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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu graphics drivers Post 302197288 by Texasone on Tuesday 20th of May 2008 04:57:21 PM
Old 05-20-2008
i just did a compiz check from Forlong's Blog - Compiz-Check
here is the results that i got
Code:
Gathering information about your system...

 Distribution:          Ubuntu 8.04
 Desktop environment:   GNOME
 Graphics chip:         ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
 Driver in use:         radeon
 Rendering method:      AIGLX

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...

 Checking for texture_from_pixmap...               [ OK ]
 Checking for non power of two support...          [ OK ]
 Checking for composite extension...               [ OK ]
 Checking for FBConfig...                          [ OK ]
 Checking for hardware/setup problems...           [FAIL]

There has been (at least) one error detected with your setup:
 Error: Laptop using radeon driver. 

Would you like to know more? (Y/n) y

 It has been detected, that you are running a laptop with an ATI chip.
 The radeon driver supports Compiz out-of-the-box but because of a nasty bug
 in the driver that causes X to freeze, this particular combination had to be
 blacklisted in Ubuntu "Hardy Heron".

now that I know that it is the ATI Radeon chip that I have that is causing me the problems, now my question is this. would it be better to get a new video card for the computer or try to get through the problem and keep the Radeon chip? and if i should get a new chip, is there a good chip for under about $75 US of A that is good for linux and is usable for a laptop. i have a IBM ThinkPad T40. all advice would be very much appreciated.
 

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ati

ATI(4)							     Kernel Interfaces Manual							    ATI(4)

NAME

       ati - ATI video driver

SYNOPSIS

       Section "Device"
	 Identifier "devname"
	 Driver "ati"
	 ...
       EndSection

DESCRIPTION

       ati is an Xorg wrapper driver for ATI video cards.  It autodetects whether your hardware has a Radeon, Rage 128, or Mach64 or earlier class
       of chipset, and loads the radeon(4), r128(4), or mach64 driver as appropriate.

SUPPORTED HARDWARE

       The ati driver supports Radeon, Rage 128, and Mach64 and earlier chipsets by loading those drivers.  See those manpages for specific  cards
       supported.

CONFIGURATION DETAILS

       Please refer to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration details, and the specific card driver for driver configuration details.

SEE ALSO

       Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), X(7), r128(4), radeon(4)

AUTHORS

       See the individual driver pages for authors.

X Version 11						      xf86-video-ati 6.14.99							    ATI(4)
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