ML 9.2, ATI Radeon 9000 Pro and a whole lot of flickering going o n...

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Hi there

 

I am trying to set up my ATI Radeon 9000 Pro and Iiyama VisionMaster Pro 400 (701GT) to run successfully under Mandrake Linux 9.2 (XFree86 4.3) and at the moment the screen flickers so badly that I have to go back my nice calming Win XP install... Anyway I  installed Mandrake Linux 9.2 spanning a number of mount volumes on my PC. However, the VisionMaster pro 400 was not recognised during the install and hence, not referenced in the generated XF86config-4 file so I added a sample "Monitor" section for VisonMaster Pro (see relevent sections from XF86Config-4 below)  which I obtained by looking through the web  and relevant user groups Next, I restarted X server but the screen still flickers. Aaaaahhh!

 

 

So my questions are 

a)       Is their problem with my XF86congig-4 (see attached XF86Config-4.current), which would resolve my issue?

b)       Do I wait for Mandrake Linux 10 or Xfree86 ver 4.4.0 and install this

c)   Do I look at Installing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver 3.7.6: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/linuxhowto-ati.html

      d)      Do give up and resign myself to the fact the Linux is really for rocket scientists with lots of time on their hands!

 

If someone could point me in the right direction I will hopefully do the rest …

 

 

Cheers

 

Daniel

 

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Keyboard1"
    Driver "Keyboard"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
    Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

# this was automatically configured but seems to work so leave unaltered
Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Mouse1"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Section "Files"
    ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath "unix/:-1"
    RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load "dbe"  # Double-Buffering Extension
    Load "dri"  # direct rendering
    Load "extmod"
    Load "glx"  # 3D layer
    Load "record"
    Load "xtrap"

    # others to be added
    Load  "fbdevhw"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "type1"

EndSection


Section "DRI"
        Group        0
        Mode         0666
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Keyboard0"
    Driver "keyboard"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "monitor1"
    VendorName "Plug'n Play"
    ModelName "Iiyama A701GT, VisionMasterPro 400"
    HorizSync 27.0-96.0
    VertRefresh 50.0-160.0

     # modeLInes taken from a similar VisionMaster Pro 702 config file
     ModeLine "640x480" 62.43 640 672 832 896 480 482 494 520 #134Hz
     ModeLine "800x600" 78.13 800 840 1040 1120 600 602 614 640 #109Hz
     ModeLine "1024x768" 97.83 1024 1072 1312 1408 768 770 782 808 #86Hz
     ModeLine "1152x864" 106.91 1152 1200 1440 1536 864 866 878 904 #77Hz

    # all lines below commented as not needed

    # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
    # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
    #ModeLine "1024x480"    65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344   480  488  494  563 -hsync -vsync

    # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
    # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
    #ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630

    # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
    #ModeLine "768x576"     63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590  616
EndSection

 

 

Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
    BoardName "Radeon R250 If [Radeon 9000]"
    Driver "ati"
    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
    #Option "CloneMode"           # [<str>]
    #Option "CloneHSync"          # [<str>]
    #Option "CPPIOMode"           # [<bool>]
    #Option "Dac8Bit"             # [<bool>]
    #Option "AGPFastWrite"        # [<bool>]
    #Option "VideoKey"            # <i>
    #Option "SWcursor"            # [<bool>]
    #Option "EnableDepthMoves"    # [<bool>]
    #Option "PanelOff"            # [<bool>]
    #Option "DDCMode"             # [<bool>]
    #Option "Dac6Bit"             # [<bool>]
    #Option "RingSize"            # <i>
    #Option "EnablePageFlip"      # [<bool>]
    #Option "ForcePCIMode"        # [<bool>]
    #Option "NoBackBuffer"        # [<bool>]
    #Option "BufferSize"          # <i>

    ### Available Driver options are:-
    ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
    ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
    ### [arg]: arg optional
    #Option "NoAccel"             # [<bool>]
    #Option "AGPSize"             # <i>
    #Option "UseFBDev"            # [<bool>]
    #Option "CloneDisplay"        # <i>
    #Option "AGPMode"             # <i>
    #Option "CPusecTimeout"       # <i>
    #Option "CloneVRefresh"       # [<str>]
EndSection


#The screen section was modified to tie the monitor and card together. Some things to note.

#1.The default depth was changed to 24.

#2.The first resolution listed is used (in this case 1024x768).

#3.The Virtual value adjusts for X’s method of displaying virtual windows. X takes the largest resolution given
#  and uses it as the screen size. Any smaller resolutions fit into that space in the
#  manner defined by the value of ViewPort. In this case the system would be running at 1024x768.
#  Without the Virtual value this resolution would show up centered on the screen with black screen around it.
#  A resolution of 1280x1024 would fit the monitor fine. The Virtual value of 1024x768 forces X to figure on a
#   1024x768b maximum screen.

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "screen1"
    Device "device1"
    Monitor "monitor1"
    DefaultColorDepth 24
    DefaultDepth 24

    Subsection "Display"
       Depth 24
       # original put back if things go wrong Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
       Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
       ViewPort 0 0
       Virtual 1152 864
     EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 8
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort 0 0
        Virtual 1024 768
    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 15
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort 0 0
        Virtual 1024 768
    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 16
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort 0 0
        Virtual 1024 768
    EndSubsection

 

EndSection

#E. A server layout section was defined to tie the mouse, keyboard, and screen together

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
    InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    Screen 1  "Screen1" 0 0
EndSection


 



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