Verify & Config ATI proprietary driver

• Verify with ATI tools

fglrxinfo:

$ fglrxinfo display: :0.0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc. OpenGL renderer string: Radeon X1600 Series OpenGL version string: 2.1.7415 Release

if the vendor string is mesa, the driver wouldn’t configure properly the /etc/X11/xorg.conf

• Verify with Linux Tools

glxinfo:

This command line option should report “direct” rendering

Xorg.0.log:

X server log file also contains useful info about driver installation.

• Configuring

aticonfig:

aticonfig –initial (creates device section using fglrx)

aticonfig –overlay-type=Xv (Enable Video acceleration Xv Overlay)

 

 

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