I'm sorry to have bailed on you so abruptly. I'm ready to take another stab at this, at your convenience. I'll check the thread periodically throughout the day. Could you make anything of the information gathered?

Work kept me from the forum. What's the situation? Is the driver installed and working?

Well, Thanks to this thread, i was able to get my "ATI Technologies Inc Mobilitiy Radeon HD 3400 Series" working properly except for the transparency of the konsole (which i am looking into it now).

Ok, its a new 2009 installation, when i did fglrxinfo it gave me that my opengl vendor is Mesa, and glxinfo | grep rendering gave me No (use ...). So after reading this thread, i dropped to a console (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and changed into runlevel 3.

I then backed up all the xorg.conf files (which were like 12), and then removed them from /etc/X11 including xorg.conf, then i started configuring my X server xorgcfg.

So now i had a very basic X server running (clean xorg.conf file), then i restarted, and again dropped to a console, opened xorg.conf and changed the Device driver from "fglrx" to "radeonhd" and did aticonfig --initial, then restarted.

After starting X now...

And

then i added composite to be enabled.

I hope this help

I am very very very new to Linux. Although I am comfortable with Windows and DOS, linux is an all together different animal. Can you lay down some instructions that would be relatively easy for a newbie to follow? I don't fully understand exactly what needs to be done or what steps need to be taken. Out of respect for {BBI}Nexus{BBI}, I will await his confirmation and approval to go forward with your advice. Please understand, he has been with me on this from the beginning. I hope you will understand. I'm not doubting your advice at all,and I am truely grateful for your input on this matter. It is VERY MUCH appreciated!!!



My current configuration is EXACTLY the same as in post #72. I haven't touched anything since talking to you last. Here's the results of fglrxinfo:

[alan@localhost ~]$ fglrxinfo
display: :93.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (2.0 Mesa 7.0.4)

There's no need to wait for my confirmation (i'm far from being an expert at this). If you are able to, give Barghota's method a try.
Just backup your current xorg.conf first with: cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /home/username/xorg.conf.current.

If you need barghota's method breaking down, let us know.

I didn't want to deviate from anything you may have had in mind, at least not without consulting with you first. It's been a long road thus far. But yes, If one of you gentlmen could break it down into "newbie" layman's terms, that would be MOST helpful......... :-) ........ God I feel dumb in this new Linux world. The xorg.conf file has been backup up as per instructions.

I am so frustrated with my own intellectual shortcoming. I'm sure neither of you have been there before.......... :-)

That feeling will pass overtime. I'll try to make this as easy to follow as i can.

If you have not already backed up your current xorg.conf do that before following these instructions.

Log out of your desktop.

Do: Alt & Ctrl & F1 (This will give you a terminal)

Log in as root

Type: init 3 (this will kill your xserver). When you do this if the cursor appears to be stuck press enter.

We'll just remove your current xorg.conf with: rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Type: xorgcfg to create a new basic xorg.conf.

Type: init 5 (this will restart the xserver) If the cursor appears to be stuck press enter.

Type: aticonfig --initial

If that completes successfully type: reboot to restart your computer.

You can do the following after logging in.

Type: glxinfo | grep rendering and confirm this response direct rendering: Yes

Type: fglrxinfo and check the output.

When I type the command "aticonfig --initial", I get this error:

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting.

Failed to run "x -configure".

Mandriva will no longer boot. I did not attempt to copy the back-up to the /etc/x11 folder, yet. Is there anything else I can try?

What do you mean 'Mandriva will no longer boot.'? Do you mean you can't log in to your desktop anymore? You get no graphical display? Have you done a reboot? Please clarify what you mean.

That's correct.


No.


Yes. However, unsuccessfully. It will boot up to a red x config error box, or something of the sort. I will reboot again and tell you exactly what I see. BRB.

It booted up up to the normal "Mandriva" start-up screen. Then proceeded to a blue screen with a grey box. Inside that box read:

Failed to start X server. It is likely that it is not set up correctly. Would you like to view the x server output to diagnose the problem?

I selected yes at this point. Then I chose the default exit on the next two boxes. Then, it let me set up the graphical interface manually. I reboot the machine, once again successfully. I dropped back out to the terminal, via cntrl + alt + F1, and typed "aticonfig --initial". She booted back up just fine. I'm now back in Mandriva Linux.




[alan@localhost ~]$ glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)





[alan@localhost ~]$ fglrxinfo
display: :93.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (2.0 Mesa 7.0.4)
[alan@localhost ~]$

Ok, i see where the fault is in my instructions, i forgot to tell you how to start the xserver back up before typing aticonfig --initial. I'll edit that post. But you got yourself out of it, so you're not such a newb as you think. Now try those other commands and post the output.

I must have edited my post above at the same time you posted yours....At least I now know I can get myself out of one jam.... :-)

You don't appear to be using the ATI driver.

Do the following to rectify:

Run: Configure your computer

Go to Hardware--> Setup graphical server

Click on Graphic Card go to the ATI section and choose Radeon 9500 to Radeon X1050 then click ok.

Say yes to install the proprietary driver.

Keep the changes?
The current configuration is:

3D hardware acceleration: yes
Keyboard layout: us
Mouse type: ExplorerPS/2
Monitor: MX70
Monitor HorizSync: 30.0 - 70.0
Monitor VertRefresh: 47.0 - 120.0
Graphics card: ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon 9500 to Radeon X1050
Color depth: 16 million colors (24 bits)
Resolution: 1024x768 24bpp
Xorg driver: fglrx




After logging out and back in:



[alan@localhost ~]$ fglrxinfo
display: :93.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (2.0 Mesa 7.0.4)

[alan@localhost ~]$





[alan@localhost ~]$ glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
[alan@localhost ~]$