ThinkPad T60p X11 driver problems

2018-05-13 Thread Bob Proulx
IBM ThinkPad T60p Intel T2600 cpu (32-bits) AMD/ATI RV530/M56 GL Mobility FireGL V5200 graphics Fresh install of Debian Stretch 9. X11 starts in software rendering mode. The same laptop with Ubuntu 16.04 runs with hardware rendering. Any hints on how what is needed for hardware rendering with t

Re: ThinkPad T60p X11 driver problems

2018-05-13 Thread Michael
Bob, I abandoned my TP60 many years ago but i remember the prorietary fglrx driver for X worked best, in comparison the alternate free X driver was not optimized. However at some point fglrx was no more supported. There might be ways to insert it from some package archive, though. Look for stuf

Re: ThinkPad T60p X11 driver problems

2018-05-13 Thread dekks herton
On 05/13, Bob Proulx wrote: IBM ThinkPad T60p Intel T2600 cpu (32-bits) AMD/ATI RV530/M56 GL Mobility FireGL V5200 graphics Fresh install of Debian Stretch 9. X11 starts in software rendering mode. The same laptop with Ubuntu 16.04 runs with hardware rendering. Any hints on how what is needed

Re: ThinkPad T60p X11 driver problems

2018-05-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Michael wrote: > I abandoned my TP60 many years ago but i remember the prorietary > fglrx driver for X worked best, in comparison the alternate free X > driver was not optimized. I happen to be typing this message on my T60p which is a slightly newer model with a slightly newer graphics adapter.

Re: ThinkPad T60p X11 driver problems

2018-05-13 Thread Bob Proulx
dekks herton wrote: > The current FOSS ati driver works fine on my T60p with V5250, installed first > time. Yes. Me too! Although this happens to be an older version of the software. Makes me worry that it would start failing upon an upgrade. 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micr