getting ATI drivers works

[Zaibon]

Hi all ! I'm a new user of Sabayon, everything is great with this distri but I can't get the ATI driver working.

I'have installed the ati driver (x11-drivers/ati-drivers-11.8#2.6.39-sabayon)
but I'm stuck with the VESA : M92

I'have read the wiki, trying to follow the tuto, but nothing works... What can I do now??

thanks

[micia]

Hi Zaibon, welcome to the Sabayon Forums

Could you post the output of:

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eselect opengl list
glxinfo | grep render


and the contents of:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf

please, use [ Code ] tags for each output/content, to make your post more readable

[Zaibon]

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 eselect opengl list
Available OpenGL implementations:
  [1]   ati *
  [2]   nvidia
  [3]   xorg-x11


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glxinfo | grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4300 Series
    GL_NV_conditional_render, GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color,


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cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "Module"
    SubSection  "extmod"
       Option    "omit xfree86-dga"
    EndSubSection
    Load    "i2c"
    Load    "ddc"
    Load    "vbe"
    Load    "dri"
    Load    "glx"
    Load    "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
     Option    "AllowMouseOpenFail"    "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Generic Monitor"
    VertRefresh    43 - 60
    HorizSync      28 - 80
EndSection


Section "Device"

    Identifier  "SabayonVga0"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    #BusID    "PCI:02:00"
    Option "RenderAccel" "on"
    #Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
    #Option "BusType" "PCI"
    #Option "ColorTiling" "on"
    #Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"
#    Option "UseEvents" "True"
    Option "LogoPath" "/usr/share/backgrounds/sabayonlinux-nvidia.png"

EndSection
   


Section "Screen"

    Identifier    "Screen 0"
    Device        "SabayonVga0"
    Monitor       "Generic Monitor"
    #Option       "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"

    DefaultDepth 24

    SubSection "Display"
        Depth      8
        ViewPort   0 0
        #Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection

    SubSection "Display"
        Depth           16
        ViewPort        0 0
        #Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection

    SubSection "Display"
        Depth           24
        ViewPort        0 0
        #Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection

EndSection


Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier   "Main Layout"
    Screen 0    "Screen 0"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
   #Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection


thanks for the help.

[micia]

According to that output, you are using the proprietary ATI drivers, why do you think that this is not the case?

[Zaibon]

because in the system center I got this


and the 3d effect and transparency doesn't work.

[Matte88]

That image shouldn't be an absolute indicator, also because ATI drivers get insane with GNOME3... Install a game and see how fast it runs (check Frame/sec). You can also check 3d acceleration with amdcccle.
Please, use another DE and see if 3D works there.

[micia]

ATI proprietary driver doesn't work with GNOME Shell, this is unfortunate, AMD seems to take its time to fix this issue, until that, Sabayon has no choice but to force fallback mode on GNOME3 to make the system stable.
See these discussions:
http://forum.sabayon.org/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=25443
http://lxnay.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/amd-catalyst-11-9-complete-disaster/
http://lists.sabayon.org/pipermail/devel/2011-September/007055.html

Also, as Matte88 said, it is normal that GNOME3 reports VESA on GNOME3, it is a known (albeit strange) behaviour.