Ubuntu troubles

[Thomas. PLease.]

Hi there, so recently i decided to install ubuntu on my rig. which comprises of, a core 2 duo e6750, 2gb ram, and an ati x1950 pro graphics card.

After installing all was fine, however the display was set to 800x600, after many attempts to install the ati graphics drivers, which have told me they have successfully been installed, i am now running the proper display resolution,

this is 1260x1024. however the graphics are pitifully slow, and even scrolling down webpages is a chore. so i'm guessing its not really working.

The restricted driver mananger, says that the driver is in use as well.

Please help, dont want to have to go back to crummy windows, was hoping this would be a breath of fresh air.

Thanks tom.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Open a terminal and run glxinfo. What does it say?

 

[Thomas. PLease.]

thomas@thomas-desktop:~$ glxinfo
name of display: :1.0
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":1.0".
display: :1 screen: 0
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe,
GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_ARB_multisample,
GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float, GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.1))
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x2c 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2d 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2e 32 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ncon
0x2f 32 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ncon

 

[Thomas. PLease.]

Any Ideas, anybody?

 

[BillytheImpaler]

I'd like to help more but I'm on my way out the door. The above indicates that you're using the Mesa drivers rather than the proprietary ATi ones. You should uninstall from the restricted manager and use a different method for installation. You could try using Envy, a different automated installer.

Check this out as well: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=143283

 

[Thomas. PLease.]

i sorted, just ended up removing everything and starting over, and it worked. i'm astounded by ubuntu, beryl is something else.

 

[GarethDW]

Heh, nice one Compiz (the updated version of Beryl) is great, isn't it. It must fly on your hardware but it still runs great on my Athlon 2600+ Xubuntu box with a lowly 1GB RAM and a 6600GT, which puts Vista to shame really.

 

[PhilGQ]

If you like Compiz, try adding AWN its nice too.