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Yep, same thing happens.
EDIT: Hmm, it think it might have been something in the xorg.conf, I've just copied yours Nebvin but changed the settings that were different, and it seems to be alright now (Fingers crossed). Still can't understand why Beryl isn't being loaded when GDM is loaded though.
EDIT: This is wierd this, every so often, if I start up Opera, Opera will go corrupt like in the second photo I posted but everywhere else on the screen is fine.
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It's this XGL making the screen all corrupt, I just started X and XGL using startxgl and I could see the three windows but the screen messed up again.
Nebvin, did you follow those guides word for word or did you make any adjustments to them?
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Word for word. Only difference is I am using Gnome and you have XFCE.
To answer a previous question of yours, Beryl is not loading with GDM because it is a window manager. XFCE normally uses xfwm (from the xfwm4 package) but when using Beryl xfwm doesn't get loaded at all, it is replaced by Beryl, which uses Emerald to actually display window borders. GDM has no need for a window manager.
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Here's my Xorg.0.log, xorg.conf and my make.conf, maybe I missed something in that.
| Code: | Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
Option "AIGLX" "false"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "freetype"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
Option "XkbVariant" "gb"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto" # Auto detect
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000800" #Enable V-Sync
Option "backingstore" "true"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "dri"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "false"
EndSection |
| Code: | # These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically built this stage
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example
CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
USE="cups crypt dri glitz -gnome -kde ipv6 nls pam pdf png python ssl X zlib"
INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"
VIDEO_CARDS="radeon fglrx vesa"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/layman/xeffects"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.blueyonder.co.uk "
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" |
I'll upload the Xorg.0.log.
http://rapidshare.com/files/9537117/Xorg.0.log.html
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Your Xorg log is almost identical to mine, although one thing I found was that ati-drivers appear to have been compiled when you had Xorg 7.1.0 installed, and now you have 7.1.1 installed. Perhaps try recompiling ati-drivers? It's a long shot, your ati-drivers are still compatible with 7.1.1, but there may have been a bug fix or something that effects teh way ati-drivers gets compiled.
Other then that, the only thing I can suggest is trying Gnome. Or a 2.6.19 kernel. Those are the only 2 things left that are different on your machine. Another thing to try is old ati-drivers. I'll have a peek and see what everyone thinks is the best stable version at the moment. I need to run the latest because it's the first that supports my X1950 Pro, but perhaps ATI added a bug to the drivers when they added that support.
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Something else thats kind of a long shot, that line I added to xorg.conf to enable vsync apperently doesn't work for me, I'm still getting 600+ fps in Xgl (and tearing while moving windows). The tearing issue is more of a problem for LCDs then CRTs, and it appears you are using a CRT from your xorg.conf and pictures. You might want to remove that line from xorg.conf just incase I got my information wrong and you are enabling/disabling something that is causing these problems for you.
On the same subject, if anyone that is browsing this thread knows how to enable vsync on X1950 Pro with XGL, please let me know!
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Hmm, well I actually had to recompile the drivers from ATI's website again because I was missing the aticonfig program. I copied and pasted your xorg.conf and just made the relevant adjustments.
Can I use a different kernel without having to reinstall Gentoo?
Oh, and did you check out my Xorg.0.log by any chance?
And I'm actually using a 20.1" WS monitor, NEC 20WGX2.
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I meant, run
If you are running a stable system, you'll have to add
| Code: | | x11-drivers/ati-drivers |
to /etc/portage/package.keywords
If you are running the install script from ATIs webpage, then that might be the source of your problems. I'm not sure if that script will break gentoo's system for organizing opengl providers, but if you can uninstall the ATI drivers (if you are using the ones from their site). After you've uninstalled (or failed to uninstall, but we'll give it a try anyways) your previous drivers, run:
| Code: | eselect opengl set xorg-x11
emerge ati-drivers
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You have a working xorg.conf now so you wont need aticonfig. That program may be available in ati-drivers-extra but I don't think that ebuild has been updated yet.
Yeah, I did check out your Xorg log, that is where I found that you were running ati-drivers compiled for an earlier Xorg. The rest of it looks perfect.
You can install another kernel without reinstalling gentoo. As long as you don't destroy important programs like glibc, binutils, or gcc, you should never have to reinstall gentoo on this machine again. You might want to wait to experiment with changing kernels until after your other issues are all sorted out, as problems with the kernel can be a bit more frustrating to solve (as your computer might not even boot). If you do want to try a newer kernel you can update to the latest gentoo-sources (have to add sys-kernel/gentoo-sources to /etc/portage/package.keywords) or run | Code: | | layman -a custom-kernels |
and check out the threads in this forum for information on the different kernels. Once you've decided on one to use (and I'd recommend sticking with gentoo-sources and genkernel for now if you are new kernel configuration) follow the directions at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml to upgrade. It is a good idea to get familiar with manually configuring a kernel at some point, but it is not necessary.
Although again I'll point out that it might be a better idea to not change the kernel until we've tried everything else unless you feel the need to experiement on something different right now.
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Just updated to the Gentoo Sources 2.6.19-r2 kernel, re-emerged the ATI drivers and XGL is still doing the same damn thing.
