There's only one reliable way to find out if 3D Support works. It's called glxinfo. Look for the 3rd line "direct rendering: No|Yes". "Yes" means 3d support enabled. SaX always thinks that 3D support is not configured as there are no database entries for your graphics card in SaX2. Just call "fireglcontrol" to use the ATI control panel.

------------------------------------- # glxinfo name of display: :0.0 display: :0 screen: 0 direct rendering: Yes server glx vendor string: SGI server glx version string: 1.2 server glx extensions: GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context client glx vendor string: SGI client glx version string: 1.2 client glx extensions: ... --------------------------------- YUPEEEEEE it works. OMG I FEEL GREAT even though i spend all night infront of the computer. the satisfaction after configuring something to work as it is supposed to is great. thanks man:)