HOWTO: Radeon 9500 (and newer) with DRI

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Slippery Jim · Post by **Slippery Jim** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:44 pm

lordcris wrote:
licor wrote:
any update on this? I'm getting this same error on the current cvs.. :S

nope.
you should temporally switch to the stable version ...

or scratch the itch yourself...

mikb · Post by **mikb** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:05 pm

Slippery Jim wrote:
lordcris wrote:
licor wrote:
any update on this? I'm getting this same error on the current cvs.. :S

nope.
you should temporally switch to the stable version ...
or scratch the itch yourself...

Scratching the itch is a non-trivial amount of work, but for those who'd like to try, there is a "pci-rework" branch in the git repository on freedesktop.org. At the moment only the ati driver has been reworked, the radeon, r128 and theatre drivers are commented out of the config.

There is a PCI Rework howto at http://wiki.x.org/wiki/PciReworkHowto. It's based on what was done to the Intel driver, but it explains a lot (but by no means all) of what needs to be done.

I don't have a working cut of the code at the moment, but I do have a work around.

There is a "no-pci-rework" branch in the git repository for xorg-server. I made a local overlay by copying the r300-driver overlay of xorg-server into my local overlay tree, and got this working in two steps:

Create the following patch file in the ./files directory of the overlay as

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xorg-server-1.3.99.999-fix-xorgcfg-pixman.patch

:

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--- hw/xfree86/utils/xorgcfg/Makefile.am.orig   2007-09-02 19:54:30.000000000 +0000
+++ hw/xfree86/utils/xorgcfg/Makefile.am        2007-09-02 20:01:46.000000000 +0000
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 if BUILD_XORGCFG
 bin_PROGRAMS = xorgcfg

-INCLUDES = $(XORG_INCS) -I$(top_srcdir)/hw/xfree86/parser
+INCLUDES = $(XORG_INCS) -I$(top_srcdir)/hw/xfree86/parser -I$(includedir)/pixman-1

 OPTIONSPATH=$(libdir)/X11

Apply the following patch to xorg-server-1.3.99.999.ebuild:

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--- layman/r300-driver/x11-base/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.3.99.999.ebuild    2007-06-21 23:21:40.000000000 +1000
+++ overlay/x11-base/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.3.99.999.ebuild       2007-09-12 11:52:53.000000000 +1000
@@ -275,7 +275,9 @@
 pkg_setup() {
        use minimal || ensure_a_server_is_building

-       PATCHES="${FILESDIR}/${P}-fix-sysconfdir-references.patch"
+       PATCHES="${FILESDIR}/${P}-fix-sysconfdir-references.patch
+           ${FILESDIR}/${P}-fix-xorgcfg-pixman.patch
+           "

        # Patches required for compiz to work with AIGLX,
        # but they slow EXA down.
@@ -567,8 +569,8 @@
 xorg_src_unpack() {
        local EGIT_REPO_URI="git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/xserver"
        local EGIT_PROJECT="xorg-server"
-       local EGIT_BRANCH="master"
-       local EGIT_TREE="master"
+       local EGIT_BRANCH="no-pci-rework"
+       local EGIT_TREE=${EGIT_BRANCH}
        git_src_unpack
 }

remake the manifest, and emerge xorg-server.

Seems to be working for me - I have X, and glxinfo reports direct rendering is working.

Shamus397 · Post by **Shamus397** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:13 pm

It seems that the r300-driver overlay has been abandoned, but at least what's in portage seems to work now.

I unmerged all the stuff from the overlay and re-emerged all the packages from the regular portage tree and amazingly enough, it worked (where it == 3D acceleration

). So I guess this thread is no longer needed--at least for R300 based cards. I'm using the 1.4 xorg-server in portage on ~x86.

Also, I just wanted to say a great big THANK YOU to all of the people who supported and contributed to the overlay. We'd all have been stuck without decent free 3D acceleration on radeon without your dedication and support.

Phlogiston · Post by **Phlogiston** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:38 pm

Anyone here has a working dualhead configuration when using the opensource driver?

Slippery Jim · Post by **Slippery Jim** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:13 pm

Shamus397 wrote:It seems that the r300-driver overlay has been abandoned, but at least what's in portage seems to work now.

I unmerged all the stuff from the overlay and re-emerged all the packages from the regular portage tree and amazingly enough, it worked (where it == 3D acceleration ). So I guess this thread is no longer needed--at least for R300 based cards. I'm using the 1.4 xorg-server in portage on ~x86.

Also, I just wanted to say a great big THANK YOU to all of the people who supported and contributed to the overlay. We'd all have been stuck without decent free 3D acceleration on radeon without your dedication and support.

If you still want to test on the bleeding edge, you can install the x11 overlay to get most of the good stuff that was in primozic's r300 overlay. There were compilation issues last week, but I submitted some patches to the overlay ebuilds, and everything listed below emerges cleanly now. Note that you can't compile xf86-video-ati-6* against xorg-server-9999, due to API changes. This affects downgrading to stable too, because portage tries to downgrade xf86-video-ati before downgrading xorg-server, and therefore tries to build xf86-video-ati-6* against the installed xorg-server, which fails. Manually downgrade xorg-server first to work around this, if you're having trouble.

