{"id":294,"date":"2009-08-17T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sacchibelli.it\/?p=294"},"modified":"2010-10-16T17:33:04","modified_gmt":"2010-10-16T15:33:04","slug":"compiz-on-toshiba-satellite-2410-603","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sacchibelli.it\/?p=294","title":{"rendered":"Compiz on Toshiba Satellite 2410-603"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object id=\"BLOG_video-ad4205311429f548\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"320\" height=\"266\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"flvurl=http%3A%2F%2Fv10.nonxt6.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3Dad4205311429f548%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1289384983%26sparams%3Did%252Citag%252Cip%252Cipbits%252Cexpire%26signature%3D2370790AF1EDED811F7D567775A89958D3F5F09.65959DF2A0CA523F4162916F77FC38E0A40C709F%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dad4205311429f548%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dz777z_1DvXt1McbeTIR3ay9i-u8&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/get_player\" \/><embed id=\"BLOG_video-ad4205311429f548\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"320\" height=\"266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/get_player\" flashvars=\"flvurl=http%3A%2F%2Fv10.nonxt6.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3Dad4205311429f548%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1289384983%26sparams%3Did%252Citag%252Cip%252Cipbits%252Cexpire%26signature%3D2370790AF1EDED811F7D567775A89958D3F5F09.65959DF2A0CA523F4162916F77FC38E0A40C709F%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dad4205311429f548%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dz777z_1DvXt1McbeTIR3ay9i-u8&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\nMentre i nostri amici <a href=\"http:\/\/magnamotto.blogspot.com\">Magnamotto<\/a> sono una famiglia decisamente Mac addicted (a quando il primo Mac per il piccolo Edo?) qui dai Sacchibelli si predilige l&#8217;open source e tutti i PC di casa sono dotati di Linux come OS principale. Ieri sera, dopo qualche traffico, siamo anche riusciti ad abilitare gli effetti 3D di <a href=\"http:\/\/www.compiz-fusion.org\">Compiz<\/a> sul &#8220;vecchio&#8221; Toshiba Satellite 2410-603. Certo, e&#8217; stato un po&#8217; potenziato (un po&#8217; di RAM, un disco nuovo) ma tutto sommato e&#8217; un laptop datato 2003 e vedere come Linux, con gli effetti 3D abilitati per la scheda Geforce4 420, giri fluidamente lascia piacevolmente sorpresi. Per coloro che disponessero dello stesso hardware, ecco i &#8220;tricks&#8221; necessari per configurare correttamente il tutto.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Hardware<\/dt>\n<dd>Toshiba Satellite 2410-603<\/dd>\n<dd>Scheda video:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 420 Go] (rev a3) <\/dd>\n<dt>Software<\/dt>\n<dd>OS: Ubuntu Linux 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)<\/dd>\n<dd>Kernel: Linux tughi 2.6.28-14-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jul 25 00:28:35 UTC 2009 i686 GNU\/Linux<\/dd>\n<dd> Nvidia Driver version: 96.43.10<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li> Fare il backup di \/etc\/X11\/xorg.conf in modo da poterlo ripristinare nel caso in cui al riavvio lo schermo non sia visualizzabile<\/li>\n<li>Da System -&gt; Administration -&gt; Hardware Testing abbiamo abilitato i &#8220;driver proprietari&#8221; nvidia.<\/li>\n<li>Viene cosi&#8217; generato un nuovo file \/etc\/X11\/xorg.conf che carica i driver nvidia<\/li>\n<li>Se al riavvio lo schermo risulta nero (come nel nostro caso), premere ctrl-alf-f1, loggarsi in modalita&#8217; testo e aggiungere la seguente riga al file xorg.conf nella sezione Screen<\/li>\n<li> Option         &#8220;UseDisplayDevice&#8221; &#8220;DFP-0&#8221;<\/li>\n<li> Senza questa option veniva infatti riconosciuto di Default il monitor CRT (peraltro non connesso) anziche&#8217; il monitor LCD del portatile<\/li>\n<li> Ora l&#8217;ambiente grafico X dovrebbe partire ma con risoluzione a 800&#215;600 anziche&#8217; 1024&#215;768<\/li>\n<li> Il problema e&#8217; legato a un problema di interpretazione dell&#8217;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extended_display_identification_data\">EDID<\/a> da parte del driver nvidia. L&#8217;unico modo per ovviare sembra essere sfruttare l&#8217;opzione Option &#8220;CustomEDID&#8221; in xorg.conf che permette di forzare la lettura delle corrette EDID