Kernel for ati-drivers [Solved] well sort of

DoorGunner · n00b Joined: 25 Nov 2005 Posts: 56

Hi

Out of curiosity and much frustration.....What kernel is everyone using to get their ATI drivers up and running.

I am using 2.6.15-gentoo-r5

I have been using http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Compile_a_Kernel_Manually

unsuccessfully so far

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It may be just problems getting agp properly installed

I currently have two errors
fglrx: No matching device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:0)
OPEN APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) No such file or directory

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When i run # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [KM400/A] Chipset Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03)
00:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 03)
00:0a.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems V.92 56K WinModem (rev 03)
00:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 7

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (Secondary)

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my current kernel is 2.6.15-gentoo-r5
Device Drivers --->
Character Devices --->
<M> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)
<M> ATI...
<M>VIA.....

did i do the right thing by selecting both based on the #lspci ????

any suggestions>

agrippa_cash · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:34 am Post subject:

I think I read in the GWN that Modular Xorg should be unmasked this week. If this is the case, you can wait a day or so and emerge the new Xorg which has some support for acceleration with the R300 (9500 & above). That's what I've been running for a month or two.

The ATI drivers work with most kernels I have tried. Make sure your kernel has the right stuff compiled in and left out.
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slackline · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:36 am Post subject:

I've just been through this headache myself trying to get ati-drivers working with an MX300 on a Dell D610.

In the end I got a working configuration with stable linux-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 and ati-drivers-8.21.7-r1. The crux of the matter was that I needed to enable legacy APM in the kernel (see post here.

In doing this I followed the HOWTO Ati (which I highly recommend you read if you haven't already), but found that the instructions weren't quite accurate as I had to run for some reason the eselect command didn't work, and I used opengl-update instead.

I'm now trying to find out if there is anyway of getting this working with gensplash.

Good luck

slack

DoorGunner · n00b Joined: 25 Nov 2005 Posts: 56

sorry ...i did a little edit while i was waiting....you were very quick in your responce and i think you for that.

Ya slack ---line i tried to follow that with a few questions..... as per my edit.

i am in no real hurry (just a little frustrated..lol ) but it might be worth the wait too for the Modular Xorg.....I havent looked into it yet agrippa_cash

slackline · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:31 am Post subject:

I only have the ATi driver compiled as a module and I then emerged the proprietry ati-drivers-8.21.7, you shouldn't need the VIA module (at least I'm not using it).

Without seeing your config files and some output its hard to say, but have a look at the output of 'lsmod' to see if the fglrx module is loaded, then check your /etc/X11/xorg.conf to see if it is actually trying to load the fglrx driver (you could also do the following to see what error messages are being generated by the X server 'grep '(EE)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log' or 'grep '(WW)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log' to see what warnings the X server is generating).

I did originally have a go at isntalling modular X since this is a fresh install, but with little joy, but hey if its going to be released as stable , it may well work better.

Good luck & HTH's

slack

DoorGunner · n00b Joined: 25 Nov 2005 Posts: 56

Hi

I just wanted to say thank you for all the help you have given....

I unfortunately gave up on ATI

and bought an nVidia 6600 today.....

boy are they right .....it is insanely easy to set up.

Thanks again for your trouble

slackline · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:41 am Post subject:

no probs, I'd agree that nvidia is a lot easier, its what I have in my home comp, unfortunately I had to perciver with the ATI since its what my new laptop uses.

Neil