ATI Mobility U1 problems

Drewgrange · Guru Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 483 Location: Ohio, US

The card runs fine using vesa but I can't seem to get it to use the radeon driver. I'm getting really crappy framerates on glxgears and 3d games won't even open.

Opening glxgears I get the following error

Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".

And I get framerates around 250 (400 when minimized)

In the kernel I have the following options set
MTRR built in
DRM disabled
agpgart built as module

modprob agpgart gives the following output in dmesg

agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 148M
agpgart: unsupported bridge
agpgart: no supported devices found.

I set the following USE arguments in make.conf
radeon -sis -rage128 -matrox -3dfx -gamma -i8x0
and also accept keywords x86

Next, I ran emerge xfree-drm, which installed the latest mm-sources as well.

I opened up /etc/X11/XF86Config and made sure glx and dri were in the modules, and changed the video driver from vesa to radeon. Control + Alt + Backspace restarts and the screen goes black. I can blindly Control + Alt + f1 and type in reboot to safely get back. I edited the XF86Config again and changed the driver back to vesa. X loads up fine.

Next I tried to boot into mm-sources. I was pleased to see that unlike mm4, mm6 booted up fine with all of the ACPI options turned on. Unfortunately I had the same graphics problem. As soon as the driver is listed as radeon, black screen. KDE was also acting kinda funky, so I don't think the 2.6's agree with my laptop quite yet.

Anyway, so hopefully I documented what I've done well enough. Anybody see anything wrong with what I'm trying or have any other ideas?

madtomkidd · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 4:17 am Post subject:

I'm guessing your running a compaq 900 series or HP ze4000 series, right?
I have the hp ze4145 and have had similar problems.

the agpart support isn't there yet, so dri stuff won't work.
if you use the xfree 4.3.99ish ebuild, the plain radeon driver will work... but you have to point portage to emerge that specifically... the default is just plain old 4.3.0

So, give that a whirl... set it up to run while you're mowing your lawn or sleeping or whatever.

If that doesn't get the job done, post here

Drewgrange · Guru Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 483 Location: Ohio, US

Yeah I have the ze4325us.

I set the options "nodri" "NoAccel" and added ChipID=can'tremember to trick it into thinking I had a supported card.

It started up with the radeon driver, but it looked HORRIBLE. The vesa driver looks much better. I think I'll just wait for better support and keep the gaming to my desktop.

madtomkidd · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 1:33 am Post subject:

well... the "better support" exists in xfree-4.3.99 or greater for the graphics side... the real issue is the agpart and that's a kernel issue (or driver that has to be applied).

fundamentally, these laptops and integrated chipsets in general aren't for gaming. I play neverwinter nights @ 800x600, and RTCW at the same in windows and things run ok... but the graphics aren't spectacular... i pretty well have to be plugged in, too... because the fan is constantly running with that load.

So, if you're talking serious gaming... your desktop is the better option. I'm just glad I can watch dvds (ripped to hd or on disk) without any skipping... that's what the graphics are intended for.

Long story short - stick to lower resolution/quality with the games, or keep it on the desktop.

I know that's not the answer you were looking for... it's not what I was either... but I've come to accept it

ciao

pens · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 5:59 am Post subject:

http://bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi?id=314 There is a working driver for DRI on the IGP 320/340m. Enjoy

madtomkidd · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:43 am Post subject:

thanks, pens... now I just have to read through that nasty long list and figure out what I need to do to patch my kernel and recompile x or whatever... i had to go to the 2.6 kernel series to get acpi to work on my ze4145... so I'm sticking with it.

I'll be downloading and patching later (^_^)

spiritraveller · n00b Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 25

There has been some talk on the Linux/Presario 900 mailing list about this.

Apparently the 2.6.0-test4 kernel does not need to be patched. However the Xfree86 4.3.99 sources do.

I have not yet done this myself.

madtomkidd · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 4:12 pm Post subject:

what is this list of which you speak?
the pavilion ze4100 series is basically identical on the hardware side to the presario... this would be a cool thing to look into!

ptitman · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 8:35 pm Post subject:

if u guys got any troubles with the radeon igp320M check out this site http://www.cliff.biffle.org/cpq2100.php

just a hint to be able to patch the xfree tree do as follow :

ebuild <path to the ebuild> unpack
-> patch the tree
ebuild <path to the ebuild> compile
ebuild <path to the ebuild> install
ebuild <path to the ebuild> qmerge

copy the resulting driver and , if u want 2 get rid of the file in /var/tmp/portage enter
ebuild <path to the ebuild> clean :wink:

have fun