R300 Open Source driver on Gentoo [SOLVED]

[fatzeus]

Hi, i've a radeon 9600 (R300 chipset).

I've read this big topic:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-374745-highlight-r300.html

But i'm a bit confused...the information are a bit outdated, is still required downloading from cvs,etc ?
What is the x11-drm package for?

[Gentoo Bob]

Yea have a ATI Radeon 9000 mobile. It was a pain at first too but there is an easy fix.

Make sure you have any kernel support for your card disabled. Compile your kernel with agpgart support in the Character Device section..for example mine is the Intel AGP and the module is "intel_agp" recompile your kernel, and put the " intel_agp " (or yours) into the /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 file, this will autoload the module when your computer starts up.

Next, in your /etc/make.conf file you need to specify this VIDEO_CARDS="radeon fglrx". You can specify just one but I recommend both for your situation.

Next, emerge Xorg 7.1

then, emerge x11-drm (use this if you want to just 2-D support, for 3-D support use -> emerge ati-drivers)

then, emerge xorg 7.1 again.

then configure your xorg.conf following the instructions provided by Gentoo documents. Once that is done and your happy with your config file, do a "startx" Once your in your X terminal do this...

type -> glxinfo | grep -i "direct rendering" - a response should be below and it should say Direct Rendering: YES.

If this is so, type this -> glxgears - you should see a gear box pop up and the gears spinning, in about 5 seconds you will see the FPS output on the terminal, your FPS should be around 1500 - 1600 FPS, if its around 300 - 350 something isnt right. But follow the guides on the Gentoo website for setting up Xorg with ATI video cards.

Hope that helps buddy.
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[Bill Cosby]

[fatzeus]

I've xorg 7.1 and i've merged x11-drm. I've also loaded radeon and via_agp modules.

What do you mean with 'emerge xorg again' all xorg or just the server? are you sure?

Now in the X log i get:

[Gentoo Bob]

yes, once you've emerged xorg-x11, then emerged x11-drm, re emerg just xorg-x11, it wont emerge all 115 files again. just emerge xorg-x11 once more, just one download. and do what i said and it should worked. Yes I am sure. follow the gentoo ATI guides also if you want.
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2GB DDR, 250GB SATA, GeForce 5500FX 256MB DDR2 PCI-E
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Dell Inspiron E1505 Laptop
Intel Centrino Duo, 2GB RAM, 80GB SATA HDD, Intel3490 ABG Wireless,CDRW

[n0rbi666]

I have 9600pro, using this guide : http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_DRI_with_ATi_Open-Source_Drivers , just needed to add to /etc/env.d/09ati

[Gentoo Bob]

sweet deal! make sure you put [ SOLVED ] in your forum subject line then that way it will help people with yoru same issue to resolve theirs quicker.
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Dell Inspiron E1505 Laptop
Intel Centrino Duo, 2GB RAM, 80GB SATA HDD, Intel3490 ABG Wireless,CDRW

[fatzeus]

I've followed the guide but i've still the same error in the Xorg log and no dri enabled.

[Enverex]

[fatzeus]

Yes i know ati-drivers are better but i've problems with them and i want to try the experimental open source driver.

I've not compiled DRM into the kernel but only agpgart for my motherboard and i've merged x11-drm.
Anyway i don't know why i get the unsopported message in the X log.

[Gentoo Bob]

ENVEREX --- I only wrote down what worked for me. I followed those instructions from someone else. I did exactly what my instructions stated. If it was wrong it wouldnt have worked. In the Gentoo ATI guide it tells you can specify more than one VIDEO_CARDS type. FATZEUS do what works for you, everyones Gentoo works differently for them, just keep playing around with it and eventually you'll get it. Yes, dont compile DRM in your kernel, thats what the x11-drm is for.
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2GB DDR, 250GB SATA, GeForce 5500FX 256MB DDR2 PCI-E
---and----
Dell Inspiron E1505 Laptop
Intel Centrino Duo, 2GB RAM, 80GB SATA HDD, Intel3490 ABG Wireless,CDRW

[Gentoo Bob]

Oh and FATZUES just because someone is in " guru " status doesnt make them a guru. You just have to answer a lot of posts to get that status. Its just all about trying to help people with their issue and make them happy with Gentoo. I'm still a noob but far from it! Like I said, everyones experience with Gentoo is different.
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Intel Centrino Duo, 2GB RAM, 80GB SATA HDD, Intel3490 ABG Wireless,CDRW

[n0rbi666]

fatzeus - are you using x86, ~x86 or amd64 or ~amd64 ?

[EzInKy]

I'll throw in a couple of cents here too since I'm using the open source drivers with a radeon 850 on an ~amd64 box and a radeon 9600 on a ~x86 box. I first found out that the r300 drivers were working when I had to replace the motherboard in the ~amd64 box and rebuilt the system from scratch. I didn't have to do anything special, they just worked when I installed xorg.

Performance is about 1/2 of what I got with proprietary drivers but still good enough to run Civ3 with Cedega. I tried Civ4 but there are too many issues with alignment of the mini-map and slide shows that make it pretty much unplayable. I confirmed that issue was related to the r300 drivers by installing the ati-drivers which resolved that issue but lead to new problems such as random hard locks.

Overall I have to say I'm pretty happy with the open source drivers and will stick with them.

EDIT: Since r300 is now in the main xorg tree shouldn't this thread be in the desktop section instead of the unsupported software section?
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[fatzeus]

[n0rbi666]

[fatzeus]

I can't use the command on world because i have a lot of outdated packages and blocks...

but emerge --pretend on the packages you said to unmask i have:

[ebuild U ] x11-libs/libdrm-2.3.0 [2.0.2]
[ebuild U ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.1.1-r2 [1.1.1-r1]

[n0rbi666]

Aj, forgota about mesa :

[fatzeus]

Sorry guys, it's my fault!

In the past i tried ati-drivers...but i forgot to run this:

[EzInKy]

[n0rbi666]

[Enverex]

Use a real benchmark like UT2003 as glxgears gives results all over the place without any reason anyone can notice else you may be trying to fix an issue that isn't there.

[EzInKy]