Direct rendering with ATI Radeon Mobility IGP 320M

dan2003 · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:10 am Post subject:

Well I mangaged to get 4.3.99.9 patch it copy the modules etc.. but i End up with the black screen with a mouse pointer and nothing else that I saw mention of somewhere and the logs contain an error allong the lines of timeout something to do with radeon! Sorry the log file is not there anymore.

captnjameskirk · n00b Joined: 11 Jun 2002 Posts: 48

ATI Radeon IGP 320M: 3D HOW-TO

NOTE: This is current as of Oct. 14, 2003. If development-sources
is newer than 2.6.0-test6 then some of the kernel-related build
instructions may not apply. If xfree-4.3.99.14.ebuild is no longer
in the portage tree, then the patch mentioned here probably will
not work. I will try to stay on top of this and keep it updated,
but I am a busy person so I make no promises.

Although there has been a patch to get full Radeon IGP support in X
for the past few months, for some reason it is still not making into
CVS. Luckily, the latest patch (available Oct. 12, 2003) works with
the ebuild for xfree-4.3.99.14. The following instructions should
help you get 3D acceleration and framebuffer console support. YMMV.

Step One. The kernel.
0. 'emerge sync' to be up-to-date.
1. Get the sources: 'emerge development-sources'
2. Create the symlink: 'ln -sf /usr/src/linux-2.6.0-test6 /usr/src/linux'
genkernel wants this symlink, but merging the development sources
creates a /usr/src/linux-beta symlink instead, so we do it ourselves.
3. Configure and build the kernel: 'genkernel --config'
NOTE: I've had a problem with menuconfig and some of the new kernel
options. Some of them (like the processesor family) don't seem to be
selectable or changeable under menuconfig. You can edit
/etc/kenrels/config-2.6.0-test6 manually to correct any of those that you
can't set from within menuconfig, or cd to /usr/src/linux and run
make config, and then cp /usr/src/linux/.config to
/etc/kernels/config-2.6.0-test6 and run genkenrel (with --config just
to verify that you have everything selected correctly).
4. Make sure these are selected in the kernel: MTRR, /dev/agpgart
(with the ATI chipset), grahics->framebuffer->ATI Radeon. Contrary to
what has been reported, you *can* use the framebuffer console, BUT if
you do you must also make sure that "omit xfree-dga" is in your XF86Config.
More on that later. Select Synaptics Touchpad is you have one. See below.
5. Make sure that Direct Rendering *IS NOT* selected. We will use the
XFree drm module.

Step Two. XFree.
0. Unmerge your current version of xfree.
1. We need to use ebuild and not emerge:
'ebuild /usr/portage/x11-base/xfree-4.3.99.14.ebuild fetch unpack'
2. get the radeon igp patch: http://bugs.xfree.org/attachment.cgi?id=723
When you save the patch, it should be named 'XFree-4.4-20031012-igp.patch'
3. Apply the patch. cd to /var/tmp/portage/xfree-4.3.99.14/work, then
'patch --dry-run -Np0 < /where/you/put/XFree-4.4-20031012-igp.patch'
If there are no errors, remove "--dry-run" and do it for real.
4. Now finish merging xfree.
'ebuild /usr/portage/x11-base/xfree-4.3.99.14.ebuild compile install qmerge'
(and watch some TV; on my laptop this takes over an hour)

Step Three. DRM module.
1. 'cd /var/tmp/portage/xfree-4.3.99.14/work/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/
os-support/linux/drm/kernel' (note: that is a single path, but I broke
it across two lines for readability).
2. 'make -f Makefile.linux'
3. 'cp radeon.ko /lib/modules/2.6.0-test6/kernel/drivers/char/drm/'
The drm subdirectory won't exist if you built your kernel without drm,
so you will need to create it (if you rebuild X, the directory will still
be there, but not if you rebuild the kernel).
4. Add 'radeon' to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
5. You must remember to do steps 3 & 4 every time you make a new kernel,
since the /lib/modules/2.6.0-test6/kernel/drivers/char/drm/ directory
will get wiped out.

