On 02/02/2011 08:35 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Feb 2011, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
>
>> Let's start at the beginning:
>>
>> What is the output of "lspci | grep VGA"
>
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3600 Series
>
>> Also, what video driver are you using to drive it?
>
>> (Check the output of /var/log/Xorg.0.log to be sure, but you could also
>
> [hennebry@localhost log]$ grep river Xorg.0.log
> [ 24.065] (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd',
> 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
> [ 24.065] X.Org Video Driver: 7.0
> [ 24.065] X.Org XInput driver : 9.0
> [ 24.237] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
> [ 24.308] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
> [ 24.308] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 7.0
> [ 24.309] (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets:
> [ 24.345] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 7.0
> [ 24.352] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 7.0
> [ 24.561] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 7.0
> [ 24.949] (II) EXA(0): Driver registered support for the following
> operations:
> [ 25.125] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_texture_from_pixmap with driver
> support
> [ 25.803] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
> [ 25.803] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 9.0
> [ 26.094] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
> [hennebry@localhost log]$
>
>> look in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file if you have one.)
>
> Section "Device"
> #...
> Identifier "Card0"
> Driver "radeon"
> VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
> BoardName "Mobility Radeon HD 3600 Series"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
>
>> Finally, what is the result of "glxinfo | grep direct"
>
> [hennebry@localhost X11]$ glxinfo | grep direct
> IRQ's not enabled, falling back to busy waits: 2 0
> direct rendering: Yes
> [hennebry@localhost X11]$
>
>> That should tell me exactly which video "card" is in your machine, which
>> video driver is being used, and whether or not DRI is being used. We
>> can go from there.
>
> Could having an AGP card be causing my problems?
> My computer doesn't do PCIX.
>
> Thank you for your patience.
>
I've got an AGP card in my machine and I've never had a problem. I've
switched monitors and Linux distributions a few times too.
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