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Robin Peel
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Join date: 8 Feb 2005
Posts: 163
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04-19-2007 04:31
i installed sl for linux and when i run it, i get the error that it can't create the window.
Any ideas on what is causing it and how to fix it?
I did not extract it as root. I think i will go back and do that. but any feed back would be great.
i am running:
Pentium 4 3Ghz
1 Gb ram
Radeon 9550 G card
320 Gb Hard drive.
Slackware v11 OS
KDE 3.5 window manager
csh shell
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Yasmin Nemeth
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Join date: 2 Mar 2007
Posts: 60
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04-19-2007 05:30
The first thing to check is DRI:
try doing:
$ glxinfo |grep -i render
one of the lines returned, should say:
direct rendering: Yes
if not, then that is most likely to be your problem
you most likely have to download the fglx driver from ATI and use that instead of your stock X driver.
It has been ages since I used ATI hardware, so someone else may most likely walk you through the rest.
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BenneDJezzerette Ariantho
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Join date: 4 Jan 2007
Posts: 3
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05-02-2007 19:53
From: Robin Peel i installed sl for linux and when i run it, i get the error that it can't create the window.
Any ideas on what is causing it and how to fix it?
I did not extract it as root. I think i will go back and do that. but any feed back would be great.
i am running:
Pentium 4 3Ghz
1 Gb ram
Radeon 9550 G card
320 Gb Hard drive.
Slackware v11 OS
KDE 3.5 window manager
csh shell Hello I do not know if ATI has very good Graphic Drivers for Linux, but nVidia does. I successfully ran Slackware 11 with KDE 3.5.5 and the only way it worked is with the OPenGL drivers. Check on ATI's site for Linux drivers and see what they have to offer. If nothing then would suggest an older AGP nVidia or maybe a PCI E one , but be sure you have the drivers for theVideo card you have for linux, then SL should work. OpenGL has to be there and I only know that nVidia has it, check atis site. |