same old openGL prob

[wizRAD]

i just bought a 9600xt and the 3d acceleration wont work, ive found a ton of posts on this problem already and am on the brink of fixing it but it just wont work for me, im pretty sure it has to do w/ the XF86Config-4 file. i am not yet linux fluent so that could be my main problem right there but any help would be greatly appreciated. heres my XF86Config-4:

Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.

Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension

# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"

# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx" # libglx.a
Load "dri" # libdri.a

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.

Subsection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubsection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
HorizSync 31.5 - 68.7
VertRefresh 60 - 85
Option "DPMS"

Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "RADEON 9600XT"

# The chipset line is optional in most cases. It can be used to override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.

# Chipset "generic"

# The Driver line must be present. When using run-time loadable driver
# modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver
# module. Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line
# indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section.

Driver "vga"
# The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices
# this section is intended for. When this line isn't present, a device
# section can only match up with the primary video device. For PCI
# devices a line like the following could be used. This line should not
# normally be included unless there is more than one video device
# installed.

# BusID "PCI:0:10:0"

# VideoRam 256

# Clocks 25.2 28.3
EndSection
# === ATI device section ===

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphic Adapter"
Driver "fglrx"
Screen 0
BusID "PCI:3:0:0" # vendor=1002, device=4152
Option "FSAAMSPosY1" "0.000000"
Option "StereoSyncEnable" "1"

# ### generic DRI settings ###
# === disable PnP Monitor ===
#Option "NoDDC"
Option "FSAAMSPosX5" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX2" "0.000000"

# === Pseudo Color Visuals (8-bit visuals) ===
Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
Option "FSAAMSPosX4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAADisableGamma" "no"

# === Video Overlay for the Xv extension ===
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "ForceGenericCPU" "no"
Option "GammaCorrectionII" "0x00000000"

# === misc DRI settings ===
Option "mtrr" "off" # disable DRI mtrr mapper, driver has its own code for mtrr
Option "VRefresh2" "60-85"
Option "FSAAMSPosY5" "0.000000"

# === Center Mode (Laptops only) ===
Option "CenterMode" "off"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "off"

# === OpenGL Overlay ===
# Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Video Overlay
# will be disabled automatically
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
Option "FSAACustomizeMSPos" "no"
Option "FSAAScale" "1"

# ### FireGL DDX driver module specific settings ###
# === Screen Management ===
Option "DesktopSetup" "0x00000000"
Option "HSync2" "30-70"
Option "TVHStartAdj" "0"

# === FSAA Management ===
Option "FSAAEnable" "no"
Option "FSAAMSPosX0" "0.000000"
Option "no_dri" "no"
Option "GammaCorrectionI" "0x00000000"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
Option "FSAAMSPosX1" "0.000000"
Option "MonitorLayout" "NONE, CRT"

# === Misc Options ===
Option "UseFastTLS" "2"

# === disable/enable XAA/DRI ===
Option "no_accel" "no"
Option "FSAAMSPosY3" "0.000000"

# === OpenGL specific profiles/settings ===
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000000"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVVPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVColorAdj" "0"
Option "FSAAMSPosY2" "0.000000"

# === TV-out Management ===
Option "NoTV" "yes"
Option "TVHPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVHSizeAdj" "0"
Option "ScreenOverlap" "0"

# === QBS Management ===
Option "Stereo" "off"
Option "FSAAMSPosX3" "0.000000"
Option "TVVSizeAdj" "0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 16
#Option "backingstore"

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection


If anyone could shed some light on a problem i have here that would be great. also if nothing seems to be wrong here, i read of the problem being solved by disabling DRM(Direct Rendering Manager) but was unaware how to do so.

[jpreston]

Hey wizRAD,

I don't know if you found this, but the DRI-Howto explains the process, it worked for me at least.

Josh.

[Epyon]

Have you tried the fglrxconfig program that came with the ati-drivers? It will create a XF86Config file for you.

[wizRAD]

thanks for the howto link it helped a lot, but theres one complication, im on mandrake and installing xfree DRM is more complicated as we do not have the emerge feature and im not sure what file to search for to download.

[jpreston]

Mandrake, ewwww

I'm not particularly that familiar with Mandrake... Perhaps they include it as an RPM? Maybe go to rpmfind.net and search for it.

Josh.