3D effects on fedora 8 on ati 1250

Posted on December 11th, 2007 | by Ankur Shrivastava |
I have finally found a way to make Compiz work on ATI x1250 on HP 6515b after searching on a large number of forums i finally found it on Fedora Forums all thanks to leigh123@linux and here is my easy way well its not that easy but still it works
PLEASE TRY THIS PROCEDURE CAREFULLY IT HAS NOT WORKED ON SOME SYSTEMS I WILL UPDATE IT AS AND WHEN I GET A DIFFERENT WAY

First enable the Livna repositories type
su
rpm -Uhv http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
then type
yum install kmod-fglrx xorg-x11-drv-fglrx xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-libs-32bit
yum update kmod-fglrx xorg-x11-drv-fglrx xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-libs-32bit
service fglrx restart
fglrx-config-display enable
now restart your xserver by pressing ctrl + alt + backspace , then after restarting go to terminal type
fglrxinfo
you should see something like this
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon X1200 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release
and then run
glxinfo
you should see some thing like this
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_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
……………………………………………….
now you can proceed with update of Compiz, for this add the compiz fusion repo login as root and type
wget http://www.dfm.uninsubria.it/compiz/fusion/compiz-fusion.repo
cp compiz-fusion.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/
before install remove the old packages type
rm -rf /home/*/.config/compiz
rm -rf /home/*/.gconf/apps/compiz
now install compiz
yum install compiz-all fusion-icon-all compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported compiz-bcop ccsm emerald-themes
after this we have to downgrade xorg-x11-server-Xorg for all i386 (32bit) users type
wget http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/xorg-x11-server/1.3.0.0/9.fc7/i386/xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.3.0.0-9.fc7.i386.rpm
rpm -U --oldpackage xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.3.0.0-9.fc7.i386.rpm
For x86_64 (64bit) users type
wget http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/xorg-x11-server/1.3.0.0/9.fc7/x86_64/xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.3.0.0-9.fc7.x86_64.rpm
rpm -U --oldpackage xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.3.0.0-9.fc7.x86_64.rpm
now we have to prevent xorg-x11-server-Xorg from upgrading so we blacklist it
gedit /etc/yum.conf
add
exclude=xorg-x11-server-Xorg
at the end and enjoy your 3D effects ……………

PS:- Dont enable too many plugins it will slow things down and there is some problem that i face with the Expo plugin dont enable that


  1. 6 Responses to “3D effects on fedora 8 on ati 1250”

  2. By saahil on Dec 23, 2007 | Reply

    dude, cud u plz tell me how to use my dataone broadband thing with fedora. i connect via LAN. i asked u before, u seemed to have forgotten. i m currently using my windows for connecting. thx…

  3. By Ankur on Dec 24, 2007 | Reply

    well saahil it works for me just by connecting LAN cable to it but if you need to dial you will have to install ppoe config package

  4. By shashank on Dec 28, 2007 | Reply

    well ankur let me know how 2 work out 3d effects on ubuntu

  5. By Ankur on Dec 29, 2007 | Reply

    well the post is here http://warofwords.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/3d-effects-on-ubuntu-710-on-ati-1250/

  6. By NN on Jan 28, 2008 | Reply

    how to install it on ubuntu 7.10? i mean the driver ATI,but actually i got ATI x1200.,help me..send it to my e-mail, thanks before

  7. By Jan on Feb 4, 2008 | Reply

    Thanks Ankur!! I searched a long time how to enable 3D on my Acer7520 with x1250 on Fedora8. Until now I was unsuccessful. You step-by-step rocks! I finally got it working. It’s not perfect, but it’s functional.

    thanks again.

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