ATI Radeon 7500 on kernel 2.6

renumerator42 · n00b Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Posts: 42

I am using 2.6, and such. The problem being that I am not getting any dri. I cannot use the ati-drivers because they do not support radeon 7500. The xfree-drm package says that it needs linux kernel instead of linux-beta kernels, so that is out as well. When I have dri compiled into the kernel with radeon support, I still don't get anything. I have X configured to load glx, dri, as well as the proper drivers.

My XF86Free.0.log shows all things working until it just says: Direct Rendering Disabled.

Any suggestions or anyone with similar experiences?

renumerator42 · n00b Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Posts: 42

Ok, recompiled with DRI unselected in the 2.6.0-test10 kernel. Now I don't even have a /dev/dri/0, and my Xlog says that it cannot find that card, so we must need at least the dri portion of the 2.6.0 kernel selected. I don't know about the radeon driver. I am recompiling now. I will continue this as I discover more.

Jevin Sweval · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2003 Posts: 64 Location: Indiana

are they compiled as modules?

also compile agpgart and your mobo's agp controller as modules (right above the xfree-dri stuff in the kernel config)
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