Xorg, Catalyst, used the DDX,ForceXXA fix

Question

Okay, First time using Arch Linux (atleast on a real machine, i tested it and got it 'up and running' in a VM. Couple things that have to be said
1) Great idea behind the distro
2) Installer def made me learn my linux sh*t (or relearn as it came up time to time)
3) Amazing Wiki's
Speaking of which, I had been using the wiki's to get the Catalyst driver up and running my 3200 HD, used the version into the main Cataylst repo (10.6-2), my xorg is v1.8.1.902-1. Installed catalyst, added fglrx to rc.conf daemons list
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond hal fglrx gdm transmissiond
ran
aticonfig --initial
aticonfig -v
and rebooted.
When I came back into Gnome, I was having some issues with my desktop and windows. The odd thing thats happening is with Terminal and Firefox (So far, havent seen it in others -- yet as it only comes up sometimes) if I open up one of the apps, or bring it up from minimize, everything except the menu is blacked out. Like when I registering for the site, I had to un-maximize the window (which cleared the black cuz it made it redraw everything on the page) then maximize it again to get it back the way I wanted.
I can also clear it (like with terminal) by just changing the width / height by 1 pixel, because it re-draws the window. If terminal is blacked out, by I start typing, as I type, it clears the black and replaces it with the white background, black text that it should be, one character at a time following my cursor.
Thinking maybe this had to deal with the artifacts/grey/black/white boxes bug, I ran
aticonfig --set-pcs-str=DDX,ForceXAA,TRUE
from init 3,
rebooted
and..... no fix.
if anyone has ANY ideas, I would absolutely love to hear it. I'm a big fan of Arch already and would hate to have to give it up because the 3D was unstable (This is mainly a gaming box, hence the 3D as a make-or-break with a side priority on classwork -- considering its summer haha.)
I have no problems with working my arse off TO get it to work, but I do need Catalyst so its unfortunately not "just use the open source drivers"

Answer 1

Okay, went into and added fglrx to my modules as it should be, removed it from daemons. So now those two lines look like:
MODULES=(fglrx)
and
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond hal gdm transmissiond)
respectively.
unfortunately, I am still having issues with the redraw.
glxinfo | grep "direct rendering"
reports: yes
glxinfo | grep "vendor"
reports: ATI Technologies Inc
I also UNDID the ForceXAA fix by resetting that value back to false
Im wondering if it could possibly be my xorg.conf that it configured incorrectly, I can post it if you or anyone else would like to double check it. I have my old Ubuntu 10.04 xorg.conf, but i'm not sure if that was the same version of xorg unfortunately.
Last edited by FathisAeril (2010-07-02 18:08:02)