Step Four. Configure X.
1. Get my example XF86Config at http://www.marvinvining.com/obijohn/XF86Config
2. Edit to suit your needs, but note especially this: You MUST leave in "omit
xfree-dga" in the extmod SubSection or your screen will lock up at various
times. This is due to using the framebuffer console. You can remove the
entire SubSection if you are not compiling framebuffer support in your
kernel.
3. Do a 'man radeon' to see some of the AGP options you can put in XF86Config
(most do not have much of an effect with this card, however).
4. My laptop has a synaptics touchpad, so I'm using that driver. If you don't
have one, make sure to take the synaptics and touchpad stuff out of
XF86Config. If you're using it, make sure you have configured your kernel
for it as well. The latest synaptics driver is included in the new
4.3.99.14.ebuild. Look at
/var/tmp/portage/xfree-4.3.99.14/work/synaptics/INSTALL for the full
info. gpm lives just fine with it, so feel free to use both. When you
ctrl+alt+Fn the synaptics driver turns off and gpm is activated. Switch
back to X and the synaptics driver turns back on.

Step Five. Reboot.
1. Reboot and start X.
2. Open xterm and run glxgears. You will probably get "disabling TCL support",
but otherwise it will be running in 3D accelerated mode.
3. Have fun. Have a beer. You deserve it.
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dan2003 · Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:11 pm Post subject:

This is prety much what i have already tried.. but here gos again. Fingers crossed..

:wink:

dberkholz

dan2003 · Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 7:40 am Post subject:

yay!

I have Dri! How dou you get the radeon fb to work though? should i say, how do you configure grub/lilo? i get a black screen all the way till X starts but i have vesa:1024x768 in my grub.con, i tried changing to radeon then booting but it had no effect.

:roll:

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Winkie · n00b Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Posts: 15

Apologies for the bump, i've PM'd spyderous but no response yet, i'll assume he/she's asleep or afk.

The question I have is, what 320M patches have been integrated into the ebuilds so far, i'm a newbie at gentoo having never used it before, however i'm currently bootstrapping my system, after which point I shall have to install a kernel, I was going to grab 2.6.0-test-6 and patch it from http://bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi?id=314 , however, i'm not entirely sure if that's neccasary.

Could someone fill me in on the patches currently needed to enable full 3d support inside X?
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captnjameskirk · n00b Joined: 11 Jun 2002 Posts: 48

tavec · n00b Joined: 22 Oct 2003 Posts: 13

I'm a new Gentoo user, immediately become a Gentoo-fan, but I have a problem on my hp pavilion ze4288 (I'm a real newbie).
First of all, sorry for my bad english...
Then, if anybody can help me, will make a Happy-Gentoo-User!
:cry:

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I followed all the tips available on the forum to make this #!%*§# 3d-Accel work, but without any result...
I recompiled dozens of kernels (from 2.3.20 to 2.6.0-beta6) with or without agpgart modules, but nothing seems to work.

This is my only result with glxinfo:

captnjameskirk · n00b Joined: 11 Jun 2002 Posts: 48

tavec · n00b Joined: 22 Oct 2003 Posts: 13

Thank you captnjameskirk, but unfortunately it seems to be ok what you suggest me to check...

Here is my XFree86 Log

januszt · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 19

januszt · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 19

Yes !!!!
Another success story.
LIttle background: kernel 2.6.0 test6 , XFree 4.3.99.14 and IGP 340M

Thanks guys, I followed your advice. Got the right kernel, applied patches, compiled and ...no DRI.
My modules would load and unload on demand and I could see some AGP messagess, then I noticed that I have additional module called

dberkholz · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 6:16 am Post subject:

tavec · n00b Joined: 22 Oct 2003 Posts: 13

Using xfree 4.3.99.14 with patch 723 (http://bugs.xfree86.org/attachment.cgi?id=723&action=view) and Kernel 2.4.22-ac4 witout any patch, 3D acceleration on my HP pavilion ze4288 equipped with a Radeon IGP320M works PERFECTLY!

