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roofy
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 Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 9:48 am Post subject: Unofficial r300+nforce2+athlon+2.4.22 guide |
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Hey guys after literally a week of no sleep i finally got my radeon card to work with the nforce2 agpgart module...glxgears now gives me about 4081fps and about 2000 with AA enabled. So now, you too can get your wonderful radeon r300 and get it working with anti-aliasing and all that other fun stuff 
So if you've tried everything and still cant get it to work, just follow the easy instructions below. This is the first DOC ive ever written, so please bear with me, i am by no means a guru.
Step 1: The kernel
The first step in getting your nforce to see your card agp-wise is to use vanilla -sources (2.4.22), if your already using vanilla sources, then goto step 2, if your not then:
| Code: | | emerge vanilla-sources |
now verify that the 'linux' symlink is pointing to the right tree:
| Code: | | ln -sf linux-2.4.22 linux |
Step 2: Configuration of the kernel
Now we must configure the kernel to work with and see the agp gart on your board:
then inside your kernel, set everything else the way you normally would (ethernet, sound, etc.), but make sure you have the following set up aswell:
| Code: | Processor type and features --->
<*> MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support
Character devices --->
<M> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)
[*] NVIDIA chipset support
[ ] Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 DRI support)
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If you noticed i added /dev/agpgart as a module, this is extremely important, as i used to have it built-in and it would never work, and as soon as i made it a module, everything was dandy. Another point worth mentioning is that i have direct rendering manager support turned OFF inside the kernel, well be using it, but not from the kernel.
After your done with your kernel, compile it and copy it over:
| Code: | make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot
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Step 3: Reboot
Step 4: Clean your system of any previous ati-driver:
| Code: | | emerge -C ati-drivers |
Step 5: Installation of new ati-drivers (3.2.8 )
First lets switch to the xfree gl libraries:
| Code: | | opengl-update xfree |
Now emerge the new drivers:
| Code: | | ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge ati-drivers |
Step 6: XFree86 Configuration
Now, lets configure xfree, use the ati specific program, fglrxconfig:
Use your standard xfree config options for the mouse, monitor, etc. But, pay special attention to this option:
| Code: | | UseInternalAGPGART? (y/n) |
Say no to this, because well be using the kernel agp, althought this one works too, its more hassle-free to use the kernel's
Step 7: Testing
Let's start xfree and see whats up:
Hopefully, what this will do is load X and look for the agp module and load it along with the ati driver module , fglrx. If you want to confirm these were loaded use after getting into X:
you should get somthing back like:
| Code: | Module Size Used by Tainted: P
fglrx 173896 116
agpgart 15528 15 (autoclean)
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Once your in, try this:
Another cool feature is ati's control panel within x:
If you played your cards correctly, you should be getting really good glxgear scores, i have a 9700pro and i get around 4000 fps with no AA enabled
Another sure way to test it is to exit X (ctrl+shift+alt+backspace), and look at the bottom of the log which is on the screen when you exit for any agp errors, or just any errors at all.
Well, I sure hope this FAQ/DOC helped you guys out with getting your radeons working with your nforce2 chipsets. Goodluck and Godspeed
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Nuage
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 5:35 pm Post subject: ati radeon 9200se |
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I tryed your steps, but this failed with my ati-radeon-9200-se.
I have kernel 2.4.22, and a motherboard asus A7N8X-X (nforce2).
This fails when I "startx", my computer crashes! (no ssh, nor ping aviable!)
The "fglrxconfig" did recognise the card (which is very recent).
When do you set the "opengl-update ati" ?
Thanks for any help!! |
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raejae
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 3:25 am Post subject: |
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Concise, and works perfectly on my A7N8X non-deluxe with Radeon 9500 Pro. BRAVO!
