen "Default Screen"
Inputdevice "Generic Keyboard"
Inputdevice "Configured Mouse"

# Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet
# InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "0"
EndSection

[Nomad]

Re: KDE / ATI config problems: 3D vs. shutdown/switch user buttons

It's a known problem with Xgl. If you comment the

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

lines, you should see the buttons. If you still don't, uninstall the xserver-xgl package in apt.

The driver should work fine without Xgl. If you plan on using Compiz without it, you'll need the latest ATI driver which has support for AIGLX, but I don't know if it's in the repos yet.

[jensnolte]

[SOLVED] KDE / ATI config problems: 3D vs. shutdown/switch user buttons

Hi Nomad,

thanks for your help ! Commenting the GLX section in xorg.conf did not get the desired result, but deinstalling the XGL Xserver eventually fixed it. According to fglrxinfo, the ATI driver is still being used.

The shutdown/switch user buttons are features with higher priority than flashy 3D desktop effects, so I'll just wait until the latest driver is in the repositories before playing around with the desktop again.

Regards,

Jens