ATI radeon Sticky (part 2)

wilho · Apprentice Joined: 22 Jul 2002 Posts: 169

I have radeon 9200 card on kt133a board, so I don't need to use binary drivers. Somehow I can't get this to work.

# lsmod |grep agp
via_agp 7296 1
agpgart 28200 1 via_agp
# lsmod |grep radeon
radeon 127716 0

So from kernel part it's here right?

opengl-update xorg-x11 is done, and I have this In my xorg.conf:

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon"
# and these below I have added one by one, but nothing seems to make a difference
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "True"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "True"
Option "BusType" "AGP"
Option "BackingStore" "True"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "True"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

And still I'm having:
# glxinfo |grep direct
direct rendering: No
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

What am I missing?

jfbilodeau · Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 1:05 am Post subject:

YES! YES! YES! YES!

IT WORKS!!!!

1677 FPS with glxgears!

I disabled 'xtrap' in my 'Modules' section, and that fixed the problem. I'm not sure what purpose 'xtrap' (and 'record'?) serve. The info I found on the web concerning those modules was scarse.

However, if you'll excuse me, I now have to 'test' OpenGL. Glad I'm not working tomorrow!

J-F

giannifive · n00b Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 50 Location: Chicago, IL

Awesome job, jfbilodeau!

I can confirm that commenting out the "xtrap" module gets rid of my signal 11 problem, and the X server actually starts and direct rendering is enabled. (I'm doing this remotely right now, but once I get into work tomorrow I'll post my glxgears fps score.)

As for the xtrap extension, from the readme file:

Wedge_ · Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 9:32 am Post subject:

Hmm, that was an obscure fix

I'll certainly add that one to my FAQ at some point. Was the xtrap module entry created by fglrxconfig?

@SirPreme: you said you had the same problems in Windows - have you tried underclocking the card with one of the Windows utilities and seeing if that makes a difference? It would at least let you determine if it is overheating that's the problem.
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jfbilodeau · Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:45 pm Post subject:

e_nigma · n00b Joined: 06 Mar 2004 Posts: 18

Prob:

enigma enigma # modprobe fglrx
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.9-rc2-mm1/video/fglrx.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

dmesg:

fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY' taints kernel.
fglrx: Unknown symbol pci_find_class
mtrr: 0xc0000000,0x8000000 overlaps existing 0xc0000000,0x400000
fglrx: Unknown symbol pci_find_class
fglrx: Unknown symbol pci_find_class
fglrx: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
fglrx: no version magic, tainting kernel.
fglrx: Unknown symbol pci_find_class
fglrx: no version magic, tainting kernel.
fglrx: Unknown symbol pci_find_class
fglrx: Unknown symbol pci_find_class

emerge info:

Portage 2.0.51_rc1 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.4.2, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r0, 2.6.9-rc2-mm1 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.9-rc2-mm1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP
Gentoo Base System version 1.5.3
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1
Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3
Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1
Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -m3dnow -mmmx -msse -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -s"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER=""
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -m3dnow -mmmx -msse -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -s"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/mnt/temp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowex X Xaw3d acl acpi alsa apm cdparanoia cdr crypt cups divx4linux dlloader dmx dvd dvdr edl encode esd evo flac gif gnome gpm graphviz gtk gtk2 idea insecure-drivers ipv6 jack jack-tmpfs java jbig jpeg lcms ldap libcaca lzo lzw-tiff mad mikmod mmx mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pda perl png python quicktime readline rtc samba sasl sdl silc slang slp sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype usb vb wmf xinerama xml xml2 xmms xprint xv xvid xvmc zlib linguas_pl"

i use Xorg 6.8.0 and ati-drivers-3.12.0

how to repair this problem?

Wedge_ · Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 8:54 pm Post subject:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=217282
If you like running mm-sources or kernels that include the -mm patchset, be ready for this kind of thing from time to time.

Edit: and if you're using Xorg 6.8.0 you probably won't get 3D accel working - the drivers aren't properly compatible and running any 3D app tends to crash X.
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geforce · l33t Joined: 29 Dec 2003 Posts: 653 Location: Canada

I have another error after recompiled my kernel :

Wedge_ · Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:05 pm Post subject:

You have to recompile all external driver modules after each kernel recompile. This includes the ATI driver and the nvaudio/nvnet modules.

