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post #1 of 7
5/4/06 at 5:51pm
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so because FC5 was giving me ass, i figured i'd give slack a run. well, sort of, zenwalk to be exact. from my running of xubuntu you know i've fallen in love with XFCE, and figured zenwalk might be the perfect deal. in the past slack did not play nice with my hardware, but so far so good for zenwalk...granted sound and wifi still needs a fixing, and fglrx drivers, but that shouldn't be all that difficult i reckon.

so yeah..so far this is it. will post updates (and questions, since i am a slack noob) later.



EDIT:
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so far installing madwifi from svn and updating packages using netpkg has been rather simple. can't say netpkg is superior to APT, but sure as hell its better than YUM. but yes, wireless works!
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post #2 of 7
5/4/06 at 11:21pm
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so madwifi was the easy part... fglrx, a tougher cookie. i downloaded and ran the installer, the result:
Code:
munky[~]$ glxgears
2021 frames in 5.0 seconds = 404.168 FPS
2032 frames in 5.0 seconds = 406.268 FPS
2013 frames in 5.0 seconds = 402.484 FPS

munky[~]$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.1)
as you can see for yourself, not so good. here is my xorg.conf:
Code:

# File generated by videoconfig
# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this  section  is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of graphics device sections may be present
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerLayout"
\tIdentifier     "Simple Layout"
\tScreen      0  "aticonfig Screen 0" 0 0
\tInputDevice    "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
\tInputDevice    "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

#    ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
\tRgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
\tLoad  "dbe"  \t# Double buffer extension
\tSubSection "extmod"
\t\tOption\t    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
\tEndSubSection
\tLoad  "type1"
\tLoad  "freetype"
    #Load        "speedo"
\tLoad  "glx"
\tLoad  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

#    Option     "Protocol"      "Xqueue"
#    Option     "AutoRepeat"    "500 5"
#    Option     "Xleds" "1 2 3"
#    Option     "XkbDisable"
#
#    Option     "XkbOptions"    ""
\tIdentifier  "Keyboard1"
\tDriver      "kbd"
\tOption\t    "XkbRules" "xorg"
\tOption\t    "XkbModel" "pc105"
\tOption\t    "XkbLayout" "us"
#    Option     "XkbVariant"    ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver
#    Option "BaudRate"\t\t"9600"
#    Option "SampleRate"\t"150"
#    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
#    Option "Emulate3Timeout"    "50"
#    Option "ChordMiddle"
\tIdentifier  "Mouse1"
\tDriver      "mouse"
\tOption\t    "Protocol" "Auto"
\tOption\t    "Device" "/dev/mouse"
#    Option "Protocol"\t"Xqueue"
\tOption\t    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
\tIdentifier   "monitor"
\tHorizSync    31.5 - 50.0
\tVertRefresh  40.0 - 90.0
\tOption\t    "UseEdidFreqs" "1"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
\tIdentifier   "aticonfig Monitor 0"
EndSection

Section "Device"

\t # VideoRam    32768
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
\tIdentifier  "videocard"
\tDriver      "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Device"
\tIdentifier  "ATI Graphics Adapter 0"
\tDriver      "fglrx"
\tBusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
\tIdentifier "videoconfig"
\tDevice     "videocard"
\tMonitor    "monitor"
\tDefaultDepth     24
\tSubSection "Display"
\t\tDepth     24
\t\tModes    "1280x800"
\tEndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
\tIdentifier "aticonfig Screen 0"
\tDevice     "ATI Graphics Adapter 0"
\tMonitor    "aticonfig Monitor 0"
\tDefaultDepth     24
\tSubSection "Display"
\t\tViewport   0 0
\t\tDepth     24
\tEndSubSection
EndSection
other info: Kernel - 2.6.16.9 Xorg - 6.9.0 fglrx - 8.24.8 ideas?
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post #3 of 7
5/5/06 at 1:16am
ABF, Was that your fps with glxgears at full screen ? I get 352 fps full screen in MyahOS 2.0 (slack based gaming distro) on my m6811 . Games seem to play ok even with that frame rate . If you like Slack check out Myah he is going to release 2.1 soon .
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post #4 of 7
5/5/06 at 1:42am
Quote:
Originally Posted by abf
so madwifi was the easy part... fglrx, a tougher cookie. i downloaded and ran the installer, the result:

Code:
munky[~]$ glxgears
2021 frames in 5.0 seconds = 404.168 FPS
2032 frames in 5.0 seconds = 406.268 FPS
2013 frames in 5.0 seconds = 402.484 FPS

munky[~]$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.1)

as you can see for yourself, not so good.

here is my xorg.conf:
Code:

# File generated by videoconfig
# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this  section  is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of graphics device sections may be present
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerLayout"
\tIdentifier     "Simple Layout"
\tScreen      0  "aticonfig Screen 0" 0 0
\tInputDevice    "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
\tInputDevice    "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

#    ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
\tRgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
\tFontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
\tLoad  "dbe"  \t# Double buffer extension
\tSubSection "extmod"
\t\tOption\t    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
\tEndSubSection
\tLoad  "type1"
\tLoad  "freetype"
    #Load        "speedo"
\tLoad  "glx"
\tLoad  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

