ATI radeon Sticky

Wedge_ · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 9:33 pm Post subject:

I'm using Reiser on my root partition atm, but I'm sure I remember having these problems a few months back when I was using ext3. Some more information would be nice

Edit: When it happens to me, it isn't usually after a complete lockup. Occasionally X just fails to start for some strange reason of it's own, and when I check the log or config they're full of crap.

schoett: is the kernel detecting your AGP chipset properly (check dmesg output)? What happens if you remove the fglrx module from the /lib/modules/<kernelversion>/video dir and try starting X? It should still startup like that, although with any acceleration. Have you tried remerging X with more conservative CFLAGS?
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schoett · n00b Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Posts: 63

Wedge_ · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 10:34 pm Post subject:

Does changing your AGP aperture size make any difference? I wouldn't think so if it's already at 128 though. Are there any unusual settings in your XF86Config? What's your kernel config like? Do you have ACPI and/or APIC support? Is MTRR support compiled in? Does dmesg display any warnings when you load the fglrx module? Do the 2.9.13 drivers work? Does any driver/kernel combination work? Sorry for all the questions, but I don't have any real idea why it's behaving like this

You might want to try posting over at Rage3D, someone there may have an idea. A couple of the guys who work on the Linux drivers for ATI also post on that forum.
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Sohryu Asuka Langley · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 8:26 pm Post subject:

I don't want to read the whole thread !!

How do i get the tvout runnin with my 9500 PRO ?!

Atitvout isn't workin for me !

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Justice · n00b Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 7

Whenever I start x it crashes to a black screen (where I can sometimes Ctrl-Alt-Del).

I am running:
linux-2.4.20-gaming-r5
Xfree 4.3.0-r3
ati-drivers 3.2.5

i have tried with and without a console framebuffer and kernel options pci=noacpi and pci=biosirq

my system is:

AthlonXP 2600+
Epox 8RDA3+ (nforce2 with bios 8/27/2003)
Sapphire Radeon 9100 128M
512M DDR (single stick)
60G Western Digital 8M 7200RPM
Hercules Game Theatre XP

I have read that some people running the Epox 8RDA are having similar issues.

My /var/log/XFree86.0.log reports no errors, and my system is still up when i get the problem, I am able to ssh into the system, but unable to kill X.

I have also tried my GeForce2mx and had exactly the same problem

Justice · n00b Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 7

I just tried to start x again ( i havent changed anything), this time i was able to see the cursor and move it around, but i could see a broken up picture of: "WindowsXP is now shutting down", this was after i had gone into windows, and rebooted the system back into linux. there was a large artifact at the top of the screen that stretched right across the screen and cam down about 1/6th of the height.

Gelfling · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 5:03 pm Post subject:

Okay, I've got the 3.2.5 drivers working (2D, no 3D yet). Now the thing is agpgart is compiled in the ac-sources 2.4.22 kernel. Dmesg tells me:

Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 439M
agpgart: unsupported bridge
agpgart: no supported devices found.

Further down I found this:

Based on agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 439M
agpgart: Detected an Intel 875G Chipset with integrated grapics.
agpgart: unable to get memory for graphics translation table.
[fglrx:firegl_unlock] *ERROR* Process 4200 using kernel context 0

In /var/log/XFree86.0.log I have:

drmOpenDevice: minor is 0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 6, (OK)
drmOpenDevice: minor is 0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 6, (OK)
drmOpenDevice: minor is 0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 6, (OK)
drmGetBusid returned ''
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] created "fglrx" driver at busid "PCI:1:0:0"
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0xe0c84000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0xe0c84000 to 0x40023000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0xe0000000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit done
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Name: fglrx
(II) fglrx(0): Version: 3.2.5
(II) fglrx(0): Date: Aug 6 2003
(II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI Fire GL DRM kernel module
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver.
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 2.4.22
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS: yes
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: yes
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] register handle = 0xf5000000
(EE) fglrx(0): [agp] unable to acquire AGP, error "xf86_ENODEV"
(EE) fglrx(0): cannot init AGP
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] removed 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0xe0c84000 at 0x40023000
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! *
(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available *
(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *

What do I have to do to get 3D support for my video card?
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Wedge_ · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 5:51 pm Post subject:

Justice · n00b Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 7

The kernel does have Nforce2 agp support, and I have tried changing the USEInternalAGP setting.

