Hey there

I got my RADEON 9200 card running on Slackware9.0 with 2.4.22 kernel
and Athlon XP 1700+.
for some strange reason I can't get DRI and GLX to work.
I'm using fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8.i586.rpm downloaded from ATI site.

I get <86 frames in 5.0 seconds = 17.200 FPS> in glxgears

this is what I found in XFree log:
----------------
(II) fglrx(0): UMM area: 0xe0700000 (size=0x03900000)
(II) fglrx(0): driver needs XFree86 version: 4.3.x
(II) fglrx(0): detected XFree86 version: 4.3.0
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! *
(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available *
(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *
(...)
(II) fglrx(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
Screen to screen bit blits
Solid filled rectangles
Solid Horizontal and Vertical Lines
Offscreen Pixmaps
Setting up tile and stipple cache:
32 128x128 slots
32 256x256 slots
16 512x512 slots
(II) fglrx(0): Acceleration enabled
(II) fglrx(0): Direct rendering disabled <---------
(...)
(EE) [GLX]: Failed to add GLX extension (NVIDIA XFree86 driver not found)
---------------

and my XF86Config-4 file:
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Section "dri"
# Access to OpenGL ICD is allowed for all users:
Mode 0666
(...)
Section "Module"
Load "glx" # libglx.a
Load "dri" # libdri.a
(...)
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Driver "fglrx"
(...)
-----------------

I was trying to use internal and external agpgart, inserting and deleting modules,
recompiling kernel, ..., no results.

I know that the subject is not new, but somehow I haven't found a solution anywhere.
maybe it has something to do with that particular model RADEON 9200 ...

Does anyone know the solution?
thanx in advance

try dri drivers (dri.sourceforge.net) but kinda hard to install though

emmm i just had the same problem

you are probably using the internal AGPGART module.

edit the XF86Config-4 file, and say no to internal agpgart.

now, if fglrx is loaded, unload it.
modprobe agpgart
and startx

now, it should work fine.....

if now, X won't load at all (giving you message about catching signal 8)

edit the XF86Config file again, and now say no to OpenGLOverlay option.

now, X should load up fine.
on my comp i still expirencing problems.... like game freeze up the entire machine when i press the start game option (the game when i run it, but when i do begin or start from the game menu, it freezes up)

Hello again,

I tried those dri.sourceforge drivers, bo they don't work.

from XFree86 logfile:
----
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(II) ATI: Candidate "Device" section "ATI Graphics Adapter".
(--) Chipset ATI Radeon 9200 5961 (AGP) found
(...)
(II) Loading sub module "radeon"
(II) LoadModule: "radeon"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/radeon.o
(EE) LoadModule: Module radeon does not have a radeonModuleData data object.
(II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/radeon.o
(EE) Failed to load module "radeon" (invalid module, 0)
(EE) RADEON: Failed to load "radeon" module.
(II) UnloadModule: "ati"
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found
----
so I switched back to fglrx driver. X is running,
but the problem remains (No DRI & GLX).

this is the last line of lspci output:
----
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5961 (rev 01)
----

here is the result of dmesg:
----

(...)
Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 321M
agpgart: Detected Via Apollo Pro KT266 chipset
agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xd0000000
(...)
[fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 315 MBytes.
[fglrx:firegl_stub_register] *ERROR* Fire GL kernel module has to be loaded prior to any other DRM kernel module!
----
and this is from glxinfo:
----
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: Brian Paul
server glx version string: 1.4 Mesa 5.0.1
(a few more lines here)
----
and one more thing: XFree86 logfile says something about unresolved symbol:
Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o is unresolved!

And... As I said before, I tried both agpgart: internal and external. The same results.
Saying 'no' to OpenGLOverlay didn't help either...

Do you have any other ideas?
Thank you all again!

If you want to use radeon driver yr xf86config is correct but you must load the driver adding :

/sbin/modprobe radeon

into yr /etc/rc.d/rc.local file

For ATI drivers.. sorry but I can't help you!
Try a search into slackware subforum here on linuxquestion
Bye

ok, I added
/sbin/modprobe radeon
to my startup script, changed driver in XFree86 config file to "radeon",
and got the same error in logfile:

(EE) LoadModule: Module radeon does not have a radeonModuleData data object.
(II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/radeon.o
(EE) Failed to load module "radeon" (invalid module, 0)

after changing driver to fglrx -> my previous post... no DRI.

maybe I should get a new card... anyone wants to buy ATI RADEON 9200 :///
(It's not an advertisment, I've just had enough)

all solutions are still welcome :)

Thank you for your help.

The 9200 works well with linux!! I got a 9100 and it works good too!!
It's a good thing to download the lastest version of dri drivers (dri.sourceforge.net)...
There's a script to install...but you need the kernel sources...I think they are on cd2 of slack 9.0...


Just a thing to control...If you type man radeon you will see that in the list of videocards the 9200 is missing....maybe is better if you check on the dri site if it is supported...

`man radeon' says that 9200 IS supported. (maybe your man version is 2 old ;-) )
I've already tried DRI drivers from sourceforge - the latest version and CVS.
And yes, I know that kernel sources are needed and I have them (2.4.22) since this is the kernel I'm currently running. Maybe I made a mistake during kernel configuration process...

I'll try to reinstall XFree86 (maybe nvidia left some garbage I can't delete easily - I used to have rivaTNT2) and then (probably) come here crying 4 help.

thanx again, have a good night.

Ok, it works

removing XFree86 before doing anything else was a good idea.
now with glxgears I get
616 frames in 5.0 seconds = 123.200 FPS

thanx for help

i have the same problem when i typed man radeon i got:
SUPPORTED HARDWARE
The radeon driver supports PCI and AGP video cards based on the following ATI chips

R100 Radeon 7200

RV100 Radeon 7000(VE), M6

RV200 Radeon 7500, M7

R200 Radeon 8500, 9100, FireGL 8800/8700

RV250 Radeon 9000, M9

R300 Radeon 9700PRO/9700/9500PRO/9500, FireGL X1/Z1

i have the radeon 9200 card....
why it isn't there?

What version of XFree you're using?
After installing XFree 4.3.99.12 (DRI trunk) from CVS you will see, that 9200 IS supported (new man pages are installed from CVS too). Try to install the latest XFree version. If you still have a problems with your 9200, send your XFree86 config file and the latest log.

good luck. 9200 really works

i don't know how to do that
can you give me a good guide for installing that DRI ?

U can try to do it as follows: (use it at your own risk ;))

1. remove your XFree86 installation (remember to backup appropriate things);

2. install the following packages from Slackware CD:

XFree86-4.3.0,
XFree86-devel-4.3.0;

3. make sure you don't have DRI support enabled in your kernel configuration,
it must be DISABLED.

4. AGPGART support should be ENABLED (you can compile it as a module),

5. Download DRI-CVS

( how to do that? -> http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/DRIcompile.html subsection 6.1 )

6. Compile it

- Make a built tree as it is written in subsection 8.1 of DRIcompile.html
- you may need to edit the ~/DRI-CVS/build/xc/config/cf/host.def file.
I had to add something like this: #define ProjectRoot pathToYourXFree86installation
(it's described in that document)
- follow the instruction in subsection 8.3
- go and have a coffee (it takes a bit)
- As I remember, I had to build the DRI kernel module by myself. I did it as follows:

cd ~/DRI-CVS/build/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel

you have to specify a full path to your CONFIGURED (disable DRI, enable AGPGART) kernel to make:
for example:

make TREE=/usr/src/linux-2.4.22 -f Makefile.linux

it will produce a few files, but you need only this one: radeon.o.
Copy this file to /lib/modules/2.4.x./kernel/drivers/char/drm/
(if the last subdirectory 'drm' doesn't exist, create it)


7. Install new XFree86 ->

cd ~/DRI-CVS/build/xc
make install

8. Edit your XFree86-Config-4 file.
-in section 'Module', make sure you have:
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
-in section 'Device', set Driver to "ati":

Identifier "Radeon"
Driver "ati"
...

remember, the Identifier ("Radeon" in my case) must match to Device in section 'Screen':

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Radeon"
...


9. hope I didn't forget about anything.

Good luck!


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you really should stick with the ati drivers, they give better performance, and they have s3tc texture support, which is VERY important, escpecially for gaming. if youre having trouble. i had almost the exact same problem that you have, except i have a radeon 9000. once it was installed and you ran fglrxconfig, did you go to /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod and build and install the module? that worked for me...

yes i built it and then i did fglrxconfig and i am using the new XF86Config-4 file that the fglrxconfig created...

i really don't want to reinstall the x server...


will
swaret --remove xfree86
and
swaret --install xfree86
do it ?