ATI x1600pro / livna drivers and Beryl...

[nicolargo]

Hi all,

here is my configuration:
- Fedora Core 6 (updated...)
- ATI x1600pro (chipset RV530)

I have installed the new livna drivers (ATI driver 8.30.5):

# rpm -qa | grep fglrx
xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-8.31.5-1.lvn6
kmod-fglrx-8.31.5-1.2.6.18_1.2849.fc6

My xorg.conf is:

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Default Layout"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "fbdevhw"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "GLcore"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "type1"
    SubSection "extmod"
        Option        "omit xfree86-dga"
    EndSubSection
    Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option "AIGLX" "off"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "fr"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Samsung"
        ModelName    "Samsung SyncMaster 710(M)s (CHB7707*)"
        HorizSync    30.0 - 70.0
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
        Option      "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "fglrx"
        BoardName   "ATI Technologies Inc RV530 [Radeon X1600]"
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
        # === Accélération Dri ===
        Option        "no_accel" "no"
        Option        "no_dri" "no"
        Option        "mtrr" "no"
        # OpenGL
        Option        "Capabilities" "0x00000000"
        Option        "CapabilitiesEx" "0x00000000"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1280x1024"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Group        0
        Mode         0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
        Option      "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

The system works fine: no warning or error in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log log file.

The fglrxinfo command line gives me:

# fglrxinfo 
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Radeon X1600 Series Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6174 (8.31.5)

And the glxinfo:

# glxinfo | grep render
direct rendering: Yes
GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float, GLX_ATI_render_texture
OpenGL renderer string: Radeon X1600 Series Generic

All seems to be good, but when i try to run Beryl, i have the following error:

XGL Absent, checking for NVIDIA
Nvidia Absent, assuming AIGLX
beryl-xgl: No composite extension

If you have any idea to solve this issue...

Nicolas

[Greywhind]

The problem is that with ATI's fglrx drivers, you can't use AIGLX.

You need to install XGL - this will allow you to use Beryl.

[nicolargo]

How to do it ?
Using repos ?

Nicolas