[nflug] Ati Googleearth

[anthonyriga]

I will try tonight 

Thanks! 
--- Sam Stern <samstern at samstern.net> wrote:

> Hi Anthony,
> 
> I had a simmiler problem and here is how I solved
> it:
> 
> 1) lsmod | egrep "agp|fb|vesa" if you see intel_agp
> or other agp or frame
> buffer device continue
> 2) logout of X then init 3
> 3) rmmod $modules_from_step1
> 4) add modules from step one to
> /etc/modconf.d/blacklist
> 5) depmod -a
> 6) cat /etc/sysconfig/kernel | egrep "agp|fb|vesa"
> if positive remove the
> entry and give a mkinitrd
> 7) now reboot (this is one of those few times you
> must reboot in linux).
> 
> et volia! Most things broken will work BUT a few new
> items will become
> broken
> 
> What this fixed for me:
> 
> 1) Switiching between X and a text console resulted
> in black screen
> 2) Movies lagged horribly
> 3) poor opengl performance when using overlays
> 
> What this broke:
> 
> 1) When I task my system above 50% cpu, system shuts
> down due to a thermal
> event. chkconfig lmsensors and run the above process
> for the module
> "thermal" fixed this. 40C cpus and a 35C motherboard
> and hard drives is not
> a thermal event!!
> 2) cedega can no longer run the game, eve. This made
> me revert to the old
> settings!
> 
> good luck! Those ATI drivers suck!!
> 
> Sam S.
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: nflug-bounces at nflug.org
> [mailto:nflug-bounces at nflug.org] On Behalf
> >Of anthonyriga
> >Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 3:25 PM
> >To: nflug at nflug.org
> >Subject: Re: [nflug] Ati Googleearth
> >
> >Pete
> >I also tried to use the Envy program that installs
> the
> >drivers. But no go so far no solution. ATI needs to
> >fix this crap. If I had another vid card nvidia i
> >would put it in. AMD (ATI) just plain sucks.
> >--- anthonyriga <torrodimerda at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Ati drivers from the AMD site
> >> --- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Which driver are you using, ati or aiglx?
> >> >
> >> > anthonyriga wrote:
> >> > > Last year I setup Ubuntu for my stepfather
> with
> >> > > GoogleEarth and I remember it took me alot of
> >> time
> >> > > getting 3d enabled so Google Earth didnt hang
> on
> >> > the
> >> > > splash screen. He did upgrade to 7.04 that
> went
> >> > fine
> >> > > but blew away the Ati stuff for google earth
> to
> >> > work.
> >> > > The Ati card is integrated on the mobo radeon
> >> > xpress
> >> > > 200. I have downloaded the latest drivers
> from
> >> AMD
> >> > > site but still cant seem to get it to work it
> >> just
> >> > > hangs on the splash screen when it starts.
> >> > > Unfortuntatly when I set it up the first time
> I
> >> > think
> >> > > it was just luck that I got it to work. Any
> >> > > suggestions to setting this up or fixing the
> >> > problem.
> >> > > I see alot of ati issues but no solutions! I
> use
> >> > > Nvidia at home but I am here in Tampa trying
> to
> >> > get
> >> > > his to work while im here. Suggestions?
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
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