How do I install the 2.6.19-r2 Beyond kernel?
EDIT: What version of X are you using Nebvin?
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Xorg is 7.1.1, same as yours. beyond2 will probably not help your problem, but you can give it a try. Use layman to get the custom-kernels overlay
| Code: | | layman -a custom-kernels |
and then
| Code: | emerge beyond-sources
eselect kernel set linux-2.6.19-beyond2 |
Then follow the directions from the wiki article I linked to previously.
At this point it can really be only 1 of 3 things that I can think of: your video card has some wierd hardware problem (very unlikely), XFCE is doing something weird (could be, but gdm shouldn't be effected then and you are getting corruption there as well), or there is some other program that is causing this, which may be hard to troubleshoot. Easiest way is to upgrade to the latest testing version of all your programs, although you are almost garaunteed to have other problems at some point by doing this. If you want to try anyways:
Add
| Code: | | ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86" |
to make.conf, then
| Code: | | emerge world -uDav --newuse |
To upgrade to the latest. My system is stable enough for me, but I can usually take care of any problem that does crop up. You can always remove the above line from make.conf and rerunning emerge world to go back to your previous versions as well. This isn't recommended though, it is just something you can try if you are feeling really adventurous. System breakage may happen, some programs may give you problems. These versions of programs have not been tested as thouroughly as the stable versions.
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Cheers, I'll give it a go. I don't mind completely reinstalling Gentoo if needs be, only takes a couple of hours.
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Yeah, I have an E6600 as well, and it's overclocked. Doesn't take long at all to get the system compiled.
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Ok, just done another reinstall of Gentoo, but this time I let X emerge the ATI drivers. Then I unmerged them, re-emerged them and selected ATI opengl and the same thing happened when I ran startxgl, corrupt display. All I did after I installed Gentoo was install X then layman and XGL. I'm pretty sure it's got something to do with the xorg.conf, but what, I don't know.
What motherboard do you have Nebvin and what slot do you have your GFX card in?
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| Jimi... wrote: | Ok, just done another reinstall of Gentoo, but this time I let X emerge the ATI drivers. Then I unmerged them, re-emerged them and selected ATI opengl and the same thing happened when I ran startxgl, corrupt display. All I did after I installed Gentoo was install X then layman and XGL. I'm pretty sure it's got something to do with the xorg.conf, but what, I don't know.
What motherboard do you have Nebvin and what slot do you have your GFX card in? |
this is 100% the fault of your xorg.conf, STOP reinstalling gentoo...
try putting this in your "device" section
| Code: | | Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off" |
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| rmh3093 wrote: | | Jimi... wrote: | Ok, just done another reinstall of Gentoo, but this time I let X emerge the ATI drivers. Then I unmerged them, re-emerged them and selected ATI opengl and the same thing happened when I ran startxgl, corrupt display. All I did after I installed Gentoo was install X then layman and XGL. I'm pretty sure it's got something to do with the xorg.conf, but what, I don't know.
What motherboard do you have Nebvin and what slot do you have your GFX card in? |
this is 100% the fault of your xorg.conf, STOP reinstalling gentoo...
try putting this in your "device" section
| Code: | | Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off" |
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Doesn't work, still getting the display corruption.
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It's a Gigabyte DQ6, using the main PCI-E 16x slot. It's newer hardware then what you have, your board should be better supported.
Is it still just Opera that is giving you problems?
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No, everything is working perfectly apart from this damned XGL. 
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| Jimi... wrote: | | No, everything is working perfectly apart from this damned XGL. |
can you post your xorg.conf again.... (if its different that it was before when you posted it)
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xorg.conf not Xorg.log
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Oops, sorry (it's getting late).
| Code: | Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen 0 "Main Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
Option "AIGLX" "false"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "freetype"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" # Explorer PS/2
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "LCD Monitor"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Video"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "backingstore" "true"
Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Main Screen"
Device "ATI Video"
Monitor "LCD Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "dri"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "false"
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If you haven't already, try the stable ati-drivers in portage
| Code: | | emerge =x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1 |
As long as that goes smoothly, remove the current driver from the running kernel and load the new one (or just reset the computer, that will do it too)
| Code: | modprobe -r fglrx
modprobe fglrx |
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| Nebvin wrote: | If you haven't already, try the stable ati-drivers in portage
| Code: | | emerge =x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1 |
As long as that goes smoothly, remove the current driver from the running kernel and load the new one (or just reset the computer, that will do it too)
| Code: | modprobe -r fglrx
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yeah im using the 8.27.xx drivers.... they are the last ones to work with vesafb properly so I refuse to upgrade
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I tried emerging the 8.27.10-r1 ATI drivers but keep getting the following error:
| Code: | | install: cannot stat 'fglrx.ko': No such file or directory |
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| Jimi... wrote: | I tried emerging the 8.27.10-r1 ATI drivers but keep getting the following error:
| Code: | | install: cannot stat 'fglrx.ko': No such file or directory |
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that means that it did not compile... what kernel version are you using... you need to do some simple tricks to get it to compile with a 2.6.19 kernel
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