ATI radeon Sticky (part 3)

[Bluespear]

A problem when I try to run X-Plane:
chain error message during loading window:

[sebgarden]

[Rhiakath]

Hi there.
When i try to modprobe fglrx, i get this

[didumos]

I think that problem is to do with version 8.24.8 of the drivers being incompatible with the 2.6.16 kernel, I would guess that this is the version of ati-drivers (or earlier) that you are trying to install?

You should update to the 8.25.18 drivers (they are in portage), released only a couple of days ago. I am using these just fine with the 2.6.16-gentoo-r7 kernel.

[hakbeest]

Admiral_Trigger_Happy, there is a bug report on X hardlocking at startup: http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=183

[behd]

[behd]

[Flyser]

Hi I have ati-drivers 8.26.18-r1
modular X.org-X11 7.0-r1
and Gentoo-sources 2.6.16-r11

My Problem is that if I type "glxinfo" as root the DRI is On but as user it is off
Is that normal?

If it is important: The OpenGL Screensaver of KDE are NOT working they all produce a black screen

Thanks!
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Acer Travelmate 291LMi
1,4 GHz Pentium M 1MB L2-Cache
80 GByte HDD
2 GByte RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 mit 64 MByte RAM ;(

[Erlend]

I think you need this:

[Flyser]

Thanks! Did just find it in Wiki
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Acer Travelmate 291LMi
1,4 GHz Pentium M 1MB L2-Cache
80 GByte HDD
2 GByte RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 mit 64 MByte RAM ;(

[The Fighting Falcon]

[Ghaleon]

I've been trying to get my 9200 working, and it's been a PITA. Whenever I try to do something involving OpenGL, it gives me this:

[rolypoly]

Ghaleon, this happened to me as well. I'm running a Toshiba Tecra S1 with a Radeon Mobility 9000.
After a bit of searching it seems the problem lies with libGL.so.1.2 from recent ati-drivers package.

If you grab one of the older packages (try the current stable package - but not sure) and copy the libGL.so.1.2 file to

[rolypoly]

I'm hoping the problem with libGL.so.1.2 is fixed in the next release of the ati-drivers (8.27.10?) since they claim the 9000 series is still supported... Up until I saw that 8.27.10 was being released I was assuming that the 9000 was considered too old to be supported

[bdm]

So I installed xorg-x11 with `VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx", but while compiling it. I got a message that DRM was not enabled, therefore no direct rendering will be made possibie. So I checked my kernel settings and DRM was in fact enabled, any ideas?

Also, when doing `startx`, I get no screen is found. And this may be minor, but `startx` says it can't find `radeon` and `speedo`.

Thanks.

[f3lix85]

I had the exact same error. I am using the gentoo-sources kernel version 2.6.17-r4 with xorg version 7.0-r1

[Rhiakath]

Hi guys.
In my centrino laptop, with a Radeon mobility 9200 I'm currently unable to use the fglrx drivers, as it doesn't seem to correctly guess the frequencies for the laptop's monitor. if i plug in my home monitor to the external output, it works like a charm (in that monitor) at 1280x1024.
now, as my laptop monitor only goes up to 1280x800, it probably doesn't recognize the freqs correctly. any idea as to how to find the correct freqs, and pass them to xorg?
with the radeon driver, everything works ok
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pc-rhiakath ~ $ emerge -s happiness
Searching..
[ Results for search key : happiness ]
[ Applications found : 0 ]

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I see dead pixels...

[Wojtek_]

Hey!
I have a problem with my mobility x600 - I have tried everything and I still get no DRI. However, today I noticed such errors:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-490501-highlight-.html
Any help would be really appreciated! Thanks

[mata230]

I'm having 2 issues 1st is an issue that my FPS isn't going any higher then 500 FPS and second cedega detects I have opengl but says I do not have 3d Acceleration on.

I have a Radeon 9800, VIA chipset, AGP is turned on.

