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talk:howtos:hardware:proprietary_graphics_drivers [2013/04/24 21:33 (UTC)] 88.73.201.31talk:howtos:hardware:proprietary_graphics_drivers [2017/02/09 17:43 (UTC)] (current) – general commentary nocturnal.slacker
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 +**Thank You!**
 +
 +Thanks to the original author and all others who participated/edited here. This is a very good article.  
 +
 +--- //[[wiki:user:nocturnal.slacker|V. T. Eric Layton]] 2017/02/09 17:39 (UTC)//
 +
 +
 +==Modern NVIDIA Graphics cards compositing issues FIX==
 +
 +Recent GPU's with proprietary drivers are having problems with KWIN compositing (vsync) and that 
 +causes a lot of tear, the only fix is to: edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf by adding these lines under "device"
 +
 +>> Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
 +>> Option "RegistryDwords" "PerfLevelSrc=0x2233"
 +
 +and:
 +
 +>> export __GL_YIELD="USLEEP"
 +
 +in /etc/profile.d/profile.sh
 +
 +This solves tearing problem for many NVIDIA graphic cards, it's so common that it deserves to be
 +noted in slackwiki.
 +
 +
 +==Installing Catalyst as a package is a bad idea==
 +18-04-2016: Steam wont work properly if Catalyst is installed with the procedure listed here. Without being technical enough to understand it, it seemingly doesn't install the correct 32 bit stuff required for OpenGL GLX Direct Rendering. Therefore I think the Automatic install option should be the recommended way of installing Catalyst.
 +
 ==Bug in current Catalyst legacy drivers (for Radeon HD 2000-4000 series)== ==Bug in current Catalyst legacy drivers (for Radeon HD 2000-4000 series)==
 (As of 2013-04-24) there is an error in the doinst.sh, after installpkg you see it displayed some lines above 'package successfully installed'. (As of 2013-04-24) there is an error in the doinst.sh, after installpkg you see it displayed some lines above 'package successfully installed'.
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   5. change line 57 from "_USING_X=0" to "_USING_MODULE=0", save and exit   5. change line 57 from "_USING_X=0" to "_USING_MODULE=0", save and exit
   6. makepkg ../fglrx-8.97.100.7-x86_64-1.tgz   6. makepkg ../fglrx-8.97.100.7-x86_64-1.tgz
-then installpkg+   
 +  then installpkg ; gunzip /lib/modules/3.2.29/external/fglrx.ko.gz ; depmod -a ; cp /etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default /etc/ati/amdpcsdb
  
 (Bug filed at http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=393) (Bug filed at http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=393)
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 Also found mistake in sentence "before doing so you **do we** need" Also found mistake in sentence "before doing so you **do we** need"
 +
 +>>Fixed that.  --- //[[wiki:user:brianl|Brian Lawrence]] 2013/04/26 06:31//
  
 Thanks Thanks
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 regards Saburgin regards Saburgin
 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 +
 +Hi, I found something on my slackware64
 +
 +installing the **amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-6-beta-x86-x86_64** that after the installation
 +
 +the Xorg.log reported that libGL wasn't found, and the error 'no screens found'.
 +
 +The solution was to create a hardlink 
 +from 
 +
 + /usr/lib/fglrx pointing to /usr/lib64/fglrx
 +
 +I have a hibryd ATI radeon 7500M/7600M with Intel Graphics.
 +
 +
 +regards p431i7o
  
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