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layman -a x11

Here's the relevant sections of my /etc/portage files, to pull in the git versions:

package.keywords:

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# Mesa DRI stuff: #
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~#
x11-libs/libdrm ~amd64
x11-base/x11-drm ~amd64
media-libs/mesa ~amd64
x11-apps/mesa-progs ~amd64
x11-misc/driconf ~amd64

# xorg 1.4 stuff: #
# Add to package.mask:
# =x11-base/xorg-server-9999
# =x11-proto/inputproto-9999
#
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~#
x11-proto/renderproto ~amd64
x11-libs/pixman ~amd64
x11-libs/libXrender ~amd64
x11-libs/libXtst ~amd64
x11-libs/libXaw ~amd64
x11-libs/libXpm ~amd64
x11-libs/libX11 ~amd64
x11-libs/xtrans ~amd64
x11-libs/libXfont ~amd64
x11-libs/libXi ~amd64
x11-apps/xinit ~amd64
x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard ~amd64
x11-base/xorg-server ~amd64

#x11-misc/xkeyboard-config ~amd64

### X11 overlay stuff: ###
# Remove from package.mask:
# =x11-base/xorg-server-9999
# =x11-proto/inputproto-9999
#
# Uncomment these as necessary:
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~#
x11-proto/inputproto ~amd64
x11-proto/xf86dgaproto ~amd64
x11-libs/libpciaccess ~amd64

x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati ~amd64

package.mask:

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# comment out for overlay (-9999) versions:
=x11-base/xorg-server-9999
=x11-proto/inputproto-9999
=x11-libs/pixman-9999

package.unmask:

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### uncomment the one you want, and comment out the others:
#=x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.6*
#=x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.7*
=x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-9999*

blazi · Post by **blazi** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:05 am

I have a problem when im compilind dri module. Look:
darkstar linux-core # DRM_MODULES="radeon" make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22-gentoo-r5/source SUBDIRS=`pwd` DRMSRCDIR=`pwd` modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22-gentoo-r5'
CC [M] /usr/src/r300/drm/linux-core/drm_stub.o
/usr/src/r300/drm/linux-core/drm_stub.c:51: error: size of array 'type name' is negative
/usr/src/r300/drm/linux-core/drm_stub.c: In function 'drm_get_dev':
/usr/src/r300/drm/linux-core/drm_stub.c:220: warning: ignoring return value of 'pci_request_regions', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
/usr/src/r300/drm/linux-core/drm_stub.c:223: warning: ignoring return value of 'pci_enable_device', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/r300/drm/linux-core/drm_stub.o] Błąd 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/usr/src/r300/drm/linux-core] Błąd 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22-gentoo-r5'
make: *** [modules] Błąd 2

LAj · Post by **LAj** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:27 pm

I'm sorry, but emerging from X11 overlay, can't get out of this:

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x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_DIX_CONFIG_H -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -fno-strict-aliasing -D_BSD_SOURCE -DHAS_FCHOWN -DHAS_STICKY_DIR_BIT -DDBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/hal -I/usr/include/dbus-1.0 -I/usr/lib64/dbus-1.0/include -I/usr/kerberos/include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../Xext -I../../composite -I../../damageext -I../../xfixes -I../../Xi -I../../mi -I../../miext/shadow -I../../miext/damage -I../../render -I../../randr -I../../fb -I/usr/include/freetype2 -DXPRINT -DPRINT_ONLY_SERVER -D_XP_PRINT_SERVER_ -DXPRINTDIR=\"/usr/lib64/X11/xserver\" -DXPRASTERDDX -DXPPCLDDX -DXPMONOPCLDDX -DXPPSDDX -DXFree86Server -march=athlon64 -O2-pipe -Wl,-z -Wl,lazy -Wl,-z -Wl,lazy -o Xprt Xprt-attributes.o Xprt-AttrValid.o Xprt-ddxInit.o Xprt-Init.o Xprt-mediaSizes.o Xprt-Oid.o Xprt-spooler.o Xprt-Util.o Xprt-miinitext-wrapper.o Xprt-dpmsstubs-wrapper.o Xprt-fbcmap_mi.o  -L/var/tmp/portage/x11-base/xorg-server-9999/work/xorg-server-9999 ../../dbe/.libs/libdbe.a ../../XTrap/.libs/libxtrap.a ../../record/.libs/librecord.a ../../composite/.libs/libcomposite.a ../../randr/.libs/librandr.a ../../xfixes/.libs/libxfixes.a ../../damageext/.libs/libdamageext.a ../../Xi/.libs/libXi.a ../../GL/glx/.libs/libglx.a ../../GL/mesa/.libs/libGLcore.a ../../miext/damage/.libs/libdamage.a ps/.libs/libps.a raster/.libs/libraster.a pcl/.libs/libpcl.a pcl-mono/.libs/libpcl.a ../../fb/.libs/libfb.a ../../render/.libs/librender.a ../../dix/.libs/libdix.a ../../config/libconfig.a ../../mi/.libs/libmi.a ../../Xext/.libs/libXext.a ../../xkb/.libs/libxkb.a ../../xkb/.libs/libxkbstubs.a ../../os/.libs/libos.a /usr/lib64/libX11.so /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so /usr/lib64/libxcb.so -ldl /usr/lib64/libXfont.so /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so /usr/lib64/libXau.so /usr/lib64/libfontenc.so -lz /usr/lib64/libpixman-1.so /usr/lib64/libhal.so /usr/lib64/libdbus-1.so /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so -lcrypto -lm -lrt
ps/.libs/libps.a(PsInit.o): In function `InitializePsDriver':
PsInit.c:(.text+0xd36): undefined reference to `GlxWrapInitVisuals'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [Xprt] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/x11-base/xorg-server-9999/work/xorg-server-9999/hw/xprint'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/x11-base/xorg-server-9999/work/xorg-server-9999/hw/xprint'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/x11-base/xorg-server-9999/work/xorg-server-9999/hw'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

