NEW Debian/Linux Installation Guide version 2.1

[trevordick]

success ! A reinstall helped somehow. Running Kubuntu Desktop by the way

Excellent. I'm glad you got it up and running. I recently installed Debian Wheezy, with all the latest updates and found that this is now perhaps one of the best distros on the A1-X1000? I've also been testing Daz's latest kernel, which will be available for general release soon and supports all Radeon HD 4xxx, 5xxx cards and 6xxx series cards up to 6570. See my latest blog for details

http://blog.a-eon.biz/blog/?p=806&previ ... d4fb8fe0aa

Trevor

[gerograph]

right, I decided to go for mintppc once again, however I encountered this problem:

glxgears doesn't run with about 1700 fps, I just get 400 fps ? When starting from a terminal, I get:

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ATTENTION: default value of option vblank_mode overidden by environment

As stated in the manual, I installed using vmlinux39NH kernel, but now I am booting with vmlinux39. I also created 10-vsync.conf and radeon.sh.
I do remember, that glxgears worked fine on my first mintppc install about 3 months ago.
Any ideas ? THX gerograph

[musa]

right, I decided to go for mintppc once again, however I encountered this problem:

glxgears doesn't run with about 1700 fps, I just get 400 fps ? When starting from a terminal, I get:

Code: Select all

ATTENTION: default value of option vblank_mode overidden by environment

As stated in the manual, I installed using vmlinux39NH kernel, but now I am booting with vmlinux39. I also created 10-vsync.conf and radeon.sh.
I do remember, that glxgears worked fine on my first mintppc install about 3 months ago.
Any ideas ? THX gerograph

Is your user menber of the group video?

[gerograph]

I'll check, but I also tried to run glxgears as su...

[trevordick]

I'll check, but I also tried to run glxgears as su...

glxgears has a few quirks. We discoverd when testing the Live USB install that glxgears reported ~500 fps instead of ~1500/1600 fps but the 3D performance was OK and unchanged. We traced this to a setting in the xorg.conf file and once we changed that to reflect the actual gfx card installed, glx gears reported the correct speed ~1500 fps (however the 3D performance did not change and was unaffected in any case).

However, having said that I don't think you would have this issue with the Unbuntu installtion when following the steps in the guide?

Trevor

PS A new version of the guide is in the works.

[musa]

However, having said that I don't think you would have this issue with the Unbuntu installtion when following the steps in the guide?

Trevor

It is not possible to get 3d functions to work in ubuntu pcc.
Ubuntu is still a delicious os but 3d does not work. Use instead mint or the last debian to that

[gerograph]

@musa/trevor
I tried glxgears under MintPPC !!! (I reverted back to Mint for a while...)

[trevordick]

It is not possible to get 3d functions to work in ubuntu pcc.
Ubuntu is still a delicious os but 3d does not work. Use instead mint or the last debian to that

I presume you mean Gome 3D desktop?

2d/3D Unuity 2D desktop and Classic Gnome desktop work OK with 2d/3d graphics hardware acceleration.

Trevor

[musa]

It is not possible to get 3d functions to work in ubuntu pcc.
Ubuntu is still a delicious os but 3d does not work. Use instead mint or the last debian to that

I presume you mean Gome 3D desktop?

2d/3D Unuity 2D desktop and Classic Gnome desktop work OK with 2d/3d graphics hardware acceleration.

Trevor

Hi Trewor
That is new for me. we were several who tried many times without success.
See this thread.http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz ... =20#p13793
In the end Pat says Ubuntu (Unity 3D) doesn't work for me
In the following post says both Fernecho and myself that we did not have succeeded with Ubuntu and 3d in our experiments.
For me it is all kinds of Gnome and unity. There freeze during login.

[trevordick]

Ubuntu (Unity 3D) doesn't work for me[/color]
In the following post says both Fernecho and myself that we did not have succeeded with Ubuntu and 3d in our experiments.
For me it is all kinds of Gnome and unity. There freeze during login.

Sorry, you are quite correct. Blame my confusion over terminology

Although the Unity2D desktop works OK (3D hardware acceleration is not currently activated under this desktop).

2D/3D grx hardware acceleration is activated under Ubuntu's Gnome Classic desktop.

Trevor