Page 3 of 5
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:45 pm
by dracflamloc
Look at:
http://legendsthegame.net/ (not open source but free and fun, like tribes 2)
Also look up Nexuiz, Cube, among others. There are sites dedicated to linux gaming.
Btw Inf0 already stated he has ATI and has the drivers installed. THough I think he'd have better luck if he ran debian or slackware. THey tend to be a bit more streamlined for older computers.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:57 pm
by Nik
@Inf0Byt3:
Could you go into the comandline and do "cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf >>output.txt" and post output.txt ?
Yesterday i installed the official ati drivers on a friends Computer with Ubuntu 6.06 and the installer didn't manage to edit xorg.conf correctly. So it's possible that happen for you too.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:54 pm
by dracflamloc
Yea I asked him to do something similar before. Hope he responds =)
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:00 pm
by Karbon
Remember that "Linux" isnt' an OS. It's just a kernel. So the answer to your question is both yes, and no, depending on exactly what you're doing.
All the window managers for non-MS-Windows systems are slow in my opinion (at least compared to MS Windows).
If you're expecting the same or better performance as your Windows box from your Unbuntu box then be prepare to be disappointed
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:11 pm
by Nik
Well they probably are slower but onmy notebook there is absolutely no feelable slowness, it may have 100 and not 200 fps but it's deffinitely slick. Also don't forget Mac OS X, I'm currently working on it and I can tell you since it's windowing system uses OpenGL and Hardware rendering it's a lot faster than Windws XP and as fast but less ressource hungry as Windows Vista. hey I can even have playing videos in my Dock resizing the live at 120 fps or so without any flickering.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:04 pm
by Inf0Byt3
Hey! Sorry for the late, i just read your posts.Here is the xorg.conf file:
Code: Select all
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Identifier "stylus"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Identifier "eraser"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Identifier "cursor"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "GATEWAY EV70"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 AS [Radeon 9600]"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 AS [Radeon 9600]"
Monitor "GATEWAY EV70"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x856" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x856" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x856" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x856" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x856" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x856" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:10 pm
by dracflamloc
Change the driver section for this device:
Code: Select all
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 AS [Radeon 9600]"
Driver "fglrx" # <---- used to be 'ati'
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:11 pm
by Inf0Byt3
Don't tell me I was still using the old driver
.
[Edit]
Aticonfig --initial has a problem then.
Thanks.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:23 pm
by dracflamloc
Are you using two monitors?
A trick with the ati drivers, you should disable your second monitor until everything is working smoothly, then start from there and setup the dual screens.
If you aren't using dual monitors then get rid of the junk ati device altogether, and keep the fglrx one. The 'ati' driver is provided by X but only provides very basic emulated 2D functions.
Get rid of this one and its corresponding screen section if you have 1 monitor: ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 AS [Radeon 9600]
[edit]
oops, changed that
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:40 pm
by Inf0Byt3
Dude, that screwed it all up. Now it doesn't start anymore. I get the 'death screen'. What should i do? I restored the old file with
Code: Select all
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf~ /etc/X11/xorg.conf
But it says no screens were found.
What should I do? i've got imporant files there, I can't format
.
[Edit]
Btw, I have just 1 monitor...
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:52 pm
by Trond
Just re-run xorgconfig.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:16 pm
by Inf0Byt3
That didn't worked either
'xorgconfig' command does not exist. However, i ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, i configured it and it still says no screens found.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:45 pm
by dracflamloc
run the fglrxconfig again.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:13 pm
by Joakim Christiansen
This is the problem with Linux, it's too damn hard to understand
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:12 pm
by Inf0Byt3
Yeah
. Well, if you use it, you learn. It's not so hard afterall. It's just different
.
About the xorg.conf file. It didn't worked
. Should I format? I tried all methods.