My USEFLAG and make.conf are:

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CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"

FEATURES="collision-protect"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"

GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.ing.unibo.it/gentoo/ http://ftp.caliu.info/gentoo/ "

USE="3dnow 3dnowext a52 aac acl acpi apache2 bash-completion bluetooth bzip2 cdparanoia cups divx4linux dts exif flac gdbm glitz glx gphoto2 gpm gps gtk2 icqimlib jabber java javascript joystick junit ieee1394 libwww lirc lm_sensors matroska mmx mmxext mono mplayer msn multiuser nsplugin nptl nptlonly ocaml pcre perl php python ruby scanner speex sse sse2 usb v4l vim-syntax x264 xcb xcomposite xml2 xmlrpc xpm xprint xscreensever xvid xaw3d -arts -emboss -esd -evo -oss"
VIDEO_CARDS="radeon"
ALSA_CARDS="cs46xx hda-intel"
INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse joystick"
LINGUAS="it"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
source /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf
LIRC_DEVICE="serial"
APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajpproxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias"

all the stuff above in /etc/portage/package.{keywords|mask|unmask}
and:

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# emerge -pv xorg-server
[ebuild     U ]    x11-base/xorg-server-9999 [1.4.0.90-r2] USE="dri hal ipv6 sdl xorg xprint (-3dfx) -debug -dmx -kdrive -minimal (-nptl)" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev joystick keyboard mouse -acecad -aiptek -calcomp -citron -digitaledge -dmc -dynapro -elo2300 -elographics -fpit -hyperpen -jamstudio -magellan -microtouch -mutouch -palmax -penmount -spaceorb -summa -synaptics -tek4957 -ur98 -vmmouse -void -wacom" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon -fbdev -i810 -mach64 -mga -nv -r128 -rendition -savage -tdfx -vesa -vmware (-xgi) (-amd%) (-apm%) (-ark%) (-chips%) (-cirrus%) (-cyrix%) (-dummy%) (-epson%) (-fglrx%) (-glint%) (-i128%) (-i740%) (-impact%) (-imstt%) (-neomagic%) (-newport%) (-nsc%) (-nvidia%) (-s3%) (-s3virge%) (-siliconmotion%) (-sis%) (-sisusb%) (-sunbw2%) (-suncg14%) (-suncg3%) (-suncg6%) (-sunffb%) (-sunleo%) (-suntcx%) (-tga%) (-trident%) (-tseng%) (-v4l%) (-vermilion%) (-vga%) (-via%) (-voodoo%)" 0 kB [0=>1]

Total: 2 packages (2 upgrades), Size of downloads: 0 kB
Portage tree and overlays:
 [0] /usr/portage
 [1] /usr/portage/local/layman/x11

LAj · Post by **LAj** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:24 am

Hi,
I've merged out the xorg-server-9999 removing the 'xprint' use flag!!

Now that everything looks to be in order:

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laj@NeXT ~ $ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)

I don't know how to use LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose!

$ less /var/log/Xorg.0.log:

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(II) RADEON(0): [DRI] installation complete
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] removed 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0x1efff000 at 0x2af6c443e000
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] Closed DRM master.
(WW) RADEON(0): Direct rendering disabled

and messages from kernel:

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$ dmesg | tail
[drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64
[drm] Initialized radeon 1.28.0 20060524 on minor 0
[drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
[drm:radeon_do_init_cp] *ERROR* Cannot use PCI Express without GART in FB memory

LAj · Post by **LAj** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:21 pm

It look like this problem is never been posted since now on the net.

Considering I'm trying open-source dri from ati-drivers after unsuccessful work I've only to change the device!

Posting a bug...

Phlogiston · Post by **Phlogiston** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:05 pm

any updates on this? How do you guys build the latest driver?

lordcris · Post by **lordcris** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:30 pm

Phlogiston wrote:any updates on this? How do you guys build the latest driver?

i'm using the ones in the official kernel.
they work pretty well.

LAj · Post by **LAj** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:57 pm

I'm trying it!
Stay tuned

Edit: yes it works

HOWTO: Radeon 9500 (and newer) with DRI

Finally compiled ...but doesn't work yet!