Installing ATI drivers

[Dotan Cohen]

On 11/05/07, Kevin J. Cummings <cummings at kjchome.homeip.net> wrote:
>
> I have a Radeon X1600 Mobility chipset in my laptop.
> What I did:
>
> Install fglrx X11 drivers and the appropriate kernel module.
> Configure the xorg.conf file.  Make sure that it includes:
>
> Section "Module"
>         load "GLcore"
>         load "glx"
>         load "dri"
>
> ...
>
> Section "DRI"
>         Group 0
>         Mode 0666
> EndSection
>
> Section "Extensions"
>         Option "Composite" "Disable"  # this makes DRI work with fglrx
> EndSection
>
> GoogleEarth now runs just fine.
>

Thank you very, very much Kevin! With these additions to xorg.conf,
plus another addition, I can run 1680x1050 resolution, and Google
Earth runs just fine! This has really saved me, and help make the
lappy a lot more productive. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Dotan Cohen