I'm not sure what's up with your mouse lag though. Why don't you try a 2.6 kernel? They tend to have noticeably better desktop performance, and work very well with nForce2 boards (I have an A7N8X Deluxe as well). Recent versions should have a builtin driver for the nVidia NIC (the module is called forcedeth) so that you won't need to use nvnet anymore.
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geforce · l33t Joined: 29 Dec 2003 Posts: 653 Location: Canada

Well I've tried the 2.6 last time I installed gentoo but I found it was harder to configure...

Well I re-emerged ati-drivers and ati-drivers-extra and it still giving me the same problem..

Well I will give another chance to 2.6 kernel... I wish I could help.

But I really don't understand for ati-drivers..

geforce · l33t Joined: 29 Dec 2003 Posts: 653 Location: Canada

Well I emerged and configured kernel 2.6.8 and I say thank you very much..

No more mouse lag, 10x more fast.. THANKS !

I simply rebooted and everything was working VERY fine.

Thanks !

Phil

Wedge_ · Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 9:53 am Post subject:

Royzammit · n00b Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Posts: 6

Hi guys!
To start with, sorry for my english. I'll try to make myself understandable enough

I have followed step-by-step for many, many hours the indications in the ATi Radeon FAQ , the Gentoo RAdeon FAQ and countless others but the make.sh script doesnt run properly... :cry:

I'll give you all the information i can, take into account that im kinda n00b...
My computer is THIS: Targa Visionary AV64 3000 PC March 2004, found in: http://www.service.targa.co.uk/

Well, first things first...

I've tried with debian already

and my conf was same computer with 3.9.0 drivers and Xfree 4.3.0. I tried without patch, then applied patch found in http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33760878 without modifying it, then i modified 3 lines according to this Suse how-to: http://blahserver.greatnow.com/atihowto.html. It wouldnt work neither.

Now on to 3.12.0 drivers with Xorg 6.7.0, gentoo distro.....

What i've already done:
1. Kernel setup

Wedge_ · Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 6:27 pm Post subject:

Royzammit · n00b Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Posts: 6

Wedge_ · Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 9:25 pm Post subject:

They don't support AMD64 systems in 64-bit mode. If you're running it as a 32-bit system the drivers should still work normally, assuming you have the kernel configured properly.
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stfu · n00b Joined: 26 Sep 2004 Posts: 8

im sorry to post again in another thread ... but i am having a hard time to get a how 2 that will get my radeon 9800 to work with xorg ... i see the how2 with xfree but i am not sure what package to use i dont see how to emerge dri for xorg-x11 :roll:

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jbjoret · n00b Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 28 Location: Germany

Hi Guys, I thought I had everything working with my ATI M9, until I tested glxgear to find out that I only have 200 FPS !!! Tuxracer is not useable on a Pretty fast machine :'(. I am using

2.6.8.1 with ATI Drivers 3.12 and X-Org 6.7.0-r1. Are the ATI Drivers so bad, or am I missing the point here ?

Thx
JB

Mythos · l33t Joined: 02 May 2004 Posts: 947 Location: Portugal

Wedge_ · Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:35 pm Post subject:

Mythos · l33t Joined: 02 May 2004 Posts: 947 Location: Portugal

i know that that's why i have to use radeon xorg-x11 driver to have 3d acelalration ...

But that driver is 60% more slower then fgrlx
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nmorse · n00b Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1

I can't seem to get DRI working at all with Xorg 6.7 and the ATI drivers (3.9.0).

OpenGL from it seems to work fine, but the DRI hasn't worked since I upgraded to Xorg.

I couldn't get the config file produced by fglrxconfig to work at all, so I instead made a custom file using xorgcfg and changed the appropriate sections.
The file is at http://www.betterthanducttape.com/xorg.conf.

Please help me out here

DaleCooper82 · n00b Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Posts: 11

Mythos · l33t Joined: 02 May 2004 Posts: 947 Location: Portugal

Wedge_ · Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 12:57 pm Post subject: Re: fglrx and Xorg 6.7