Resolution ATI

[Phil Meyer]

Phil Meyer wrote:
> Carroll Grigsby wrote:
>> On Monday 28 May 2007 2:12:59 am Olaf Hartmer wrote:
>>  
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have installed Core 6. But I have a problem with the resolution.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My computer has the following graphic cartd installed:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ATI X1600 AGP.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But I can only select the following resolutions: 640 *480, 800 * 600.
>>>
>>> And even worth. Only 640 * 480 is working. If I select the other
>>> resolution, it is not accepted.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Under Windows I am using 1280*1080.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What do have to do?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For test reasons, I installed Ubuntu. I had also problems, but I could
>>> install a test graphical driver with the following commands:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1.)    apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx
>>>
>>> 2.)    sudo aticonfig --initial
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>>> 3.)    sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> How can I solve this problem?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>>
>>> Olaf
>>>     
>>
>> Olaf:
>> You will find the answer to your question -- and many others that you 
>> may have -- at this site:
>> http://www.fedorafaq.org/
>>
>> -- cmg
>>
>>   
> Kind of ...
>
> The real problem is that the ATI X1000 (R6) cards are not supported 
> by  any of the open source drivers that ship with FC6 (or F7 for that 
> matter).  So what happens is that you get defaulted to the 'vesa' 
> driver.  That works ok for 2D, but it also is very limited in what 
> resolutions it will display.
>
> For example, the vesa driver will not display 1920x1200.  There are 
> others, also.
>
> So you are stuck with the fglrx driver from AMD/ATI.  Well, its not 
> going to make you happy to learn that Linux support from AMD/ATI is 
> very poor currently.  You can install the driver using instructions 
> from the FAQ, as suggested, but you may not get all you wanted.
>
> For example, the AMD/ATI fglrx driver does not support the new 
> Composite extension in X.  That means you cannot run Beryl or Compbiz 
> with the AMD/ATI driver, uless you also use the XGL version of the X 
> server from Novell -- yuck!  The same is true for all 
> versions/distributions of Linux.  Ubuntu cannot help here. :(
>
> The fglrx driver for 3D is also about %25-%50 slower than the same 
> card under XP.  The phoronix.com site repeats the Linux graphics 
> benchmarks every AMD/ATI release, and has not shown a significant 
> performance upgrade, ever.
>
> So for us AMD/ATI X1000 (R6) owners, we are less than second class 
> citizens currently.
>
> There is work going on to support these cards in open source drivers, 
> and AMD/ATI have even hinted about providing code to open source, but 
> today it is all vapourware.
>
> My advice:
>
> Load the fglrx drivers, but don't use Beryl or Compbiz and don't 
> expect performance for gaming, and you can be happy. :)
>
> The short version from the FAQ:
>
> # rpm -ihv http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-6.rpm
> # yum install kmod-fglrx
>
> Good luck!
>

I almost got that right. :)

Please see today's article for better clarification that I can do.

Especially the summary on page 4:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=730&num=4