ATI Radeon 9800 fglrx device not found problem

alex-b · n00b Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 37

Hi guys,
ive been trough most of the ati radeon-relaed topics lately
and i cant find my problem anywhere, so i desided to post.
I have a Hercules Radeon 9800 (not the pro) and i am having really hard time installing it.
All the guides i found here dont seem to help at all. I even had a 9700 card by the same vendor a week ago and i configured it with the same steps with the info from the forums.
Only this time i didint help:( I tryed a new topic, the "ATI Howto", but ... it didnt help too. The drivers compile without errors, i have DRI built in the kernel, DRM is not. Also, i have agpgart compiled in the kernel. (this might be the problem...)
I emerged the ati-drivers (3.2.4), and when i try to load the fglrx.o modules it says:

Wedge_ · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 3:15 pm Post subject:

alex-b · n00b Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 37

Tryed that, same error. Also, i have just compiled the kernel excluding agpgart and it still gives precisly the same error.
Is the support for that card broken?
If not, what am i doing wrong?
Thanks

scawa · Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 1:20 pm Post subject:

Am running into the same error.... And ran out of time last night (I have to be at work at 6:00 A.M. to beat traffic) to finish it.

Tried compiling AGP support into the kernel... No joy. Tried using the "Internal" ati-drivers AGP support as the ATI Tips and Tricks post suggests.... No joy....

What I'm going to try to do tonight is compile the agpgart as a module, then do a modprobe of agpgart and set it up in the /etc/modules.autoload file...

I had an ephanie last night, though. Basic Gentoo is in truth easy to install... The emerge/portage system makes it great to install (though not for the Linux newbie).... It's all those darn peripherals we put on our computers!!!!!!!! Graphics cards, sound cards....

That's where the great folks on this forum come in.... But I've looked at these forums and seen 20 different methods for installing the same Graphic Card (the radeon 9800)... and many of them conflict with eachother!!!!! It becomes very frustrating... But I am keeping a journal of each peripherial install and will try to post the summary when it all comes together....

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Wedge_ · Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 1:21 pm Post subject:

The card is definitely supported, it works for me. I don't think you're doing much wrong though. I have a problem with my 9800 that displays the very same error messages when loading the module and in dmesg. I haven't seen anyone else with the same problem, but since you've got a Hercules R9800 like me, it might be worth checking. This is a very strange workaround, but it's the only way I can get the module to load when I run into the problem - boot up your Windows install (if you have one...) and play a game for a few minutes. Then reboot and try loading the module again. This works for me, but I have no idea what's going wrong or why that fixes it :roll:

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KillaK · n00b Joined: 16 Aug 2003 Posts: 14 Location: United States

Greetings Alex B.

I've run into this problem myself and this is how I got my Radeon 9000PRO 128meg working.

Edit your XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file. (whichever X is using) Check the logs in /var/log/ under the file XFree86.0.log to see which one X is using.

After you run fglrxconfig and answer the questions, edit the XFree86 file and look for this line towards the bottom: (if you have not run it before)

# === ATI device section ===

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Driver "fglrx"
# === disable PnP Monitor ===
#Option "NoDDC"
# === disable/enable XAA/DRI ===
Option "no_accel" "no"
Option "no_dri" "no"
# === Fire GL DDX driver module specific settings ===
# === Screen Management ===
Option "DesktopSetup" "0x00000000"
Option "Display2" "0"
Option "VRefresh2" "unspecified"
Option "GammaCorrectionI" "0x00000000"
Option "GammaCorrectionII" "0x00000000"
# === OpenGL specific profiles/settings ===
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000000"
# === Video Overlay for the Xv extension ===
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
# === OpenGL Overlay ===
# Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Video Overlay
# will be disabled automatically
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
BusID "PCI:1:0:1" # vendor=1002, device=496e <---This line here
Screen 0
EndSection

You need to change it from BusID "PCI:1:0:1" to:

BusID "PCI:1:0:0" so it would look like this:

BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

Save the XF86 File and restart X and it should be working fine for you now.

If your still having problems, let me know and I will assist more.

The reason why it seems to error is unkown. I don't know if it is X not finding it properly or if it's the drivers for ATI that cause the issues.

I'm still trying to narrow down the list as to why it errors out the way it does, I sent ATI a bug report but they have yet to even respond to my email. *sigh*

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Wedge_ · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:41 am Post subject:

KillaK · n00b Joined: 16 Aug 2003 Posts: 14 Location: United States

Sure Wedge not a problem.

It does effect my system on all the distro's I've used over the years. Don't know if it's an X issue or ATI driver isssue honestly.

I never had these problems with my old Nvidia Geforce 2MX card, so I am leaning towards the drivers causing the problem. I just wish ATI would answer my emails, as to why it does this odd behavior.

Regards

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Wedge_ · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 5:17 pm Post subject:

scawa · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:45 pm Post subject:

Man... I have spent a week trying every configuration that was suggested in ALL the responses to get my Radeon 9800 card configured. I have recompiled my kernel, putting the agpgart module in the kernel, in as a module... changed the XF86Config files... emerged new agp modules, emerged new ati modules..... Followed explicitly what was in the ATI Configuration tip... Nothing has worked.

It has wasted my time and late nights...... (luckily my wife is directing a play in the evening for the next couple months... so I didn't have to take time away from my marriage)

I went out and spent the money to buy a nVidia GeForce MX440 and had it up in 20 minutes (the time it took to emerge the nVidia Drivers and configure XF86Config). My time is much more valuable than the trouble I wasted in configuring the ATI card....

I read post after post; and almost every post had a DIFFERENT way to configure the card and no one had any REAL answers. :evil:

I can tweak my nVidia card for games later, but I'm now on to more important things like emerging KDE....

I still think Gentoo Rocks and Linux Rolls.... but the Radeon 9800 card is too difficult to configure for Linux... The dificulty of configuring the cards (Even my latest Mandrake Live CD couldn't configure it....) is what will keep the Linux desktop out of mainstream... for a while.

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taikuri · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 8:14 am Post subject:

alex-b · n00b Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 37

I am sick of it, i have a hercules 9700 pro now (gave my 9800 for some time to a windows-using friend) and i will actualy pay a small prise and get a geforce fx 5900. Nvidia are sure alot better then ATI when it comes to drivers. Too bad it had to happend like this, but i wont wait for them months to make a driver, i want it to work now, and it wont even do vesa. If it was able to do some vesa, i wouldve waited, but the last official driver from ati.com is from last october or so. I am sick and tired of waiting to get the most of my box:( I am so sorry it had to be like this, the radeon was vewy cute!

DArtagnan · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 5:02 pm Post subject: Hercules 3D Radeon 9600 Pro ?!

I just bought a new Hercules 3D Radeon 9600 Pro and I have spent 2 days to have it working! Guess, I only got 2D but no 3D...now I'm sorry that I did not buy a nvidia video card....should I ?
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