informazioni da un file esterno e non in automatico (grazie alle info trovate <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com\/forums\/thread.jspa?threadID=19664\">qui<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Ecco il file <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pedalemaiale.org\/temp\/xorg.conf\">\/etc\/X11\/xorg.conf<\/a> finale che funziona correttamente sul nostro laptop<\/li>\n<li> Ed ecco il file <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pedalemaiale.org\/temp\/Toshiba_s_2410.bin\">\/etc\/X11\/Toshiba_s_2410.bin<\/a> tramite cui, in xorg.conf, carichiamo le corrette edid informations<\/li>\n<li> Infine si installa Compiz e ci si diverte con gli effetti 3D<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>While our friends <a href=\"http:\/\/magnamotto.blogspot.com\">Magnamotto<\/a> are Mac addicted (when a new Mac for little Edo?), here we prefer to use Open Source software and, obviously, Linux is the main OS for all the Sacchibelli&#8217;s PCs (PC are cheaper than Mac, and Linux is free, while Apple sell you a &#8220;cool&#8221; version of the same OS&#8230;..). Yesterday, after some tricking, we were able to run <a href=\"http:\/\/www.compiz-fusion.org\">Compiz<\/a> on the &#8220;old&#8221; laptop TOshiba Satellite 2410-603 Silvia bought in 2003. It has been a little bit refreshed (more RAM, more disk), but it is quite impressive how Compiz and graphics effects flawlessly work on such an &#8220;old&#8221; PC. Does anyone is able to run <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windows\/windows-vista\/default.aspx\">&#8220;Microsoft Vista&#8221;<\/a> on that hardware?<br \/>\nHere is what we did:<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Hardware<\/dt>\n<dd>Toshiba Satellite 2410-603<\/dd>\n<dd>Video card:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 420 Go] (rev a3) <\/dd>\n<dt>Software<\/dt>\n<dd>OS: Ubuntu Linux 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)<\/dd>\n<dd>Kernel: Linux tughi 2.6.28-14-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jul 25 00:28:35 UTC 2009 i686 GNU\/Linux<\/dd>\n<dd> Nvidia Driver version: 96.43.10<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li>To make a backup of\/etc\/X11\/xorg.conf to be able to have graphics mode always available in case of issues with the suggested procedure<\/li>\n<li>To enable, from System -&gt; Administration -&gt; Hardware Testing &#8220;proprietary drivers&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/page\/home.html\">Nvidia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>This generates a new \/etc\/X11\/xorg.conf, which load nvidia driver<\/li>\n<li>After the reboot you will probably have black screen; so through  ctrl-alf-f1, log in in text mode and add the following line at the xorg.conf screen section<\/li>\n<li> Option         &#8220;UseDisplayDevice&#8221; &#8220;DFP-0&#8221;<\/li>\n<li> Withouth this you would have black screen because Nvidia driver idendify a CRT monitor (not existing) as the default<\/li>\n<li> Now X starts, but with a 800&#215;600 resolution (instead of the expected 1024&#215;768)<\/li>\n<li> The problem is related to the wrong interpretation of the<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extended_display_identification_data\">EDID<\/a> from Nvidia driver (at least, this is what I understood). To overcome this issue you need to set the &#8220;CustomEDID&#8221; option in xorg.conf; this force to read the correct EDID information from a file (thanks to the info I found  <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com\/forums\/thread.jspa?threadID=19664\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> This is the \/etc\/X11\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pedalemaiale.org\/temp\/xorg.conf\">xorg.conf<\/a> that correcly works on our laptop<\/li>\n<li> And this is the file \/etc\/X11\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pedalemaiale.org\/temp\/Toshiba_s_2410.bin\">Toshiba_s_2410.bin<\/a> which contains the correct EDID information (valid only for this kind of graphic card).<\/li>\n<li> At the end you can install Compiz, enable visual effects and enjoy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mentre i nostri amici Magnamotto sono una famiglia decisamente Mac addicted (a quando il primo Mac per il piccolo Edo?) qui dai Sacchibelli si predilige l&#8217;open source e tutti i PC di casa sono dotati di Linux come OS principale. 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