--- An ATi Radeon 6250 can totally use accelerated OpenGL stuff with the right kernel module and xorg.conf options. I have a similar Radeon in my home desktop; I can reproduce the configs and so forth for you later. --- How has fglrx been disastrous? Maybe you should give me the configs and stuff. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > all fixed.... I did what you would not prefer. I ran 'sudo apt-get install > fglrx' it installed a package and now it seems all is running normally. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > >> On 2014-01-06 14:11, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ lspci | grep VGA >>> >> >> Did they move it to /usr/bin/ ? Ah well, at least it worked. >> >> 00:01.0 VGA ATI Wrestler [Radeon HD 6250] >>> >>> as for xorg.conf.... there is none. >>> >> >> Wonderful. IIRC, if no /etc/X11/xorg.conf exists, then X attempts to >> auto-generate a config file at runtime. This usually works to get a >> Display up, but it can fail when you'd like to do more complicated things. >> >> An ATi Radeon 6250 can totally use accelerated OpenGL stuff with the >> right kernel module and xorg.conf options. I have a similar Radeon in my >> home desktop; I can reproduce the configs and so forth for you later. >> >> there is an xorg.conf.fglrx-0 >>> >> >> This is if you want to use the fglrx evil binary-only X module. This is >> an option, but it isn't an option that I would personally take since every >> time I've tried to use fglrx it's been a complete disaster. >> >> >> Should I rename xorg.conf.fglrx-0 to xorg.conf? >>> >> >> Probably not. >> >> >> -- >> Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress >> There is no Darkness in Eternity >> But only Light too dim for us to see. >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >