On 8/16/11, Alex <mysqlstudent(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
>> - Has AMD bought ATI? It seems there are several references to drivers
>> available for download from AMD.
>
> Forgot to mention that the driver from RPMFusion is exactly the same
> as the one available for download from AMD/ATI, just packaged such
> that installation on Fedora is painless. Trying to use the stock ATI
> driver is much more difficult to get going.
Yes, that's exactly why I was trying to get the RPMFusion stuff going.
I've now got it going, and have a basic ATI driver running now, rather
than the 640x480 I had previously.
After experiencing GNOME3 for the last few minutes, I can definitely
say it's "form over function" in this release. I'm already regretting
upgrading. The lack of function, specifically the video support, is
frustrating.
Trying to run the livna config program fails:
Aug 16 15:46:57 sage livnaConfigClient.py: abrt: detected unhandled
Python exception in
/usr/share/livna-config-display/livnaConfigClient.py
Aug 16 15:46:57 sage abrtd: Unrecognized variable 'DumpLocation' in
'/etc/abrt/abrt.conf'
Aug 16 15:46:57 sage abrtd: New client connected
Aug 16 15:46:57 sage abrt-server[4251]: Saved Python crash dump of pid
4246 to /var/spool/abrt/pyhook-2011-08-16-15:46:57-4246
Aug 16 15:46:57 sage abrtd: Directory
'pyhook-2011-08-16-15:46:57-4246' creation detected
Aug 16 15:46:57 sage abrt-server[4251]: Unrecognized variable
'DumpLocation' in '/etc/abrt/abrt.conf'
Aug 16 15:46:57 sage abrtd: Corrupted or bad dump
/var/spool/abrt/pyhook-2011-08-16-15:46:57-4246 (res:2), deleting
Is there another way, besides hacking the xorg.conf like it's 1998
again, to configure resolution and dual monitors?
Try the "Catalyst Control Center" that was installed along with the
driver. FInd it in whatever GNOME 3 calls an application menu or run
"amdccle" from a terminal.
Theoretically the display settings in the GNOME Control Center should
also work. The proprietary ATI driver didn't support the standard
interface for controlling the display (XRadR) for ages, but I
understand they've got their act together as of late.
Also, what the hell happened to the minimize button on each window?
It was removed in GNOME 3. I understand installing and using the
gnome-tweak-tool package permits you to restore some sane behaviors to
the desktop.
Is there any way to fix the screen corruption without switching from
GNOME to another DE?
Exactly what are you experiencing?
You could also try fallback mode:
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gnome-3-fallback.html
I figured since it was released in May, and now it's August,
they
would have worked out the basic usability issues, but this is
definitely the release to skip.
Most of what you're experiencing is either problems with the ATI
driver, which has and always will be a pain, or GNOME 3, in which all
your problems are "by design". I'm afraid F16 won't be able to help
you with either of those.
Ideas greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Alex
-T.C.