Installing Breezy on HP Pavilion zv6000 (& NTFS problems)

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Fri Dec 30 07:20:54 UTC 2005


From: "Gian Piero Carzino"
> (snip)
> I mean I commented out (# on first column) the lines:
>  Load "GLcore"
>  Load "glx"
>  Load "int10"
> in the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> > Do you have your screen running at native resolution? (1280 X 800,
right?)
>
> Yes
>
> > Do you have 3D acceleration with the fglrx driver?
>
> NO. I have no 3D acceleration (The package description says it provides
> hardware OpenGL; maybe I was too conservative unloading also glx, but
> the ATI driver continued to refuse to load, so when I found a
> combination that worked, I stopped trying).
>
> > The download I tried from ATI had an Ubuntu option but I couldn't get it
to
> > work.
>
> Well, as Filipe Bonjour has suggested, it's far better to use the
> packages from the Ubuntu repositories: they can be installed with no
> harm with Synaptic (simply check that "restricted" is included in the
> repository list).
> I installed:
> fglrx-control
> and
> xorg-driver-fglrx
> then
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> (remember to choose fglrx as driver, then select resolution 1280x800 and
> unselect the default ones)
> then commented out in the xorg.conf just generated the lines indicated
above
>
> > I am still at a beginner level but would like to have my HP ZV6270US
display
> > working properly.

I managed to get the fglrx driver working with "GLcore" and "glx" loaded but
the 3d is still jerky.

I still can not get my screen to 1280 X 800.
I just can't figure out why it is stuck at a streched out 1024 X 768
My xorg.conf is below. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Bradley

# /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 "Files"
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/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
        # paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
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" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Xpress 200M (RS480)"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-67
VertRefresh 30-60
Modeline "1280x800 at 60" 83.91 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Xpress 200M (RS480)"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection






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