#    Option     "Protocol"      "Xqueue"
#    Option     "AutoRepeat"    "500 5"
#    Option     "Xleds" "1 2 3"
#    Option     "XkbDisable"
#
#    Option     "XkbOptions"    ""
\tIdentifier  "Keyboard1"
\tDriver      "kbd"
\tOption\t    "XkbRules" "xorg"
\tOption\t    "XkbModel" "pc105"
\tOption\t    "XkbLayout" "us"
#    Option     "XkbVariant"    ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver
#    Option "BaudRate"\t\t"9600"
#    Option "SampleRate"\t"150"
#    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
#    Option "Emulate3Timeout"    "50"
#    Option "ChordMiddle"
\tIdentifier  "Mouse1"
\tDriver      "mouse"
\tOption\t    "Protocol" "Auto"
\tOption\t    "Device" "/dev/mouse"
#    Option "Protocol"\t"Xqueue"
\tOption\t    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
\tIdentifier   "monitor"
\tHorizSync    31.5 - 50.0
\tVertRefresh  40.0 - 90.0
\tOption\t    "UseEdidFreqs" "1"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
\tIdentifier   "aticonfig Monitor 0"
EndSection

Section "Device"

\t # VideoRam    32768
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
\tIdentifier  "videocard"
\tDriver      "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Device"
\tIdentifier  "ATI Graphics Adapter 0"
\tDriver      "fglrx"
\tBusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
\tIdentifier "videoconfig"
\tDevice     "videocard"
\tMonitor    "monitor"
\tDefaultDepth     24
\tSubSection "Display"
\t\tDepth     24
\t\tModes    "1280x800"
\tEndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
\tIdentifier "aticonfig Screen 0"
\tDevice     "ATI Graphics Adapter 0"
\tMonitor    "aticonfig Monitor 0"
\tDefaultDepth     24
\tSubSection "Display"
\t\tViewport   0 0
\t\tDepth     24
\tEndSubSection
EndSection

other info:
Kernel - 2.6.16.9
Xorg - 6.9.0
fglrx - 8.24.8


ideas?
I haven't compiled a 2.6 kernel yet, but I had the same problem until I made and installed the dri modules. I forget what the comands where and where I found them (not in linux atm). If you dont have it resolved before I boot it back up, I'll post up what I found. I went from ~300 fps to ~2500 fps.
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post #5 of 7
5/5/06 at 6:15pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by beaviskob1
ABF, Was that your fps with glxgears at full screen ? I get 352 fps full screen in MyahOS 2.0 (slack based gaming distro) on my m6811 . Games seem to play ok even with that frame rate . If you like Slack check out Myah he is going to release 2.1 soon .
on full screen i am getting ~43fps. so thats no good. and dr.. that'd be great if you can help me out, i already tried pretty much everything i could find on google. hmm... still no love. and about 2000fps (not full screen) sounds about right for my card (9700 128mb) and i took a look @ myah....looks really really impressive. whats stopping me though is KDE... not a big fan of that desktop. XFCE > Gnome > e17 > Fluxbox > IceWM > KDE > Xsession
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post #6 of 7
5/6/06 at 12:48am
Quote:
Originally Posted by abf
on full screen i am getting ~43fps. so thats no good.


and dr.. that'd be great if you can help me out, i already tried pretty much everything i could find on google. hmm... still no love. and about 2000fps (not full screen) sounds about right for my card (9700 128mb)

and i took a look @ myah....looks really really impressive. whats stopping me though is KDE... not a big fan of that desktop.
XFCE > Gnome > e17 > Fluxbox > IceWM > KDE > Xsession
Ok, I'm not at all sure you haven't already done this, but here it is.

3rd to last result on page one of a google search: "dri ati slackware"

Quote:
"cd" to "/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod" and do an "sh make.sh"... then go one dir up "cd .." and do an "sh make_install.sh" ... the modul is ready for action.
I know that's unnecessarily basic language, it's just how it was presented, and I'm lazy and copy/pasted it. It did the trick for me, hope it helps you.
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post #7 of 7
5/6/06 at 2:17am
Thread Starter 
sorry drlouis but i stopped trying to bust my ass with that, and went for ubuntu-LFS if you wanna call it that.

installed dapper-server and dist-upgraded it.

now i am pretty much picking and choosing what i want installed. so far i got xorg7.0, xfce4, firefox, and thats about it installed. right now compiling gaim2.0_beta3. still needs a hell lotta work, but this might just be the best flavor of ubuntu ever


did more work on my "ubuntu" if you will. i still need to recompile the kernel and install madwifi and fglrx from sources (not using restricted packages since they wont work with the new kernel when i build it). but the general layout is more or less complete.

idea behind included apps is 1 app / task. web browser: epiphany email : thunderbird chat: gaim gfx: gaim pdf: xpdf music: beep video: totem a ton of codecs editor: leafpad ..... etc...you get the idea. i am trying to keep it skinny and fast (or at least as fast as ubuntu will let me...i am not expecting gentoo-like speeds here, but on par with zenwalk (which was very quick btw) would be nice.
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