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I have installed:
xorg-server - 1.0.2-r7
xorg-x11 - 7.0-r1
kdebase - 3.5.2-r2
ati-drivers - 8.27.10-r1
ati-drivers-extra - 8.27.10
KERNEL DRI = OFF

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Here are my logs:

$dmesg |grep ATI
fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY' taints kernel.
radeonfb (0000:01:00.0): ATI Radeon NH


$ glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: Yes

$glxgears
1720 frames in 5.0 seconds = 343.840 FPS
1955 frames in 5.0 seconds = 390.949 FPS
2124 frames in 5.0 seconds = 424.757 FPS
2300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 459.967 FPS
2225 frames in 5.0 seconds = 444.941 FPS
2190 frames in 5.0 seconds = 437.968 FPS


$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9800 Pro Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.5946 (8.27.10)


xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "aticonfig Screen 0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Alps" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "record"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
Load "xtrap"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
# Load "synaptics"
Load "mouse"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Alps"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "120"
Option "RightEdge" "830"
Option "TopEdge" "120"
Option "BottomEdge" "650"
Option "FingerLow" "14"
Option "FingerHigh" "15"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "20"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "20"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.3"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.75"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.025"
Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "200"
Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "200"
Option "UpDownScrolling" "1"
Option "CircularScrolling" "1"
Option "CircScrollDelta" "0.1"
Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig Monitor 0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Option "DRI"
VendorName "ATI"
Driver "fglrx"
# accelration
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"
Option "RenderAccel" "on"
# enable PowerPlay features
Option "DynamicClocks" "on"
# use bios hot keys on thinkpad (aka fn+f7)
Option "BIOSHotkeys" "on"
# enable radeon specific xinerama
Option "MergedFB" "true"
Option "CRT2Position" "RightOf"
Option "CRT2Hsync" "50-75"
Option "CRT2VRefresh" "30-82"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768-1280x1024"
Option "MergedNonRectangular" "true"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection


Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter 0"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig Screen 0"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter 0"
Monitor "aticonfig Monitor 0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection


#cat Xorg.0.log |grep DRI
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(==) fglrx(0): NoDRI = NO
(II) Loading extension ATIFGLRXDRI
(II) fglrx(0): doing DRIScreenInit
(II) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit done
(II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull!
(II) fglrx(0): [DRI] installation complete





If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated. And to the rest of the people that cannot get it working trust me I had a huge headache myself to get it to this point but don't give up. Any questions you may have on getting your Direct Rendering working just ask away.

[guyr]

This from the ATI site: "This release of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver introduces a new feature called Pairmode. This feature allows users to enable BigDesktop mode with two different screen resolutions. When using Xrandr, users can now dynamically switch between BigDesktop and Clone mode without having to restart the X Server." I've been waiting seemingly forever for Xinerama support, since I use two different sized monitors. Hopefully this will be the solution I need. Though to be honest I've been quite happy with the Xorg 7 Radeon implementation with Xinerama. I don't play games, so the Radeon implementation has been sufficient for my needs. I'm trying to set up a PVR system on this box, though, so I'm guessing I'll probably need the native driver to get a decent picture.
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Guy Rouillier

[Tumnes]

[guyr]

I've installed the new driver, and I'm trying (without success) to get pairmode working. As my quote above indicates, supposedly with pairmode you are now supposed to be able to specify two different resolutions. I have a 21" and a 17" monitor, so I'm trying to set up 1280x1024 and 1152x864, respectively. BTW, I can get these two resolutions using the Xorg Radeon driver. I used aticonfig to set up the desired pairmode, and *only* that combination. However, when I startx, I see this:

/home/guyr>aticonfig --list-pairmode
Get pair modes : 2
0 1280x1024 + 1152x864 --> 2432x1024
1 1280x1024 + 1280x1024 --> 2560x1024

The driver has added that second pairmode itself, and also selected that one to run in, so I've got 1280x1024 on both monitors. Obviously, this is not what I want nor what I expect based on the release notes.

[Edit] Much gnashing of teeth later, I found a solution on the web: forget the aticonfig pairmode commands. After X starts in whatever mode it happens to pick, run Xrandr to list available modes, and run it again to select the mode you want. Won't be immediately obvious, since it picks the largest dimension in one direction and the sum of dimensions in the other, depending on how you've got your monitors laid out. I think picking the 2432x1024 option works for me (not booted there at the moment.)
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Guy Rouillier

[LXj]

I've just switched from opensource x11-drm driver to ati-drivers-8.28.8 (X.org 7.1, Linux 2.6.17-ck1) for my Radeon 9200

Everything works fine but if I try to launch a second X session I get a black screen and everything hangs. I looked to Xorg log but didn't see any significant difference. Also I get a hang (not always) when switching to other virtual console from X

This is from my xorg.conf:

[LXj]

Just the same with previos ati-drivers-8.27.10

[Kern3lP4nic]