OK, here's what I did. I went to ATI's web site and downloaded the file ati-driver-installer-8.20.8-x86_64.run. I followed the instructions on the Installation Instructions page using the Automatic option. I then ran the fglrxconfig file that the instructions pointed to, answered the questions and restarted the machine. Everthing seems to be working. I'm getting frame rates upwards of 2500 FPS and glxinfo indicates that Direct Rendering is set to yes. However, 3dinfo returns nothing. Further sax2 -r displays the dialog showing the card as I described earlier, but the checkbox at the bottom of the dialog is disabled and not checked. So, I seem to be getting the performance improvement you suggested I'd see, but there still seems to be something strange going on with 3D support. Any thoughts? Thanks. -- Bill Lugg Milstar Software Support Peterson AFB, CO On Tuesday 06 December 2005 9:38 pm, BandiPat wrote:
Are you using the ATI driver or not? If you are, there are other things you need to do to get it to use the built-in kernel module. If not, follow this procedure:
ctrl-alt-F1 login as root init 3 sax2 -r (you'll turn on 3D there) finish, test, quit back to prompt init 5
You should now have 3D enabled. Use these commands to check glxinfo (check if Direct Rendering is yes) 3dinfo (gives you the card info) lastly, glxgears
Lee