ati no gl

centrex8j · n00b Joined: 10 Jul 2004 Posts: 55

help i have an ati radeon 7500 newest xorg ati drivers and opengl-update ati and when i run glxgears i get this

bash-2.05b# glxgears
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
glxgears: Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual.

i dont know what else to do to get gl working does anyone???

Wedge_ · Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 11:07 pm Post subject:

That card isn't supported by the ATI driver (ati-drivers) - you probably need to set your driver to "radeon" instead, and run "opengl-update xorg-x11".
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centrex8j · n00b Joined: 10 Jul 2004 Posts: 55

how do i set my driver to radeon???

hw-tph · Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 11:29 pm Post subject:

centrex8j · n00b Joined: 10 Jul 2004 Posts: 55

still the same what else???

i noticed that there is no /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb is there supposed to be it says that in xorg.conf

Wedge_ · Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:04 am Post subject:

You may also need to enable the "Device drivers -> Character devices -> Direct rendering manager" setting in your kernel, and the "ATI Radeon" option underneath that. Then recompile, reboot, and make sure the "radeon" module is loaded before starting X.
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o5gmmob8 · Guru Joined: 17 Oct 2003 Posts: 535

Hi,

Is it possible to have both video cards GL accelerated? My nvidia 5200 FX works fine for video games and playing movies (I configured mplayer to use the GL device) and would like to have that ability on the ATI too if possible.

I was thinking that I cannot do this because I would need to tell Xorg which drivers to use, and currently nvidia is being used.