-Nick |
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roofy
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 5:46 am Post subject: |
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thank you nick
the opengl-update ati is very optional, and not even significant, but i do it anyway for stability, try unmerging X and trying again, because if it hard crashes..somthing is up
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Starfox
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 6:45 am Post subject: |
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| Is it absolute necessary to use kernel-2.4.22, because that one always gives me unresoved sysmbols when i try to use isdn! |
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roofy
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 8:24 am Post subject: |
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you could try other sources, but you need to make sure its its built around 2.4.22, gaming and gs, are built around 2.4.21, if i recall correctly
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redflash
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 8:31 am Post subject: |
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| i think you can also use 2.4.20 sources. but only when you patch them with the nvidia agpgart patch |
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roofy
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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or that, yea the reason the 2.4.22's work is cuz of the nvidia agp patch
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irasnyd
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2003 7:55 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the post.
I was having trouble getting my new nforce2 + r300 up and running with any stability.
I moved from gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r7 to vanilla-sources-2.4.22 and now it appears to be stable, although I haven't submitted it to extensive testing yet Next week and I'll know for sure.
Thanks again! |
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roofy
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| Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 8:51 am Post subject: |
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glad i helped
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canibuz
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| Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 8:56 am Post subject: |
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Yeehaw ... thank you ...
I tried now for 4 days to get my ati radeon 9600 Pro get working ...
Now it works, and i get really good glxgears Scores ...
Thanx a lot ... |
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roofy
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 3:40 am Post subject: |
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always here to help
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Frozensun
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 5:32 am Post subject: |
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| I've been having a problem getting a similar config to work. I'll have to try this now. |
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canibuz
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:51 am Post subject: |
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Damn ... i now always get these from dmesg:
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kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly.
Mounted devfs on /dev
Freeing unused kernel memory: 96k freed
Adding Swap: 2000052k swap-space (priority -1)
EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,9), internal journal
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:04.0 to 64
Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 816M
agpgart: unsupported bridge
agpgart: no supported devices found.
Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 816M
agpgart: unsupported bridge
agpgart: no supported devices found.
Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 816M
agpgart: unsupported bridge
agpgart: no supported devices found.
Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 816M
agpgart: unsupported bridge
agpgart: no supported devices found.
Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 816M
agpgart: unsupported bridge
agpgart: no supported devices found.
[fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 803 MBytes.
[fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 3.2.8 [Sep 21 2003] on minor 0
Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 816M
agpgart: unsupported bridge
agpgart: no supported devices found.
Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 816M
agpgart: unsupported bridge
agpgart: no supported devices found.
Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 816M
agpgart: unsupported bridge
agpgart: no supported devices found.
[fglrx:firegl_unlock] *ERROR* Process 1548 using kernel context 0
[fglrx:drm_ioremapfree] *ERROR* [mappings] Attempt to free NULL pointer
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My Kernel is vanilla-sources with ac-r4 patch... [when it worked it was a vanilla-sources kernel with ac1] ...
when i do an "modprobe agpgart" this happens:
box root # modprobe agpgart
| Code: | /lib/modules/2.4.22-ac4/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.22-ac4/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22-ac4/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.22-ac4/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o: insmod agpgart failed
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Any Idea ?
Did the same steps you did again ... but this time it doesn't work ...
Edit:
Can't locate the Problem ... everything else works/worked fine ...
Now i downgraded to 2.4.22-ac1 and it works again ... ?
Don'T know what's happening... but now i am leaving it this way ...
Thanx ...
GLXGEARS:
15108 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3021.600 FPS
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roofy
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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well if you really want to use ac-4 then i suggest you find a pure nvidia-agp patch and patch it against that kernel tree....if that doesnt work i noticed some of the errors said 816M??, try making your agp window size 64mb in BIOS and trying again, also did you recompile your ati-drivers after you moved to ac-4, cuz you always have to recompile your drivers after you recompile your kernel, if you didnt im 100% sure that was the problem with ac-4
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canibuz
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm ... Now it works ... !!! And it's good *ggg*
I recompiled my drivers [ati and nforcenet] ... That didn't help, |
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Ross
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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| The glxgears scores look good, but how do the games themselves run? |
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roofy
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 10:32 am Post subject: |
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still figuring that out myself
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