I made a basic HOWTO (sorry, in italian), at this page:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=99232

For any question or for config files please ask me.
Thanks to everybody!
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dan2003 · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 7:56 pm Post subject:

been working for over a week now. Yay

.. played quite a bit of quake3arena demo

jonas_nilsson · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 4:57 pm Post subject:

Hi!

I am happy to say that now I also have 3d accelleration with my Mobility U1/IGP320 configuration. I installed 2.6.0-test6 with the appropriate patches, but went for X 4.3.99.9 rather than .14 (or whatever the newest release is), simply because I was too lazy to find the patches for the .14 release (are there any!?). Everything seems to be just as stable as with kernel 2.4.22 and the stable Xfree releases!

However, I do have a few questions:
1. What 3D performance do you people get? My computer is a Compaq Presario 907EA laptop, it's got 256MB ram and is equipped with a Athlon 1500XP CPU. I'm currently not at home, so I can't post any relevant performance data, but perhaps some of you could?

2. I find it very irritating to never see the Mobility U1 mentioned in any lists of supported cards (i.e on the Gatos project and atitvout homepages), but instead just a bunch of Radeon 7*** and 9*** and others. Does Mobility U1 belong to the same family as any of those, or is it a completely unique family of cards for laptops?

3. The next step for me to take is to fix the TV-out. My problem is, that atitvout can't set PAL mode for my card, so I thought that maybe one could just have a look at the atitvout source code and (in the ideal case) "just" change some settings so that they correspond to the PAL standard? What differs PAL from NTSC is "only" a few refresh rates or so, isn't it? I suspect it is a but trickier, or someone else would have done it, but it's worth investigating. Do you people know where to find any technical specifications?
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dan2003 · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 5:31 pm Post subject:

if anybody knows how to display fps in q3 arena i post that along with my settings.

If i override my speedfreq deamon to set cpu at fixed top speed (AMP Athlon XP2000+ mobile) then glxin the window gives.. lol!! appauiling!

dan@tt dan $ glxgears
disabling TCL support
797 frames in 5.0 seconds = 159.400 FPS
994 frames in 5.0 seconds = 198.800 FPS
990 frames in 5.0 seconds = 198.000 FPS

not sure whats happning here, ive seen far better and quake3 arena is very playable at 800x600, my cpu utilisation whilst glxgears was running above was next to nill, hmm..

tatteredflag · n00b Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Posts: 4

Hey

I followed the how to at the top and gato my igp chip working great, but when I compiled xfree it told me I needed to change my startx to be able to use ipv4. Well, I changed the startx and the x server works perfectly when I type 'startx'', but when I use gdm it tells me:

njd5456 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 133

hey, i want to do this when i get my new notebook, but... i dont feel like using an unstable kernel plus the fact its vanilla, i prefer using gentoo's kernel because the main reason compiling doesnt take an impact on your computer's performance; well, i was wondering if i could do this on gentoo-sources v2.4.20-r8 and it would work fine just like yours did, thnx!!

ps - if i would have to do anything different, could you please notify me so i dont blow my week away, thnx :lol:

dizzey · n00b Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 40

i have an presario 907ae and i wonder if anyone has goten the framebuffer to work.
if i try to use splashscreen in grub the screen goes blank. if i try radeon or vesa framebuffer the
screen goes blank or just show garbel depending on witch setting i use.
tride vga=791 and alot of other settings.

for now i run the 2.6-test9mm sources but i have also tried with te 2.6-test8 non mm
noo luck.

btw has anyone goting sleep to work my laptop sleeps but refuses to wake up from sleep

dberkholz · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 7:41 am Post subject: Re: GDM Help

Yuber · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 139

This is the most confusing, ridiculous task I've EVER tried to accomplish in linux. There are about 30 different suggestions in this thread and vague replies don't let me know which one works or not.

I am using 2.6-test9 (without any patches) and xfree 4.3.99.16 (without any patches) and DRI will not work. What the HELL am I supposed to do to get it to work? I saw that big howto, then I saw some other guy comment on each and every little step criticizing it, which lead me to believe that it didn't work, that and other replies saying something along the lines of "radeon.ko doesn't get created."

Can ANYONE here give me a CLEAR AND CONSICE METHOD to get DRI working on my Radeon IGP 340?