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monvillalon
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 Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 5:04 pm Post subject: dri + ati closed source drivers Hangs computer [SOLVED] |
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I am sorry about yet another ATI post.. i've browsed the forums for weeks before posting this...
Hello. I have gentoo with the gentoo-dev 2.6.9 kernel i've tried to install the ati closed drivers without any luck in both xfree and xorg and i am now conviced that it is a problem with the x dri interface.
This is sort of my configuration:
1) My kernel is compiled without DRM support (just trying to follow some posts)
2) I have agppart support in kernel and is loading correctly
3) Ive emerged the ati-drivers and ati-drivers-extra
4) right now im running x.org 6.8
5) My opengl implementation is the ati one
Both under x.org and xfree my computer totally hangs ( cant even change console ) if i run glxinfo or glxgears or their ati counterparts. I figured out that if i remove the line from my xorg.conf it doesn't hang but then i don't have any 3d acceleration.
Some things to know:
1) The X.org log doesn't have a single error.
2) Tried with and without drm support in the kernel
3) Tried to suse the internal and external agppart ( configuration ati driver)
I really need some kind of hardware acceleration ( since im working with opengl at the university) and if you could post any solution or another configuration that would get me some it would be apretiated.
I am totally new to gentoo but a fervent linux user ( even if a sheltered one)
Thanks in advance.
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Morphix
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Roll back to X.org 6.7 |
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Admiral LSD
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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Mask Xorg 6.8 and downgrade to 6.7. 6.8 has bugs which break the ati-drivers.
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monvillalon
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanxs a lot for the quick reply...... |
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monvillalon
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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I tried but can't figure out what to do...
I know the package.mask cannot be the place to mask because it gets re-writen in every sync
Is there a user level conf file for this....
Thanxs again |
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Admiral LSD
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Yes there is, it's /etc/portage/package.mask
You'll probably have to create both the dir and file but once you do, simply place the following in it:
| Code: | | >=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.0 |
and then run emerge -u xorg-x11 to downgrade xorg.
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monvillalon
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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thanxs a lot .. ill post success or failure here... probably tomorrow as its going to take a while...
Thanks a lot for everything |
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monvillalon
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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SOLVED.....
im getting up to 2063 fps in 5 secs....
Thanxs |
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