Gelfling · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 4:00 am Post subject:

I tried compiling agpgart as a module, but now the module fails to load when I re-booted my PC. Looking at this error message tells that the agpgart doesn't support my i875P mb.

Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 439M
agpgart: unsupported bridge
agpgart: no supported devices found.

If I'm wrong please let me know. I've been playing with the 2.6.0 test kerenls but I haven't had any luck getting it to boot. I just get a black screen after the lilo bootscreen.
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Wedge_ · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 9:43 am Post subject:

Justice: can you always do CTRL-ALT-F1 to get back to a console when you hit the black screen?

Gelfing: In your original post, the first set of agpgart messages are from the kernel, the second from the fglrx module. It looks like the fglrx module does have support for your chipset, so don't load the kernel agpgart module, just make sure you have "UseInternalAGPGART" set to "yes" in your XF86Config, and the fglrx module loaded.
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Merlin-TC · l33t Joined: 16 May 2003 Posts: 603 Location: Germany

Sorry for sounding dump but I don't have any idea how to applay this patch for the test5 kernel.

It would be really kind if someone can explain it a little bit more detailed.

Thanks

Wedge_ · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 12:58 pm Post subject:

Open the ebuild for the driver version you want to emerge in an editor, then find the src_unpack() section. At the end of it you'll see some patch commands. After the last one, add a patch command for the test5 patch. It should look something like this when it's added:

Merlin-TC · l33t Joined: 16 May 2003 Posts: 603 Location: Germany

Mind asking where I can find this patch?
I haven't found anything in this thread.
It should be on the last two pages I guess?

I only found this:

Wedge_ · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 1:24 pm Post subject:

Try using this one.
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Merlin-TC · l33t Joined: 16 May 2003 Posts: 603 Location: Germany

Thanks once again Wedge, worked like a charm

Justice · n00b Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 7

I can never Ctrl-Alt-Fx but i can usually Ctrl-Alt-Del and the system will reboot

Wedge_ · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 5:03 pm Post subject:

Can you post your logfile from one of the times it crashed?
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jani80k · n00b Joined: 07 Aug 2003 Posts: 40

Hello!

Please help me!

I am desperate. Whatever Kernel whether with or without agpgart/drm I am running, whatever version of the ati-drivers 2.9.12 - 3.2.5 I am using, I will always get an
(EE) No devices detected.
by XF86 4.3

I tried to change the BUS ID or even commented it out in the config file. I also tried internal and external agpgart. FGLRX seems to compile ok. modprobe flgrx works ok, too.

Please help me!! I don't know what to do anymore!!

MB: AsusA7N8X, Radeon 9500 PRO
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Wedge_ · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 7:59 pm Post subject:

Post your logfile (/var/log/XFree86.0.log). The "No screens detected" may not be the only error message.
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jani80k · n00b Joined: 07 Aug 2003 Posts: 40

OK. I am getting closer ...
It seems, that the driver is not being loaded properly, maybe its not even being recognized by xfree. i can change the driver option in the xfree config file from "fglrx" to "blah" and i get the very same error message...if i change it to "ati" everything works ok!
what could have gone wrong with emerging the drivers, so that xfree doesn't recognize it?

EDIT:

cat /pro/dri/0/name puts out: fglrx 0xe200

A second question: could it be possible, that ati-drivers dont support 9500 pro??
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Justice · n00b Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 7

The log never reports any errors.

Wedge_ · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 11:39 am Post subject: