ATI Radeon 9600 drivers question

RedRaven · 10-19-2004, 12:02 PM

Hello Everyone,
I was curious if anyone had tried to install the ati drivers as shown in this howto:

http://www.fedorafaq.org/#radeon

Did it work? Does this look like a credible walkthrough? The reason I am asking is because I am fairly new at linux, and I dont want to destroy my display configuration and not know how to get it back. Thanks

carlosinfl · 10-19-2004, 01:39 PM

I am trying this now to work on my FC2 install using a P4 3.2GHz w/ HT and my ATI 9800XT 256.

I'll let you know how that works in about 10 min.

RedRaven · 10-19-2004, 05:04 PM

Thanks cariwill, did it work?

jacksmash · 10-19-2004, 08:38 PM

It didn't completely work for me.

I managed to get the drivers to install - but no 3D hardware acceleration.

I've put so many hours into trying to get it to work that I'm considering using a different distro until better drivers come out.

RedRaven · 10-20-2004, 01:32 AM

To anyone who tried this, here is something else I found about this topic,

http://www.stanford.edu/~fenn/linux/radeon.shtml

RedRaven · 10-21-2004, 11:31 AM

Has anyone been able to actually get the 3D rendering to work for an ATI card?

RedRaven · 10-23-2004, 03:48 PM

Hello Everyone,
To followup, I used the original FAQ that I had posted and the fglrx did not work as the second faq from Stanford stated. Then I replaced my xorg.conf file with the back up and implemented the changes recommended in the second faq. Now I have 3D rendering. Problem solved, I hope you have luck with this too. Cheers

Junior41180 · 10-23-2004, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RedRaven
Has anyone been able to actually get the 3D rendering to work for an ATI card?

Yes i have.

Fiskarn · 10-23-2004, 07:14 PM

Hihi a smartass

jymbo · 10-24-2004, 07:51 AM

Successfully installed FC2 on a Centrino-equipped Dell Latitude D600 with an ATI Radeon 9000M. Here's the hell:

1.) The ATI patch everyone is using in those Radeon FAQs seem to only work against the stock 2.6.5-1.358 kernel. I installed every kernel RPM update available, but no luck..just hell.

2.) Build-your-own-kernel is still the best way. I built a kernel from the 2.6.9 vanilla sources and had no need to patch the Radeon driver. Just "#rpm -ivh" the fglrx driver and you're done. Getting in excess of 800FPS with glxgears!

RedRaven · 10-24-2004, 11:29 AM

Are you getting 800 FPS or 80 FPS, 800 seems really high. Assuming GLX Gears is the Screensaver, what do you get for ant spotlight. I patched and used the how tos and am getting about 50 FPS right now.

Second, how do I build my own kernel?

jymbo · 10-24-2004, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RedRaven
Are you getting 800 FPS or 80 FPS, 800 seems really high. Assuming GLX Gears is the Screensaver, what do you get for ant spotlight. I patched and used the how tos and am getting about 50 FPS right now.

Second, how do I build my own kernel?

Here's a cut n paste of my glxgears (not the screensaver) output:

Code:

4442 frames in 5.0 seconds = 888.400 FPS
4522 frames in 5.0 seconds = 904.400 FPS
4769 frames in 5.0 seconds = 953.800 FPS
4766 frames in 5.0 seconds = 953.200 FPS
4770 frames in 5.0 seconds = 954.000 FPS
4769 frames in 5.0 seconds = 953.800 FPS
4763 frames in 5.0 seconds = 952.600 FPS
4769 frames in 5.0 seconds = 953.800 FPS
4766 frames in 5.0 seconds = 953.200 FPS
4768 frames in 5.0 seconds = 953.600 FPS

The antspotlight screensaver gives me 48FPS. But since I only have a Radeon 9000M, I think you should be getting a much higher score than 50FPS with your 9600.

As for how to build your own kernel, perhaps someone here can provide you with a good FC2 kernel howto.