Trying fglrx on a Comapq nx7010

[brendon]

Priyadarsan Roy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was trying to get fglrx to work on my Compaq nx7010 laptop which has 
> Mobility Radeon 9200. The link I followed is
>
> http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Dapper_Installation_Guide#Method_2:_Generating.2FInstalling_Ubuntu_packages_for_the_8.26.18_drivers_in_Ubuntu_Dapper_Manually 
>
>
> I tried the manual Method 2.
>
> When I did a restart. I got a screen in which things were visible, but 
> the screen had lines in it. Even switching to Ctrl + Alt + 1 had 
> distorted fonts. Now I am using the ati driver. Any other HP nx7010  
> laptop users experienced such problems ?
>
> Attaching my fglrx xorg.conf.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> PD
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> # /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"
> 	InputDevice    "Synaptics Touchpad"
> 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"
> 	Identifier  "Synaptics Touchpad"
> 	Driver      "synaptics"
> 	Option	    "SendCoreEvents" "true"
> 	Option	    "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> 	Option	    "Protocol" "auto-dev"
> 	Option	    "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
> 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   "Generic Monitor"
> 	ModeLine     "1280x800" 70.9 1280 1320 1352 1456 800 801 804 820 +hsync +vsync
> #	Modeline    "1280x800" 70.875 1280 1320 1352 1456 800 801 804 820 +hsync +vsync
> 	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. Radeon R250 Lf [Radeon Mobility 9000 M9]"
> 	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. Radeon R250 Lf [Radeon Mobility 9000 M9]"
> 	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 "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
>
>   
i have the same  when i try'd the script there to see if it worked  i 
got errors,  so i just left it i got a radion 9700 i think  it is