Getting 3d/compiz to work???

[ceminess]

Is it possible to get 3d/compiz? Envy wont install the drivers and I tried installing them manually and I can't get it to install....Are there drivers out there that I can use to get 3d/compiz to work with my graphics card?!!

[DaddyX3]

Did you read drama's How-To for installing ATI drivers?

[LeadFingers]

Is it possible to get 3d/compiz? Envy wont install the drivers and I tried installing them manually and I can't get it to install....Are there drivers out there that I can use to get 3d/compiz to work with my graphics card?!!

Have you tried drama1981's Ati driver guide?
Prolly your best bet.

Edited:
DaddyX3 once again types faster

[ceminess]

Ok downloading the driver that was posted in that thread now, going to see if that works for me....Will post results when I'm done...thank you

[ceminess]

I don't think it worked....I followed all the instructions and when I run fglrxinfo I get this:
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: http://www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.1)
and when I run glxinfo | grep direct
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

Here is my xorg.conf....any Ideas?

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Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier     "Default Layout"
   Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
   InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
   InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
   Option "AIGLX" "True"

EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
   Load  "glx"
   Load  "GLcore"
   Load  "dri"
   Load  "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
   Driver      "kbd"
   Option       "CoreKeyboard"
   Option       "XkbRules" "xorg"
   Option       "XkbModel" "pc105"
   Option       "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
   Driver      "mouse"
   Option       "CorePointer"
   Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
   Option       "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
   Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
   Option       "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
   Option       "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
   Option       "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
   Option       "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
   Driver      "fglrx"
   Option       "VideoOverlay" "on"
   Option       "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
   Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]"
   Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
   DefaultDepth     24
   SubSection "Display"
      Viewport   0 0
      Depth     24
   EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
   Option "Composite" "1"
EndSection



[drama]

unfortunately that card isnt supported by the driver. that card hasnt had fglrx (this is the proprietory driver) support for over a year & a half. hell the version thas in ubuntu repos is even way too new. the only optiion is using the default open source ati driver that ships w/ ubuntu. there may be a way to get compiz to work w/ this driver perhaps by combining it with xgl. however i have no experience with it. ive always used fglrx. i will do some research tho and see what i can find.

[ceminess]

Ok Thank you,

I am using the ati driver that came with ubuntu....it sucks that I can't get the proprietary driver to work...

But if anyone has any ideas on how to get a better driver working that would be awesome! I am able to play some 3d games with no problem and was able to get compiz to work, but slows down my system too much so I keep it off....

So it looks like upgrading my graphics card is in my future!

[pch.shot]

You might also want to consider upping your ram(it is so cheap these days-a year and a half ago I paid 90 bucks for 2 gigs, now the same ram can be got for <30). I not a gamer, but from what I understand, some games will take 1 gig of ram just for themselves. pch

[DaddyX3]

You might also want to consider upping your ram(it is so cheap these days-a year and a half ago I paid 90 bucks for 2 gigs, now the same ram can be got for <30). I not a gamer, but from what I understand, some games will take 1 gig of ram just for themselves. pch

I love that avatar pch!!!

[pch.shot]

Just a bit of Mod humour, that's all!!!